Saint John North

Saint John North
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Saint John North 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     Shirley Dysart Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Eric Kipping Progressive Conservative
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Leo McAdam Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Portland

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeo McAdam 1,892 38.64 -17.89
Progressive ConservativeDoug Shippee 1,089 22.24 -1.68
New DemocraticJulie Galbraith 966 19.73 +0.18
Confederation of RegionsPeter A. Whitebone 950 19.40
Total valid votes 4,897100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -8.10
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLeo A. McAdam 2,753 56.53 +17.91
Progressive ConservativeEric John Kipping 1,165 23.92 -17.40
New DemocraticLesley Orill MacLean 952 19.55 -0.51
Total valid votes 4,870100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +17.66
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeEric J. Kipping 2,223 41.32 -7.49
LiberalJoseph A. Day 2,078 38.62 -1.56
New DemocraticErik Kraglund 1,079 20.06 +9.05
Total valid votes 5,380100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.96
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeEric J. Kipping 1,906 48.81 +0.98
LiberalHarry G. Colwell 1,569 40.18 -9.27
New DemocraticHenry Thomas Watts 430 11.01 +8.28
Total valid votes 3,905100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.12
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalShirley Dysart 2,231 49.45
Progressive ConservativeHugh John Flemming 2,158 47.83
New DemocraticKeith Parks 123 2.73
Total valid votes 4,512100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in the previous election, one of the PC seats was won by a Liberal in a by-election. None of the four incumbents ran in this riding.


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