Saint John Portland-Simonds

Saint John Portland-Simonds
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Saint John Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	John Dornan; Liberal
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District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,032
Electors (2013)	11,175

Saint John Portland-Simonds (fr Saint-Jean Portland-Simonds) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds.^[2] The riding name refers to Portland and Simonds Parish in Saint John County.

District created1994

First contested1995

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The riding was renamed Saint John Portland-Simonds following the 2023 redistribution.

Assembly	Years		Party
Saint John Portland Riding created from Saint John North and Saint John Park
53rd	1995–1999	Leo McAdam	Liberal
54th	1999–2003	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Portland-Simonds
58th	2014–2018	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2024
Saint John Portland-Simonds
61st	2024–Present	John Dornan	Liberal

v t e 2024 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dornan	3,546	53.38	+24.8
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dempsey	2,497	37.59	-17.2
	Green	P. J. Duncan	438	6.59	-2.0
	New Democratic	~~Bobby Martin~~	162	2.44	-0.3
Total valid votes			6,481	97.24
Total rejected ballots			179	2.76
Turnout			6,660	54.83
Eligible voters			12,147
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.0
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[3]

2020 provincial election redistributed results^[4]
Party		%
	Progressive Conservative	54.8
	Liberal	28.6
	Green	8.6
	People's Alliance	5.2
	New Democratic	2.7
	Independents	0.1

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	3,170	55.10	+1.82
	Liberal	Tim Jones	1,654	28.75	+0.11
	Green	Stefan Warner	483	8.40	+1.08
	People's Alliance	Lindsay Jackson	282	4.90	–
	New Democratic	Erik Heinze-Milne	164	2.85	-4.70
Total valid votes			5,753	99.62
Total rejected ballots			22	0.38	-0.12
Turnout			5,775	52.05	-1.71
Eligible voters			11,095
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.86

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	3,168	53.28	+4.38
	Liberal	John MacKenzie	1,703	28.64	-4.85
	New Democratic	Kim Blue	449	7.55	-5.51
	Green	Sheila Croteau	435	7.32	+2.77
	Independent	Artie Watson	191	3.21	--
Total valid votes			5,946	99.50
Total rejected ballots			30	0.50
Turnout			5,976	54.53
Eligible voters			10,959

Members of the Legislative Assembly