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Kent North
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Kent North (2023-).png
The riding of Kent North (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates: 46°40′48″N65°14′17″W / 46.680°N 65.238°W / 46.680; -65.238
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Pat Finnigan
Liberal
District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2024
Demographics
Population (2011)15,720 [1]
Electors (2013)11,811 [2]
Census division(s) Kent County, Northumberland County
Census subdivision(s) Richibucto, Nouvelle-Arcadie, Saint-Louis-de-Kent, Saint-Louis Parish, Acadieville Parish, Carleton Parish, Harcourt, Saint-Charles Parish, Five Rivers, Elsipogtog First Nation, Richibucto-Village

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

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The district was established in the 1973 redistribution which saw New Brunswick move from a system of plurality-at-large voting (with multi-member ridings) to a first-past-the-post voting system (with single-member ridings). It took the northern third of the former three-member district for Kent County. In the 1994 redistribution, it added the Rogersville area from Northumberland County and was renamed Rogersville-Kouchibouguac. In the 2006 redistribution, it lost minor territory to Kent, but it regained that territory in 2013 as well as additional territory in the Five Rivers and Elsipogtog areas. Following the 2013 changes, it returned to its original name of Kent North.

Kent North (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding Kent North Roads Map.png
Kent North (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Kent North
Riding created from Kent
48th  1974–1978   Joseph Daigle Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987 Conrad Landry
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
53rd  1995–1999   Kenneth Johnson Liberal
54th  1999–2003   Rose-May Poirier Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014   Bertrand LeBlanc Liberal
Kent North
58th  2014–2018   Bertrand LeBlanc Liberal
59th  2018–2020   Kevin Arseneau Green
60th  2020–2024
61st  2024–Present   Pat Finnigan Liberal

Electoral history

Kent North (2014–present)

2024 New Brunswick general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Finnigan 3,92844.81+9.0
Green Kevin Arseneau 3,25137.09-5.9
Progressive Conservative Carl Cosby1,44116.44-2.2
People's Alliance Carole Boudreau1451.65+1.1
Total valid votes8,76599.72
Total rejected ballots250.28
Turnout8,79067.99
Eligible voters12,929
Liberal gain from Green Swing +7.5
Source: Elections New Brunswick
2020 provincial election redistributed results [3]
Party %
  Green 43.0
  Liberal 35.8
  Progressive Conservative 18.6
 Independent1.6
  People's Alliance 0.6
  New Democratic 0.4
2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kevin Arseneau 4,02147.47+1.55
Liberal Bertrand LeBlanc 2,93334.62-2.74
Progressive Conservative Stephen Robertson1,36316.09+3.50
Independent Roger Richard1541.82-1.94
Total valid votes8,471
Total rejected ballots150.18-0.33
Turnout8,48669.44-2.70
Eligible voters12,220
Green hold Swing +2.15
Source: Elections New Brunswick [4]
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kevin Arseneau 4,05645.91+27.74
Liberal Emery Comeau3,30137.37-12.65
Progressive Conservative Katie Robertson1,11212.59-4.01
Independent Roger Richard1942.20+2.20
New Democratic Neil Gardner1711.94-11.83
Total valid votes8,834100.0
Total rejected ballots45
Turnout8,87972.58-2.42
Eligible voters12,234
Green gain from Liberal Swing +20.19
Source: Elections New Brunswick [5]
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bertrand LeBlanc 4,69950.02+3.98
Green Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson1,70718.17–
Progressive Conservative Nancy Blanchard1,55916.60-25.84
New Democratic Allan Marsh1,29413.77+2.25
People's Alliance Raven-Chanelle Arsenault-Augustine1351.44–
Total valid votes9,394100.0
Total rejected ballots460.49
Turnout9,44075.00
Eligible voters12,587
Liberal notional hold Swing -7.10
[6]

Rogersville-Kouchibouguac

2010 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bertrand LeBlanc 3,43846.04+6.60
Progressive Conservative Jimmy Bourque3,16942.44-13.46
New Democratic Alida Fagan86011.52+6.86
Total valid votes7,467100.0  
Total rejected ballots1511.98
Turnout7,61882.83
Eligible voters9,197
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +10.03
[7]
2006 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rose-May Poirier 4,33255.90+6.52
Liberal Emery Comeau3,05739.45-5.11
New Democratic Oscar Doucet3614.66-1.41
Total valid votes7,750100.0  
Total rejected ballots1121.42
Turnout7,86281.69
Eligible voters9,624
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +5.82
[8]
2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rose-May Poirier 3,28949.38+7.40
Liberal Maurice Richard2,96844.56+4.36
New Democratic Oscar Doucet4046.07-11.75
Total valid votes6,661100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.52
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rose-May Poirier 2,82041.98+1.57
Liberal Maurice Richard2,70040.20-12.09
New Democratic Maria Daigle1,19717.82+10.52
Total valid votes6,717100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.83
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth Johnson 3,53052.29-11.10
Progressive Conservative Hermel Mazerolle2,72840.41+22.78
New Democratic Charles Richard4937.30-11.68
Total valid votes6,751100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -16.94

Kent North (1974–1995)

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Conrad Landry 3,37763.39-3.50
New Democratic Docile Doiron1,01118.98+11.45
Progressive Conservative Dominique Babineau93917.63-7.95
Total valid votes5,327100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -7.48
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Conrad Landry 3,69766.89+14.37
Progressive Conservative Gérald Guimond1,41425.58-15.08
New Democratic Charles Richard4167.53+0.71
Total valid votes5,527100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +14.72
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Conrad Landry 2,75052.52-16.31
Progressive Conservative Elzée Thebeau2,12940.66+17.32
New Democratic Charles R. Richard3576.82–
Total valid votes5,236100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -16.82
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Z. Daigle 3,15668.83+9.12
Progressive Conservative Louis Arsenault1,07023.34-5.87
Parti acadien Philippe Ouellette3597.83+2.15
Total valid votes4,585100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.50
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Joseph Z. Daigle 2,47959.71
Progressive Conservative Willie G. Ferguson1,21329.21
Parti acadien Gilles Theriault2365.68
Independent Arcade Fontaine2245.39
Total valid votes4,152100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the previous election. One Progressive Conservative was elected in the 1971 by-election. None of the three incumbents ran in this riding.

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