Miramichi Centre
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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 Miramichi Centre in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts | |
| Coordinates: | 47°13′44″N 65°49′16″W / 47.229°N 65.821°W |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 2010 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2006) | 11,944 |
| Electors (2010) | 8,990 |
Miramichi Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was known as Miramichi-Newcastle from 1974 to 1995.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramichi-Newcastle Riding created from Northumberland |
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| 48th | 1974–1978 | John McKay | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Paul Dawson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 51st | 1987–1991 | John McKay | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Miramichi Centre | ||||
| 53rd | 1995–1999 | John McKay | Liberal | |
| 54th | 1999–2003 | Kim Jardine | Progressive Conservative | |
| 55th | 2003–2006 | John Winston Foran | Liberal | |
| 56th | 2006–2010 | |||
| 57th | 2010–2014 | Robert Trevors | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Miramichi and Miramichi Bay-Neguac | ||||
Election results
[edit]Miramichi Centre
[edit]| 2010 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Trevors | 3,183 | 48.08 | +7.53 | ||||
| Liberal | John Winston Foran | 2,561 | 38.69 | -16.93 | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Mullin | 379 | 5.73 | +1.90 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Frances Connell | 323 | 4.88 | – | ||||
| Green | Dylan Schneider | 174 | 2.63 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,620 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 59 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,679 | 74.29 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 8,990 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.23 | ||||||
| [1] | ||||||||
| 2006 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Winston Foran | 3,747 | 55.62 | +5.94 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Smith | 2,732 | 40.55 | -1.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas T. Mullin | 258 | 3.83 | -4.92 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,737 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 50 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,787 | 71.16 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 9,538 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +3.48 | ||||||
| [2] | ||||||||
| 2003 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Winston Foran | 3,763 | 49.68 | +12.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kim Jardine | 3,149 | 41.57 | -10.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lance Lyons | 663 | 8.75 | -2.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,575 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +11.02 | ||||||
| [3] | ||||||||
| 1999 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kim Jardine | 4,076 | 51.57 | +5.40 | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 2,975 | 37.64 | -11.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry Mullin | 853 | 10.79 | +6.50 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,904 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.65 | ||||||
| [4] | ||||||||
| 1995 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 4,081 | 49.54 | +16.09 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dawson | 3,803 | 46.17 | +12.85 | ||||
| New Democratic | Terry Carter | 353 | 4.29 | +0.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,237 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +1.62 | ||||||
| [5] | ||||||||
Miramichi-Newcastle
[edit]| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 2,583 | 33.45 | -20.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dawson | 2,573 | 33.32 | -10.16 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Arch Pafford | 2,252 | 29.16 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Liane Thibodeau-Doucet | 315 | 4.08 | +1.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,723 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -5.06 | ||||||
| [6] | ||||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 4,120 | 53.73 | +12.29 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dawson | 3,334 | 43.48 | -4.52 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jeanne Theriault | 214 | 2.79 | -7.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,668 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +8.40 | ||||||
| [7] | ||||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dawson | 3,461 | 48.00 | -1.42 | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 2,988 | 41.44 | -9.14 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jerry Dunnett | 761 | 10.55 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,210 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.86 | ||||||
| [8] | ||||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 3,200 | 50.58 | +5.97 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Douglas R. Woods | 3,127 | 49.42 | +11.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,327 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.72 | ||||||
| [9] | ||||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John McKay | 2,589 | 44.61 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Earle McKenna | 2,205 | 38.00 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bill Whalen | 1,009 | 17.39 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,803 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election. None of the five incumbents ran in this riding. | ||||||||
| [10] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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