Petitcodiac (electoral district)

Last updated

Petitcodiac
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
PetitcodiacDistrict.png
Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts
Coordinates: 46°06′00″N65°12′25″W / 46.100°N 65.207°W / 46.100; -65.207 Coordinates: 46°06′00″N65°12′25″W / 46.100°N 65.207°W / 46.100; -65.207
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 2013
First contested 1974
Last contested 2010
Demographics
Population ()14,581

Petitcodiac was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Contents

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Westmorland
48th  1974–1978   Bill Harmer Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Hollis Steeves Liberal
52nd  1991–1995   Dennis Cochrane Progressive Conservative
53rd  1995–1999   Hollis Steeves Liberal
54th  1999–2003   Wally Stiles Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2007
 2007–2010   Liberal
57th  2010–2014   Sherry Wilson Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Gagetown-Petitcodiac, Moncton Southwest,
Albert, Moncton East and Moncton Northwest

Election results

2010 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sherry Wilson 4,13355.69-9.22
Liberal Wally Stiles 1,77223.87-5.73
Green Bethany Thorne-Dykstra85611.53
New Democratic Leta Both6618.91+3.43
Total valid votes7,422100.0  
Total rejected ballots440.59
Turnout7,46668.40
Eligible voters10,915
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -1.74
Liberal candidate Wally Stiles lost 41.04 percentage points from his 2006 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [1]
2006 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Stiles 4,64064.91+4.35
Liberal Terry Keating2,11629.60-2.57
New Democratic Rebecca Lewis-Marshall3925.48+0.30
Total valid votes7,148100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.46
[2]
2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Stiles 3,48160.56-8.76
Liberal Bethany Dykstra1,84932.17+13.22
New Democratic Tracy Trott2985.18-2.03
Grey Dan Leaman1202.09-2.41
Total valid votes5,748100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.99
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Wally Stiles 4,28469.32+41.93
Liberal Gary Armstrong1,17118.95-20.81
New Democratic Blair McInnis4477.23+2.09
Grey Donald Alward2784.50
Total valid votes6,180100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +31.37
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hollis Steeves 2,39839.76+9.58
Confederation of Regions Tom Taylor1,67327.74-3.00
Progressive Conservative Charles Harmer1,65027.36-3.98
New Democratic Jennifer Stairs3105.14-2.59
Total valid votes6,031100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +6.29
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dennis Cochrane 4,87931.34+2.48
Confederation of Regions Leona May Geldart4,78630.74
Liberal Hollis S. Steeves 4,69830.18-23.13
New Democratic Richard Hay1,2047.73-10.00
Total valid votes15,567100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -14.13
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hollis S. Steeves 7,08153.31+20.65
Progressive Conservative C.W. "Bill" Harmer 3,83328.86-25.86
New Democratic Richard James Hay2,36817.83+5.20
Total valid votes13,282100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +23.26
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative C.W. "Bill" Harmer 6,38854.72+3.70
Liberal Hollis Stanley Steeves 3,81332.66-2.87
New Democratic Charles B. Sullivan1,47412.63+6.18
Total valid votes11,675100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.28
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative C. W. "Bill" Harmer 4,91151.02+2.97
Liberal Harold Alward3,42035.53-1.42
New Democratic Ronald McGrath6216.45+3.30
Independent Rev. C. Edward Pickett5565.78
Parti acadien Patrick D. Clarke1171.22
Total valid votes9,625100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.20
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative C.W. "Bill" Harmer 3,91448.05
Liberal Wendell J. Maxwell3,01036.95
Independent Ronald T. Sabine96511.85
New Democratic Joyce Marie Sullivan2573.15
Total valid votes8,146100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election.

Related Research Articles

Caraquet (electoral district) Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Caraquet is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 from Gloucester. The riding is centred on the town of Caraquet, extending west to Grande-Anse, New Brunswick and Saint-Léolin, New Brunswick and south to Paquetville, New Brunswick.

Woodstock was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created as Kings East in 1973 and was slightly altered in the subsequent redistributions of 1994, 2006 and New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2013. Its name was changed from Kings East to Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins in the 2013 redistribution, while gaining parts of Hampton-Kings and Saint John-Fundy in the process.

Dalhousie-Restigouche East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Moncton Northwest (electoral district) Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Moncton Northwest is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first be contested in the 1995 general election, having been created in the 1994 redistribution of electoral boundaries with the name Moncton Crescent.

Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 as Shediac. Though it has had few geographic changes over the years, it has twice been renamed to more inclusively reflect the communities within its boundaries, first to Shediac-Cap-Pelé in 1994 and then to Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé in 2013.

Nepisiguit was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was known as Nepisiguit-Chaleur from 1974 to 1995.

Riverview (electoral district) Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Riverview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Hampton-Kings Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Hampton-Kings was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was established in the 1994 electoral redistribution, in 2006 its boundaries were changed as its population was above the allowable reasonable population and its name was changed from Hampton-Belleisle to Hampton-Kings.

Portland-Simonds Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds. The riding name refers to Portland and Simonds Parish in Saint John County.

Saint John-Fundy Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint John-Fundy was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in the 1994 redistribution of districts as Centre-Péninsule; its boundaries were adjusted in the 2006 redistribution in order to rebalance the population of districts on the Acadian Peninsula. Though the Electoral Boundaries Commission did not recommend a name change, the Legislative Assembly later decided to change the name by adding Saint-Sauveur to its name.

Saint John Lancaster Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.

Miramichi-Bay du Vin Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Miramichi-Bay du Vin was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Moncton North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Tracadie-Sheila (electoral district) Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Tracadie-Sheila is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is centred on the town of Tracadie-Sheila and is 95% French speaking.

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was previously named Shippagan-les-Îles from 1974 to 1995 and Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou from 1995 to 2014. Its boundaries were largely unchanged from its creation until the 2013 redistribution extended it inland to the Pokemouche area, taken from Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur.

York (1995–2014 provincial electoral district) Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

York was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada in the southwestern portion of the province. It was created in 1995 from a large part of the former York South and a small part of York North.

Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

References

  1. "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.