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Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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█ Liberal | 27 | 18 | 4 | ||
█ Progressive Conservative | 21 | 26 | 2 | ||
█ Green | 1 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 6 |
█ New Democratic | 3 | 35 | 11 | ||
█ People's Alliance | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
█ Independent | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Polling Firm | Last Day of Polling | Link | PC | Liberal | NDP | Green | PA |
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Forum Research | September 21, 2014 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 6 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | September 18, 2014 | HTML | 36 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
Forum Research | September 11, 2014 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 6 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | August 31, 2014 | HTML | 28 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
Forum Research | August 25, 2014 | HTML | 31 | 46 | 15 | 7 | |
Nordic Research Group | August 21, 2014 | HTML [usurped] | 26 | 34 | 13 | 5 | |
Corporate Research Associates | May 31, 2014 | HTML | 28 | 53 | 16 | 3 | |
Corporate Research Associates | February 28, 2014 | 31 | 43 | 21 | 4 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | November 28, 2013 | HTML | 25 | 47 | 24 | 4 | |
Corporate Research Associates | September 1, 2013 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 4 | 3 | |
Corporate Research Associates | May 30, 2013 | 29 | 41 | 27 | 3 | 1 | |
Corporate Research Associates | March 8, 2013 | PDF Archived 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine | 32 | 35 | 26 | 5 | |
Corporate Research Associates | December 1, 2012 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 1 | |
Corporate Research Associates | August 31, 2012 | 38 | 32 | 24 | 6 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | May 30, 2012 | 44 | 32 | 19 | 5 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | February 29, 2012 | 45 | 31 | 22 | 3 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | November 29, 2011 | 45 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 1 | |
Corporate Research Associates | August 31, 2011 | 41 | 34 | 23 | 2 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | May 31, 2011 | 56 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 3 | |
Corporate Research Associates | February 28, 2011 | 58 | 27 | 8 | 6 | ||
Corporate Research Associates | November 30, 2010 | 61 | 25 | 10 | 4 | ||
Election 2010 | September 27, 2010 | HTML | 48.8 | 34.5 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
The following sitting members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) had announced that they would not re-offer at this election:
New boundaries were in effect as a result of an electoral redistribution replacing the districts used in the 2006 and 2010 elections. Candidates had to file their nomination papers by September 2, 2014 to appear on the ballot. [31]
Legend
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Restigouche West | Martine Coulombe * 1,710 20.08% | Gilles LePage 4,940 58.02% | Gilles Cyr 351 4.12% | — [32] | Charles Thériault (Independent) 1,514 17.78% | new district | ||||||
Campbellton-Dalhousie | Joseph Elias 1,879 24.27% | Donald Arseneault 4,820 62.25% | Jamie O'Rourke 762 9.84% | Heather Wood 282 3.64% | Donald Arseneault | |||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Greg Davis† [25] | ||||||||||||
Restigouche-Chaleur | Gilberte Boudreau 1,120 14.84% | Daniel Guitard 4,069 53.92% | Ray Godin 2,198 29.12% | Mario Comeau 160 2.12% | Roland Haché † [30] | |||||||
Bathurst West-Beresford | Anne Bard-Lavigne 1,778 25.54% | Brian Kenny * 4,367 62.74% | Etienne Arseneau 564 8.10% | Catherine Doucet 252 3.62% | new district | |||||||
Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore | Ryan Riordon * 1,894 26.31% | Denis Landry * 4,431 61.56% | Benjamin Kalenda 559 7.77% | Gerry Aubie 314 4.36% | new district | |||||||
Caraquet | Suzanne Morais-Vienneau 1,814 21.86% | Hédard Albert 4,716 56.82% | Mathieu Chayer 1,579 19.02% | Sophie Chiasson-Gould 191 2.30% | Hédard Albert | |||||||
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou | Paul Robichaud 3,970 45.60% | Wilfred Roussel 4,014 46.10% | Juliette Paulin 497 5.71% | Tony Mallet 226 2.60% | Paul Robichaud | |||||||
Tracadie-Sheila | Claude Landry 2,195 23.97% | Serge Rousselle 5,916 64.61% | François Rousselle 861 9.40% | Nancy Benoit 121 1.32% | Donald Thomas (Independent) 64 0.70% | Claude Landry |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Miramichi Bay-Neguac | Serge Robichaud 3,307 38.76% | Lisa Harris 4,199 49.22% | Curtis Bartibogue 785 9.20% | Filip Vanicek 240 2.81% | Serge Robichaud | |||||||
Miramichi | Robert Trevors 2,743 34.51% | Bill Fraser 3,974 50.00% | Roger Vautour 328 4.13% | Patty Deitch 307 3.86% | Michael "Tanker" Malley (Independent) 596 7.50% | Bill Fraser | ||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Robert Trevors | ||||||||||||
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin | Jake Stewart 3,837 47.62% | Norma Smith 2,951 36.63% | Douglas Mullin 361 4.48% | Kevin Matthews 214 2.66% | Wes Gullison (PANB) 694 8.61% | Jake Stewart |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | |||||||||
Kent North | Nancy Blanchard 1,559 16.60% | Bertrand LeBlanc 4,699 50.02% | Allan Marsh 1,294 13.77% | Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson 1,707 18.17% | Raven-Chanelle Arsenault-Augustine (PANB) 135 1.44% | Bertrand LeBlanc | |||||||
Kent South | Claude Williams 3,216 33.75% | Benoît Bourque 4,637 48.66% | Paul Musgrave 535 5.61% | Tina Beers 953 10.00% | Joël MacIntosh (PANB) 188 1.97% | Brian Gallant [A] | |||||||
merged district | |||||||||||||
Claude Williams | |||||||||||||
Shediac Bay-Dieppe | Dolorès Poirier 1,678 19.15% | Brian Gallant * 5,661 64.61% | Agathe Lapointe 803 9.16% | Stephanie Matthews 620 7.08% | new district | ||||||||
Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé | Carmel Brun 1,718 18.81% | Victor Boudreau 5,496 60.18% | Bernice Boudreau 1,175 12.87% | Charles Thibodeau 743 8.14% | Victor Boudreau | ||||||||
Memramcook-Tantramar | Mike Olscamp 2,037 26.45% | Bernard LeBlanc * 3,515 45.64% | Hélène Boudreau 972 12.62% | Megan Mitton 1,178 15.29% | Mike Olscamp | ||||||||
Dieppe | Normand Léger 1,360 18.44% | Roger Melanson 4,866 65.97% | Sandy Harquail 736 9.98% | Françoise Aubin 414 5.61% | Roger Melanson | ||||||||
Moncton East | Jane Mitton-MacLean 2,521 33.01% | Monique LeBlanc 3,443 45.09% | Roy MacMullin 1,105 14.47% | Matthew Clark 567 7.43% | new district | ||||||||
Moncton Centre | Marie-Claude Blais * 1,589 25.21% | Chris Collins * 3,339 52.98% | Luc Leblanc 866 13.74% | Jeffrey McCluskey 508 8.06% | new district | ||||||||
Moncton South | Sue Stultz 2,247 34.91% | Cathy Rogers 2,903 45.10% | Elisabeth French 757 11.76% | Rish McGlynn 530 8.23% | Sue Stultz | ||||||||
Moncton Northwest | Ernie Steeves 3,012 42.15% | Brian Hicks 2,773 38.80% | Jason Purdy 783 10.96% | Mike Milligan 436 6.10% | Carl Bainbridge (PANB) 142 1.99% | John Betts† | |||||||
Moncton Southwest | Sherry Wilson * 2,523 38.80% | Tyson Milner 2,274 34.97% | Charles Doucet 1,129 17.36% | Mathieu LaPlante 392 6.03% | Lucy Goguen (PANB) 184 2.83% | new district | |||||||
Riverview | Bruce Fitch 3,751 52.73% | Tammy Rampersaud 2,097 29.48% | Danie Pitre 723 10.16% | Linda Hardwick 542 7.62% | Bruce Fitch | ||||||||
Albert | Brian Keirstead 3,163 40.78% | Terry Keating 2,190 28.24% | Kelly-Sue O'Connor 880 11.35% | Ira Wilbur 929 11.98% | Bill Brewer (PANB) 594 7.66% | Wayne Steeves† | |||||||
Gagetown-Petitcodiac | Ross Wetmore * 3,352 44.47% | Barak Stevens 2,499 33.15% | Anthony Crandall 978 12.97% | Fred Harrison 709 9.41% | new district |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins | Bruce Northrup 3,677 49.86% | Heike MacGregor 1,710 23.19% | Billy Carter 652 8.84% | Stephanie Coburn 570 7.73% | LeRoy Armstrong (PANB) 766 10.39% | Bruce Northrup | ||||||
Hampton | Gary Crossman 2,679 38.74% | John Cairns 1,618 23.40% | Bev Harrison * 1,796 25.97% | John Sabine 554 8.01% | Joan K. Seeley (PANB) 269 3.89% | new district | ||||||
Quispamsis | Blaine Higgs 3,884 51.35% | Mary Schryer 2,390 31.60% | Angela-Jo Griffin 938 12.40% | Patrick Kemp 238 3.15% | Brandon Gardner (PANB) 114 1.51% | Blaine Higgs | ||||||
Rothesay | Ted Flemming 3,039 45.24% | Stephanie Tomilson 1,838 27.36% | John Wilcox 1,559 23.21% | Ann McAllister 282 4.20% | Ted Flemming [B] | |||||||
Saint John East | Glen Savoie 2,323 36.88% | Gary Keating 2,332 37.02% | Phil Comeau 1,167 18.53% | Sharon Murphy 353 5.60% | Jason Inness (PANB) 124 1.97% | Glen Savoie | ||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Glen Tait† [29] | ||||||||||||
Portland-Simonds | Trevor Holder 2,782 48.90% | Michael Butler 1,905 33.49% | Tony Sekulich 743 13.06% | Sheila Croteau 259 4.55% | Trevor Holder | |||||||
Saint John Harbour | Carl Killen 1,615 30.84% | Ed Doherty 1,686 32.19% | Gary Stackhouse 1,120 21.39% | Wayne Dryer 701 13.39% | Arthur Watson (PANB) 115 2.20% | Carl Killen | ||||||
Saint John Lancaster | Dorothy Shephard 2,619 39.18% | Peter McGuire 2,162 32.35% | Abel LeBlanc 1,535 22.97% | Ashley Durdle 283 4.23% | Mary Ellen Carpenter (Independent) 85 1.27% | Dorothy Shephard | ||||||
Kings Centre | Bill Oliver 2,431 35.66% | Shannon Merrifield 2,110 30.95% | Daniel Anderson 1,642 24.09% | Mark Connell 311 4.56% | Colby Fraser (Independent) 323 4.74% | new district | ||||||
Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West | Jim Parrott * 1,828 25.39% | Rick Doucet 4,498 62.47% | Terry James 558 7.75% | Krysta Oland 316 4.39% | Rick Doucet | |||||||
Charlotte-Campobello | Curtis Malloch 2,982 39.19% | John Ames 3,176 41.73% | June Greenlaw 515 6.77% | Derek Simon 453 5.95% | Joyce Wright (PANB) 484 6.36% | Curtis Malloch |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Oromocto-Lincoln | Jody Carr 2,827 41.97% | Trisha Hoyt 2,354 34.95% | Amanda Diggins 857 12.72% | Jean Louis Deveau 379 5.63% | Jeff Langille (PANB) 318 4.72% | Jody Carr | ||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Craig Leonard | ||||||||||||
Fredericton-Grand Lake | Pam Lynch 2,403 28.79% | Sheri Shannon 2,330 27.91% | Bronwen Mosher 879 10.53% | Dan Weston 358 4.29% | Kris Austin(PANB) 2,377 28.48% | Pam Lynch | ||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Ross Wetmore | ||||||||||||
New Maryland-Sunbury | Jeff Carr 3,391 40.95% | Michael Pearson 2,595 31.34% | Aimee Foreman 1,787 21.58% | Kelsey Adams 508 6.13% | Jack Carr† | |||||||
Fredericton South | Craig Leonard * 1,938 26.17% | Roy Wiggins 1,601 21.62% | Kelly Lamrock 1,465 19.78% | David Coon 2,272 30.68% | Courtney Mills (Independent) 130 1.76% | new district | ||||||
Fredericton North | Troy Lifford * 2,445 31.73% | Stephen Horsman 2,589 33.60% | Brian Duplessis 1,560 20.25% | Madeleine Berrevoets 791 10.27% | Patricia Wilkins (PANB) 320 4.15% | new district | ||||||
Fredericton-York | Kirk MacDonald * 2,886 35.42% | Randy McKeen 2,365 29.03% | Sharon Scott-Levesque 1,695 20.80% | Dorothy Diamond 583 7.16% | Rick Wilkins (PANB) 379 4.65% Gerald Bourque (Independent) 240 2.95% | new district | ||||||
Fredericton West-Hanwell | Brian Macdonald 2,971 35.21% | Bernadine Gibson 2,384 28.25% | Dominic Cardy 2,502 29.65% | Gayla MacIntosh 582 6.90% | Brian Macdonald | |||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Carl Urquhart | ||||||||||||
Carleton-York | Carl Urquhart * 3,662 46.53% | Ashley Cummings 2,203 27.99% | Jacob Elsinga 816 10.37% | Terry Wishart 602 7.65% | David Graham (PANB) 587 7.46% | new district |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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Progressive Conservatives | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Carleton | David Alward * 4,061 56.77% | Thomas Reid 1,588 22.20% | Jeremiah Clark 580 8.11% | Andrew Clark 750 10.49% | Steven Love (PANB) 174 2.43% | new district | ||||||
Carleton-Victoria | Colin Lockhart 3,049 39.76% | Andrew Harvey 3,131 40.83% | Joe Gee 683 8.91% | Garth Farquhar 464 6.05% | Carter Edgar (Independent) 216 2.82% Terry Ritchie (Independent) 125 1.63% | Dale Graham† [26] | ||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Wes McLean† [27] | ||||||||||||
Victoria-la-Vallée | Danny Soucy 3,056 38.20% | Chuck Chiasson 3,969 49.62% | Joe Berube 546 6.83% | Daniel Zolondek 428 5.35% | Danny Soucy | |||||||
Edmundston-Madawaska Centre | Madeleine Dubé 3,666 48.16% | Michel LeBlond 3,423 44.97% | Alain Martel 523 6.87% | Madeleine Dubé | ||||||||
Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston | Yvon Bonenfant 2,616 35.92% | Francine Landry 4,106 56.39% | Widler Jules 560 7.69% | Yvon Bonenfant |
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