Northumberland (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

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Northumberland
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1785
District abolished 1973
First contested 1785
Last contested 1970

Northumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. Roughly encompassing Northumberland County, New Brunswick. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1st 1786 – 1792   Elias Hardy Ind.    William Davidson Ind.
2nd 1793 – 1795   Ward Chipman Ind.    John Black Ind.
3rd 1795 – 1802   James Fraser Ind.    Samuel Lee Ind.
4th 1802 – 1809  Alexander Taylor Ind.
5th 1809 – 1816
6th 1817 – 1819   Richard Simonds Ind.
7th 1820  Joseph Saunders Ind.
8th 1821 – 1827  Hugh Munro Ind.
9th 1827 – 1830   Alexander Rankin [1] Ind.
10th 1831 – 1833   Joseph Cunard [2] Ind.
1833 – 1834   John Ambrose Street Ind.
11th 1835 – 1837
12th 1837 – 1842
13th 1843  John T. Williston [3] Ind.
1843 – 1846   John Ambrose Street Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850  William Carman Ind.    Martin Cranney Ind.
15th 1851 – 1852   John Mercer Johnson Ind.   John T. Williston Ind.
1852 – 1854   Peter Mitchell Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856   George Kerr Ind.    Richard Sutton Ind.
17th 1856 – 1857   Peter Mitchell Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865  Robinson Crocker Ind.   Edward Williston Ind.
20th 1865 – 1866   Richard Hutchison Ind.    Richard Sutton Ind.
21st 1866 – 1867   Cons.    John Mercer Johnson [4] Ind.
1867 – 1870   William Moore Kelly Ind.
22nd 1870 – 1874   Jacob C. Gough Ind.    Michael Adams Cons.    Thomas F. Gillespie Cons.
23rd 1875 – 1878   William Swim Ind.    Lemuel John Tweedie Lib.    Allan A. Davidson Cons.
24th 1879 – 1882   Michael Adams [5] Cons.    Ernest Hutchinson Ind.    Thomas F. Gillespie Cons.
25th 1883 – 1886   William A. Park [6] Lib.-Con.    John Percival Burchill Lib.
26th 1886 – 1887   Lemuel John Tweedie Lib.    Ernest Hutchinson Ind.
1887 – 1888   John Percival Burchill Lib.
1888 – 1890   John Morrissy Lib.
27th 1890 – 1892   James Robinson [4] Cons.    John O'Brien Lib.-Con.
28th 1892 – 1895
29th 1896
1896 – 1899   Allan A. Davidson Cons.
30th 1899 – 1903   Charles Elijah Fish Cons.
31st 1903 – 1905   John Morrissy Lib.    W. S. Loggie Lib.    Donald Morrison [5] Cons.
1905 – 1908   Robert Murray Lib.
32nd 1908  William L. Allain Ind.   Daniel P. MacLachlan Ind.
1908 – 1912   John Percival Burchill Lib.
33rd 1912 – 1917  Francis D. Swim Ind.   James L. Stewart Ind.
34th 1917 – 1920   John Percival Burchill Lib.    Robert Murray Lib.    David V. Allain Lib.    Francis C. McGrath Lib.
35th 1921  John Vanderbeck [7] UF   Fred A. Fowlie Ind.   John S. Martin Ind.Lab    Charles Joseph Morrissy Lib.
1921 – 1925  Abram V. Vanderbeck UF
36th 1925 – 1930   Sydney D. Heckbert Cons.    Francis T. Lavoie Cons.    Akerley Holmes Cons.    Joseph Leonard O'Brien Cons.
37th 1931 – 1935   Frederick Tweedie [8] Lib.    William Stafford Anderson Lib.    Hidulphe Savoie Lib.    Richard J. Gill [9] Lib.
38th 1935 – 1939
39th 1939 – 1944
40th 1944 – 1948   H. S. Murray Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952  Michel A. Savoie Lib.
42nd 1952 – 1956   William J. Gallant Lib.
43rd 1957 – 1960   P. C. Price Lib.   Joseph R. Martin PC
44th 1960 – 1961   Clarence S. Menzies Lib.    Graham Crocker Lib.    Norbert Thériault Lib.    Paul B. Lordon [6] Lib.
1961 – 1963   J. Fraser Kerr Lib.
45th 1963 – 1967
46th 1967 – 1969   J. L. A. Savoie [10] Lib.
1969 – 1970   Frank E. Kane Lib.
47th 1970 – 1974   Edgar LeGresley Lib.
Riding dissolved into Bay du Vin, Chatham, Miramichi Bay, Miramichi-Newcastle and Southwest Miramichi

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Frank E. Kane 10,35311.43Green check.svgY
Liberal H. Graham Crocker 10,21611.28Green check.svgY
Liberal L. Norbert Thériault 9,95410.99Green check.svgY
Liberal Edgar LeGresley 9,69410.70Green check.svgY
Liberal Clarence S. Menzies 9,57710.57Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative Laurie Black7,1687.91
Progressive Conservative John Creaghan7,0677.80
Progressive Conservative George O'Donnell6,9157.63
Progressive Conservative Charles Boulay6,6677.36
Progressive Conservative Louis Gionet6,4847.16
New Democratic Joseph Albert Richardson 1,4721.63
New Democratic Ronald William Kelly1,3871.53
New Democratic Theresa Kelly1,1301.25
New Democratic Ray LeBreton9971.10
New Democratic Chester John Voutour9291.03
Independent James D. Shanahan5620.62
Total number of valid votes90,572
Total rejected ballots3441.69
Turnout20,33879.94
Eligible voters25,442
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 16 June 1969
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Frank Edward Kane 8,33854.54
Progressive Conservative Charles E. C. Boulay6,95145.46
1967 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal H. Graham Crocker 11,568Green check.svgY
Liberal J. Fraser Kerr 11,276Green check.svgY
Liberal Clarence Menzies 11,173Green check.svgY
Liberal Norbert Thériault 11,032Green check.svgY
Liberal Dr. J. L. A. Savoie 10,812Green check.svgY
Progressive Conservative William Malone7,220
Progressive Conservative Orville McCosh7,199
Progressive Conservative Arnel J. Roach7,062
Progressive Conservative Karl Wilson7,060
Progressive Conservative Gerard Doiron6,928
New Democratic Ronald Kelly577
New Democratic Jack Currie345
New Democratic Albert Richardson325

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  1. died in 1852
  2. named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick
  3. unseated after an appeal
  4. 1 2 elected to federal seat
  5. 1 2 resigned to run for federal seat
  6. 1 2 resigned
  7. died in 1921
  8. died in 1943
  9. died in 1959
  10. died in 1969