Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)
Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Saint John Harbour was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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The boundaries of the original Saint John Harbour (red) overlaid with the boundaries of this district as it stood from 1995 to 2006 (blue) | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Saint John Centre | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | John Turnbull | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Louis Murphy | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Saint John Lancaster and Saint John Harbour (1995–) |
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Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Murphy | 1,779 | 43.53 | -19.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Al Maund | 968 | 23.68 | +5.83 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Marie Gerrior | 844 | 20.65 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nargis Kheraj | 496 | 12.14 | -7.15 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,087 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.58 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Murphy | 2,705 | 62.86 | +18.59 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gay Wittrien | 830 | 19.29 | -21.47 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth Wilcox | 768 | 17.85 | +2.88 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,303 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +20.03 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Edward Murphy | 2,055 | 44.27 | +0.81 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Foster Hammond | 1,892 | 40.76 | -0.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dee Dee M.A. Daigle | 695 | 14.97 | -0.36 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,642 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.63 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis E. Murphy | 1,772 | 43.46 | -9.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | E. Lorne Richardson | 1,680 | 41.21 | -1.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harrison G. Harvey | 625 | 15.33 | +11.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,077 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.40 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John W. Turnbull | 2,544 | 53.37 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Eric L. Teed | 2,018 | 42.33 | |||||
| New Democratic | William Gray | 205 | 4.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,767 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election, with one of the PC seats won by a Liberal in a by-election. Both John Turnbull and Eric Teed were among the four incumbents. | ||||||||
See also
References
External links
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Archived April 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
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