Memramcook-Tantramar

Memramcook-Tantramar
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Memramcook-Tantramar in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 

Bernard LeBlanc
Liberal

District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 15,884
Electors (2013) 11,368

Memramcook-Tantramar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution and first used in the 1974 election as Tantramar. It went largely unchanged in both the 1994 redistribution and 2006 redistribution, even though it was well below the allowable population variance in the latter. In 2006, the electoral boundaries commission ruled that the district was an exceptional case, as it was surrounded by water and the province of Nova Scotia to the south and west, and to predominately francophone areas to the north and east that would become significant minorities were they added to the district. The 2013 boundaries commission refused to persist the exception and added the francophone village of Memramcook from the former riding of Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe to the district. This change is the subject of a constitutional challenge by francophone activists.[1]

This was the first seat to elect a New Democrat to the legislature, in 1982.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Tantramar
Riding created from Westmorland
48th  1974–1978     Lloyd Folkins Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987     Robert Arthur Hall New Democratic
51st  1987–1991     Marilyn Trenholme Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1997
 1997–1999     Peter Mesheau Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010     Mike Olscamp Progressive Conservative
57th  2010–2014
Memramcook-Tantramar
58th  2014–Present     Bernard LeBlanc Liberal

Election results

Memramcook-Tantramar

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalBernard LeBlanc 3,515 45.64 +26.67
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp 2,037 26.45 -30.23
GreenMegan Mitton 1,178 15.29 +1.64
New DemocraticHélène Boudreau 972 12.62 +1.92
Total valid votes 7,702100.0  
Total rejected ballots 360.47
Turnout 7,73866.56
Eligible voters 11,626
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +28.45
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

Tantramar

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp 2,707 56.68 +2.27
LiberalBeth Barczyk 906 18.97 -15.78
GreenMargaret Tusz-King 652 13.65 –
New DemocraticBill Evans 511 10.70 -0.14
Total valid votes 4,776100.0  
Total rejected ballots 230.48
Turnout 4,79966.29
Eligible voters 7,239
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.02
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]
New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp 2,690 54.41 -3.88
LiberalJohn Higham 1,718 34.75 +3.45
New DemocraticVirgil Hammock 536 10.84 +0.43
Total valid votes 4,944
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.66
New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau 2,922 58.29 -4.50
LiberalSusan Purdy 1,569 31.30 +13.76
New DemocraticGeoff Martin 522 10.41 -8.36
Total valid votes 5,013
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.13
New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau 3,311 62.79 +28.74
New DemocraticHeather Patterson 990 18.77 -11.44
LiberalKirk W. Meldrum 925 17.54 -15.68
IndependentFrank Comeau 47 0.89 –
Total valid votes 5,273
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +20.09
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau 1,597 34.05 +22.08
LiberalRoss Monk 1,558 33.22 -29.25
New DemocraticHeather Patterson 1,417 30.21 +14.77
Confederation of RegionsGreg Hargrove 118 2.52 -7.60
Total valid votes 4,690
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +25.66
Greg Hargrove was the leader of CoR running as a parachute candidate.
New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme 3,414 62.47 +12.95
New DemocraticBerkeley Fleming 844 15.44 -7.92
Progressive ConservativeH. Eric Wheeler 654 11.97 +2.82
Confederation of RegionsJulia Elnora Stevens 553 10.12 -7.84
Total valid votes 5,465
Liberal hold Swing +10.44
New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme 3,008 49.52 -2.54
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall 1,419 23.36 -6.71
Confederation of RegionsClarke Edgar Sheppard 1,091 17.96 –
Progressive ConservativeWilliam R. Campbell 556 9.15 -8.72
Total valid votes 6,074
Liberal hold Swing +2.08
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme 3,160 52.06 +29.45
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall 1,825 30.07 -12.35
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins 1,085 17.87 -17.10
Total valid votes 6,070
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.90
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall 2,503 42.42 +5.24
Progressive ConservativeIrvin D. Robinson 2,063 34.97 -4.04
LiberalJohn Gideon Carter 1,334 22.61 -1.20
Total valid votes 5,900
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +4.64
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins 2,019 39.01 -6.34
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall 1,924 37.18 +22.07
LiberalJames G. Purdy 1,232 23.81 -15.73
Total valid votes 5,175
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.20
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins 2,402 45.35
LiberalJohn Bryden 2,094 39.54
New DemocraticColin McCabe 800 15.11
Total valid votes 5,296
The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election.

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophone-groups-plan-legal-challenge-over-riding-law-1.1309583
  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.

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