Gloucester (provincial electoral district)

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Gloucester
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1826
District abolished 1973
First contested1827
Last contested1972

Gloucester was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from the 1828 election of the 9th New Brunswick Legislature. It mirrored Gloucester County, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, divided up into five first past the post districts: Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles and Tracadie.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
Riding created from Northumberland
9th 1827 – 1830  Hugh Munro Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834   William End Ind.
11th 1835 – 1837  Peter Stewart Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842
13th 1843 – 1846  Joshua Alexandre Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850  Joseph Read Ind.
15th 1851 – 1854  Robert Gordon Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856   William End Ind.   Patrick McNaughton Ind.
17th 1856 – 1857  Joseph Read Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865   Robert Young Ind.    John Meahan Ind.
20th 1865 – 1866
21st 1866 – 1870
22nd 1870 – 1874   Samuel Napier Ind.    Théotime Blanchard [1] Cons.
23rd 1875 – 1876   Kennedy F. Burns Lib.
1876 – 1878   Patrick G. Ryan Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882   Francis J. McManus Lib.
25th 1883 – 1886
26th 1886 – 1890   James Young Cons.
27th 1890 – 1892   Joseph Poirier Cons.
28th 1892 – 1894   John Sievewright [2] Ind.    Théotime Blanchard [3] Cons.
1895   Peter Veniot [4] Lib.
29th 1896 – 1898   Prosper E. Paulin Cons.
1898 – 1899   Joseph Poirier Cons.
30th 1899   Theobald M. Burns Cons.
1900 – 1903   John Young [5] Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908
32nd 1908 – 1912   Alphonse Sormany Ind.   James P. Byrne Lib.    Seraphin R. Léger Lib.
33rd 1912 – 1917   Joseph B. Hachey Ind.    Alfred J. Witzell Ind.    A.J.H. Stewart Ind.    Martin J. Robichaud Ind.
34th 1917 – 1920   Peter Veniot [6] Lib.    James P. Byrne [7] Lib.    Seraphin R. Léger Lib.    Jean G. Robichaud Lib.
35th 1921 – 1922
1923 – 1925   J. André Doucet Lib.
1925   Ivan Rand Lib.
36th 1925 – 1926   John P. Lordon [8] Lib.
1926 – 1930   Clovis-Thomas Richard [6] Lib.
37th 1931
1931 – 1935   Wesley H. Coffyn Cons.
38th 1935 – 1939   F.T.B. Young [8] Lib.    William A. Losier Lib.
39th 1939 – 1940
1940 – 1944   Joseph E. Connolly Lib.
40th 1944 – 1945   Frederick C. Young Lib.
1945 – 1948   J. Michel Fournier Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952   Ernest Richard Lib.
42nd 1952 – 1956
43rd 1957 – 1960   Claude Savoie Lib.
44th 1960 – 1963   H. H. Williamson Lib.    Bernard A. Jean [9] Lib.
45th 1963 – 1967   J. Omer Boudreau Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970   Gérard Haché Lib.    A. A. Ferguson Lib.
47th 1970 – 1972   André Robichaud Lib.    Frank Branch Lib.
1972 – 1974  Lorenzo Morais PC
Riding dissolved into Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles and Tracadie

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 18 September 1972
Resignation of Bernard Jean
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Progressive Conservative Lorenzo Morais 13,68553.88Green check.svgY
Liberal Richard Savoie11,71446.12
Total valid votes25,39997.62
Total rejected ballots6202.38
Turnout26,01981.16
Eligible voters32,059
Source: Elections New Brunswick [10]
1970 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 11,33314.40Green check.svgY
Liberal André Robichaud 11,05514.05Green check.svgY
Liberal Bernard A. Jean 10,89213.84Green check.svgY
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 10,87713.82Green check.svgY
Liberal Frank Branch 10,55213.41Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Camille Losier5,1756.58
Progressive Conservative Calixte Chiasson5,1326.52
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau4,5385.77
Progressive Conservative Odilon Boudreau4,2725.43
Progressive Conservative William Young4,2115.35
Independent André Dumont6460.82
Total number of valid votes78,683
Total rejected ballots1920.84
Turnout22,91087.95
Eligible voters26,048
Source: Elections New Brunswick [11]
1967 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 12,35013.45Green check.svgY
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 12,04813.13Green check.svgY
Liberal Gérard Haché 11,90012.96Green check.svgY
Liberal Bernard A. Jean 11,89012.95Green check.svgY
Liberal Ernest Richard 11,38712.41Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Bertie Ferguson6,5767.16
Progressive Conservative Gerard Arseneau6,5397.12
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau6,5137.10
Progressive Conservative Percy Cormier6,3106.97
Progressive Conservative Antonin Friolet6,2776.84
Total number of valid votes91,790
Turnout [en 1] 20,194100.0  
Source: Elections New Brunswick [12]
  1. Estimate taken from the number of votes from general polls, 19,720, and adding in the highest number of Liberal and Progressive Conservative votes from each of the advanced polls, as no total number of votes was available for these.
1963 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Harry Williamson 13,97912.96Green check.svgY
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 13,93812.92Green check.svgY
Liberal Bernard Jean 13,91612.90Green check.svgY
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,84412.84Green check.svgY
Liberal Claude Savoie 13,76612.76Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Coughlan8,0687.48
Progressive Conservative Edmond Landry7,6717.11
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns7,5937.04
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché7,5457.00
Progressive Conservative Léger Chiasson7,5226.98
Total number of valid votes107,842
Source: Canadian Elections Database [13]
1960 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Rhéal Richard 14,89713.33Green check.svgY
Liberal Bernard Jean 14,75513.20Green check.svgY
Liberal Claude Savoie 14,66813.12Green check.svgY
Liberal Harry Williamson 14,63713.09Green check.svgY
Liberal Michel Fournier 14,63513.09Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Fernand Lanteigne7,8697.04
Progressive Conservative Alban Duguay7,7046.89
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns7,6486.84
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché7,5556.76
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce7,4186.64
Total number of valid votes111,786
Source: Canadian Elections Database [14]
1956 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,16312.22Green check.svgY
Liberal Michel Fournier 13,00312.07Green check.svgY
Liberal Claude Savoie 12,86211.94Green check.svgY
Liberal Joseph Connolly 12,83311.91Green check.svgY
Liberal Frederick Young 12,70911.80Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Fernand Lanteigne9,0068.36
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce8,8468.21
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché8,5227.91
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns8,4767.87
Progressive Conservative Fred Scott8,3257.73
Total number of valid votes107,745
Source: Canadian Elections Database [15]
1952 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Frederick Young 13,27012.01Green check.svgY
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,17911.93Green check.svgY
Liberal Michel Fournier 13,15111.90Green check.svgY
Liberal Joseph Connolly 13,09211.85Green check.svgY
Liberal André Doucet 12,89811.67Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns8,3757.58
Progressive Conservative Lorenzo Boudreau8,3127.52
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce8,2287.45
Progressive Conservative J. L. A. Robichaud8,2097.43
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché8,1517.38
Independent Guy Riordan8920.81
Independent Leo Ferguson8040.73
Independent Fred Hornibrook6630.60
Independent Emile Godin6300.57
Independent Percy Cormier6240.56
Total number of valid votes110,478
Source: Canadian Elections Database [16]
1948 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal Joseph Connolly AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Liberal André Doucet AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Liberal Michel Fournier AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Liberal Rhéal Richard AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Liberal Frederick Young AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Source: Canadian Elections Database [17]
1944 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Frederick Young 11,63515.91Green check.svgY
Liberal Joseph Connolly 11,52615.76Green check.svgY
Liberal Clovis Richard 11,48915.71Green check.svgY
Liberal André Doucet 11,47715.70Green check.svgY
Conservative Albany-M. Robichaud7,1059.72
Conservative Leo Ferguson6,4508.82
Conservative L. A. Palmer6,3078.63
Conservative Eustache Godin5,6887.78
Co-operative Commonwealth George Duval7281.00
Co-operative Commonwealth Harry Day7110.97
Total number of valid votes73,116
Source: Canadian Elections Database [18]
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 19 August 1940
Death of Frederick T. B. Young
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal Joseph Connolly AcclaimedGreen check.svgY
1939 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Fred Young 10,97317.83Green check.svgY
Liberal Clovis Richard 10,83817.61Green check.svgY
Liberal André Doucet 10,77517.50Green check.svgY
Liberal William Losier 10,76217.48Green check.svgY
Conservative Leo Ferguson4,6517.56
Conservative Joseph Hachey4,5617.41
Conservative Joseph Talbot4,5287.36
Conservative A. V. Landry4,4717.26
Total number of valid votes61,559
Source: Canadian Elections Database [19]
1935 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Fred Young 12,25618.04Green check.svgY
Liberal Clovis Richard 12,23718.01Green check.svgY
Liberal André Doucet 12,20417.96Green check.svgY
Liberal William Losier 12,20217.96Green check.svgY
Conservative Wesley Coffyn 4,8617.15
Conservative Alfred Witzell4,7997.06
Conservative George Haché4,7587.00
Conservative Martin Robichaud4,6246.81
Total number of valid votes67,941
Source: Canadian Elections Database [20]

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