Saint John East (electoral district, 1967–1974)
Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Saint John East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It utilized a bloc voting system to elect candidates and was created from Saint John County in 1967. The district was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1967
District abolished1973
First contested1967
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1967 |
| District abolished | 1973 |
| First contested | 1967 |
| Last contested | 1970 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Saint John County | |||||||
| 46th | 1967 – 1970 | Charles A. McIlveen[1] | Progressive Conservative | William J. Woodroffe | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 47th | 1970 – 1972 | ||||||
| 1972 – 1974 | Gerald Merrithew | Progressive Conservative | |||||
| Riding dissolved into East Saint John and Saint John-Fundy | |||||||
Election results
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 11 December 1972 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerry S. Merrithew | 3,408 |  | |||||
| Liberal | Gordie M. Foster | 2,825 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Eldon Richardson, Jr. | 275 | ||||||
| 1970 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles A. McIlveen | 5,332 | | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | William J. Woodroffe | 5,200 | | |||||
| Liberal | Fred Cave | 3,102 | ||||||
| Liberal | Michael B. McGrath | 2,863 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Lindsay F. Sabean | 579 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Alphonse Hébert | 565 | ||||||
| 1967 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles A. McIlveen | 5,052 | | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | William J. Woodroffe | 5,033 | | |||||
| Liberal | Fred Cave | 3,541 | ||||||
| Liberal | Paul E. Mackin | 3,388 | ||||||
