Moncton Centre (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Moncton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.
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 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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The riding of Moncton Centre (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts | |||
| Coordinates: | 46.114°N 64.801°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 15,273 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 11,368 | ||
| Census division | Westmorland | ||
| Census subdivision | Moncton | ||
The district includes the geographic centre of Moncton, but excludes the downtown which falls in Moncton South.
It draws about 60% of its population from the old Moncton East and about 40% from the old district of Moncton North. Moncton East incumbent Chris Collins won the 2014 election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Moncton East (1974–2014) and Moncton North | ||||
| 58th | 2014–2018 | Chris Collins | Liberal | |
| 2018–2018 | Independent | |||
| 59th | 2018–2020 | Rob McKee | Liberal | |
| 60th | 2020–2024 | |||
| 61st | 2024–Present | |||
Election results
| 2024 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rob McKee | 3,501 | 56.54 | +26.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dave Melanson | 1,738 | 28.07 | -9.9 | ||||
| Green | Sarah Colwell | 711 | 11.48 | -10.5 | ||||
| New Democratic | James Ryan | 242 | 3.91 | +0.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,192 | 99.74 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.26 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,208 | 56.50 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,988 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +18.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 38.0 | ||
| Liberal | 30.1 | ||
| Green | 22.0 | ||
| People's Alliance | 6.4 | ||
| New Democratic | 3.4 | ||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rob McKee | 2,448 | 38.91 | -4.68 | ||||
| Green | Carole Chan | 1,725 | 27.42 | +14.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Poirier | 1,642 | 26.10 | +10.23 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Aaron Richter | 308 | 4.90 | -0.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | James Caldwell | 168 | 2.67 | -1.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,291 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.24 | -0.00 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,306 | 59.27 | +1.08 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,639 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.82 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rob McKee | 2,698 | 43.59 | -9.39 | ||||
| Independent | Chris Collins | 1,200 | 19.39 | -- | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Claudette Boudreau-Turner | 982 | 15.87 | -9.35 | ||||
| Green | Jean-Marie Nadeau | 771 | 12.46 | +4.40 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Kevin McClure | 309 | 4.99 | -- | ||||
| New Democratic | Jessica Caissie | 229 | 3.70 | -10.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,189 | 99.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.24 | -0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,204 | 59.19 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,661 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -14.39 | ||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Collins | 3,339 | 52.98 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marie-Claude Blais | 1,589 | 25.21 | |||||
| New Democratic | Luc Leblanc | 866 | 13.74 | |||||
| Green | Jeffrey McCluskey | 508 | 8.06 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,302 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,330 | 58.39 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,841 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the previous riding of Moncton East and Moncton North, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Chris Collins was the incumbent from Moncton East, and Marie-Claude Blais was the incumbent from Moncton North. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[4] | ||||||||
