Kent South

Kent South
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Kent South (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 

Benoît Bourque
Liberal

District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 15,414[1]
Electors (2010) 11,745[1]

Kent South (French: Kent-sud) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

It was originally created in 1973 with the southern third of Kent County, centred primarily around the town of Bouctouche. It was largely unchanged in the 1994 redistribution. In 2006 it lost the Bouctouche area to Kent. In the 2013 redistribution its northern half was merged with the southern half of Kent, causing it to regain Bouctouche and add several rural areas to its north, but lose much the extreme southern part of Kent County around Cocagne.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Kent (1827–1974)
48th  1974–1978     Omer Léger Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982     Bertin LeBlanc Liberal
50th  1982–1987     Omer Léger Progressive Conservative
51st  1987–1991     Camille Thériault Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1999
54th  1999–2001
 2001–2003     Claude Williams Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014
58th  2014–Present     Benoît Bourque Liberal

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalBenoît Bourque 4,637 48.66 +19.43
Progressive ConservativeClaude Williams 3,216 33.75 -26.62
GreenTina Beers 953 10.00 +5.56
New DemocraticPaul Musgrave 535 5.61 -0.35
People's AllianceJoël MacIntosh 188 1.97 –
Total valid votes 9,529100.0  
Total rejected ballots 220.23
Turnout 9,55176.88
Eligible voters 12,424
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +23.02
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]
New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaude Williams 5,054 60.37 +1.83
LiberalMartin Goguen 2,447 29.23 -12.23
New DemocraticOscar Doucet 499 5.96 –
GreenLuc LeBreton 372 4.44 –
Total valid votes 8,372100.0  
Total rejected ballots 600.71
Turnout 8,43278.26
Eligible voters 10,775
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.03
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]
New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaude Williams 4,890 58.54 +7.52
LiberalNadine Hebert 3,463 41.46 -0.58
Total valid votes 8,353100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.05
[4]
New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaude Williams 4,933 51.02 -7.35
LiberalStephen Doucet 4,065 42.04 +5.38
New DemocraticNeil Gardner 671 6.94 +1.97
Total valid votes 9,669100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.36
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 2001
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeClaude Williams 4,346 58.37 +18.20
LiberalLucille Haché Riedle 2,730 36.66 -10.92
New DemocraticMarguerite Girouard 370 4.97 -7.29
Total valid votes 7,446100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.56
New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalCamille Thériault 4,546 47.58 -23.94
Progressive ConservativeJean-Noël Allain 3,838 40.17 +20.07
New DemocraticCollette Doucette 1,171 12.26 +3.88
Total valid votes 9,555100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -22.00
New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalCamille Thériault 6,313 71.52 +8.56
Progressive ConservativeCharles Ryan 1,774 20.10 -2.75
New DemocraticClifford Meunier 740 8.38 -5.81
Total valid votes 8,827100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +5.66
New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalCamille Thériault 5,573 62.96 +3.39
Progressive ConservativeJean-Claude Cormier 2,023 22.85 -11.97
New DemocraticGérald Mazerolle 1,256 14.19 +8.58
Total valid votes 8,852100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.68
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalCamille Thériault 5,546 59.57 +17.15
Progressive ConservativeOmer Léger 3,242 34.82 -20.07
New DemocraticGérald Mazerolle 522 5.61 +2.93
Total valid votes 9,310100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +18.61
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeOmer Léger 4,829 54.89 +12.27
LiberalBertin LeBlanc 3,732 42.42 -13.16
New DemocraticGérald Mazerolle 236 2.68 –
Total valid votes 8,797100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.72
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalBertin LeBlanc 4,276 55.58 +8.67
Progressive ConservativeOmer Léger 3,279 42.62 -8.45
Parti acadienDolan Surette 138 1.79 -0.22
Total valid votes 7,693100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.56
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeOmer Léger 3,376 51.07
Liberal? Bourgeois 3,101 46.91
Parti acadien? Collette 133 2.01
Total valid votes 6,610100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the previous election. Progressive Conservative candidate Omer Léger won in a 1971 by-election, and is one of three incumbents.

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
  2. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
  3. ↑ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ↑ New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.


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