Moncton Centre (electoral district)

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Moncton Centre
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Riding of Moncton Centre (2014-).png
The riding of Moncton Centre in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates: 46°06′50″N64°48′04″W / 46.114°N 64.801°W / 46.114; -64.801
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Rob McKee
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2014
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,273
Electors (2013)11,368
Census division(s) Westmorland
Census subdivision(s) Moncton

Moncton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.

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The district includes the geographic centre of Moncton, but excludes the downtown which falls in Moncton South.

It draws about 60% of its population from the old Moncton East and about 40% from the old district of Moncton North. Moncton East incumbent Chris Collins won the 2014 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Moncton East (1974–2014) and Moncton North
58th  2014–2018   Chris Collins Liberal
 2018–2018   Independent
59th  2018–2020   Rob McKee Liberal
60th  2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob McKee 2,44838.91-4.68
Green Carole Chan1,72527.42+14.96
Progressive Conservative Jean Poirier1,64226.10+10.23
People's Alliance Aaron Richter3084.90-0.10
New Democratic James Caldwell1682.67-1.03
Total valid votes6,291
Total rejected ballots150.24-0.00
Turnout6,30659.27+1.08
Eligible voters10,639
Liberal hold Swing -9.82
Source: Elections New Brunswick [1]
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob McKee 2,69843.59-9.39
Independent Chris Collins 1,20019.39--
Progressive Conservative Claudette Boudreau-Turner98215.87-9.35
Green Jean-Marie Nadeau77112.46+4.40
People's Alliance Kevin McClure3094.99--
New Democratic Jessica Caissie2293.70-10.04
Total valid votes6,18999.76
Total rejected ballots150.24-0.20
Turnout6,20459.19
Eligible voters10,661
Liberal hold Swing -14.39
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Chris Collins 3,33952.98
Progressive Conservative Marie-Claude Blais 1,58925.21
New Democratic Luc Leblanc86613.74
Green Jeffrey McCluskey5088.06
Total valid votes6,302100.0  
Total rejected ballots280.44
Turnout6,33058.39
Eligible voters10,841
This riding was created from parts of the previous riding of Moncton East and Moncton North, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Chris Collins was the incumbent from Moncton East, and Marie-Claude Blais was the incumbent from Moncton North.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [2]

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References

  1. "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.