Queens South

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Queens South
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Queens South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Queens
48th  1974–1978   Robert Corbett Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982   Robert McCready Liberal
50th  1982–1987   Progressive Conservative
51st  1987–1991   Vaughn Blaney Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Grand Bay-Westfield, Grand Lake,
New Maryland and Oromocto-Gagetown

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vaughn Blaney 1,54341.94-15.27
Confederation of Regions Jarvis M. Ducey1,20532.75
Progressive Conservative Larry C. Black67618.37-17.36
New Democratic Gordon Black2556.93-0.13
Total valid votes3,679100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -24.01
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vaughn Blaney 2,07557.21+15.53
Progressive Conservative Robert B. McCready 1,29635.73-16.45
New Democratic Susan Barton2567.06+0.91
Total valid votes3,627100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +15.99
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Robert B. McCready 1,79952.18+7.34
Liberal Dawn Bremner1,43741.68-7.22
New Democratic Mike Gormley2126.15-0.11
Total valid votes3,448100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.28
Progressive Conservative candidate Robert McCready gained 3.28 percentage points from his performance in 1978 running as a Liberal.
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert B. McCready 1,57748.90+0.19
Progressive Conservative A.P. Hetherington1,44644.84-6.45
New Democratic Charles Viger2026.26
Total valid votes3,225100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +3.32
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Robert Corbett 1,52851.29
Liberal Robert B. McCready 1,45148.71
Total valid votes2,979100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the last election. Robert McCready was one of two incumbents.

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