Saint John East

Saint John East
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Saint John East (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,579
Electors (2013)	11,212
Census division(s)	Saint John County, New Brunswick
Census subdivision(s)	Saint John

Last updated January 28, 2021

Saint John East (French : Saint-Jean-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from the two member district of Saint John East, which was divided into this riding and Saint John-Fundy. Under the 1994 redistribution the riding was largely unchanged, losing some territory to Saint John-Fundy while gaining other small parts from Saint John-Fundy and Saint John Park. It was renamed Saint John Champlain as parts of the City of Saint John known locally as East Saint John had been moved out of the district. In 2006, the district boundaries were again changed, losing some territory to adjacent districts but taking in all of what is known as East Saint John; as a result, its name was changed to Saint John East. At the 2013 redistribution, the riding was altered significantly with nearly half of its population moving to the north to join Saint John Portland, being replaced by territory gained from the abolished district of Saint John-Fundy.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
East Saint John Riding created from Saint John East (1967–1974)
48th	1974–1978	Gerald Merrithew	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1984
50th	1984–1987	Peter Trites	New Democratic
51st	1987–1991	Peter Trites	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995	George Jenkins	Liberal
Saint John Champlain
53rd	1995–1999	Roly MacIntyre	Liberal
54th	1999–2003	Carole Keddy	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006	Roly MacIntyre	Liberal
56th	2006–2010	Roly MacIntyre	Liberal
Saint John East
57th	2010–2014	Glen Tait	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–2014	Gary Keating	Liberal
58th	2014–2018	Glen Savoie	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–Present

Gary Keating resigned on October 14, 2014, just 22 days after being elected. Keating was never sworn in.^[1]

Election results

Saint John East, 2014–present

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	3,507	56.36	+10.75
	Liberal	Phil Comeau	1,639	26.34	-0.50
	People's Alliance	Patrick Kemp	434	6.98	-8.85
	Green	Gerald Irish	394	6.33	+0.69
	New Democratic	Josh Floyd	248	3.99	-2.09
Total valid votes			6,222
Total rejected ballots			8	0.13	-0.07
Turnout			6,230	55.55	-2.82
Eligible voters			11,216
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.75

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	3,017	45.62	+1.31
	Liberal	Clare Manzer	1,775	26.84	-1.00
	People's Alliance	Matthew Thompson	1,047	15.83	+15.07
	New Democratic	Alex White	402	6.08	-15.80
	Green	Lynaya Astephen	373	5.64	+0.42
Total valid votes			6,614	100.0
Total rejected ballots			13	0.20
Turnout			6,627	58.36
Eligible voters			11,355

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 17 November 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	2,225	44.31	+7.43
	Liberal	Shelley Rinehart	1,398	27.84	-9.18
	New Democratic	Dominic Cardy	1,099	21.88	+3.36
	Green	Sharon Murphy	262	5.22	-0.39
	People's Alliance	Arthur Watson	38	0.76	-1.21
Total valid votes			5,022	100.00
Total rejected ballots			11	0.22
Turnout			5,033	43.67
Eligible voters			11,526
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.31
Source:Elections New Brunswick^[2]

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gary Keating	2,332	37.02	+3.93
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Savoie	2,323	36.88	-0.98
	New Democratic	Phil Comeau	1,167	18.53	-5.14
	Green	Sharon Murphy	353	5.60	+0.23
	People's Alliance	Jason Inness	124	1.97
Total valid votes			6,299	100.0
Total rejected ballots			26	0.41
Turnout			6,325	54.88
Eligible voters			11,526
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+2.46
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[3]

Saint John East, 2006–2010

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Tait	2,135	37.86	+5.00
	Liberal	Kevin McCarville	1,866	33.09	-27.09
	New Democratic	Sandy Harding	1,335	23.67	+16.71
	Green	Ann McAllister	303	5.37	–
Total valid votes			5,639	100.0
Total rejected ballots			21	0.37
Turnout			5,660	54.66
Eligible voters			10,354
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.04
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[4]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roly MacIntyre	3,406	60.18	+20.11
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Mott	1,860	32.86	+5.02
	New Democratic	Maureen Michaud	394	6.96	-20.99
Total valid votes			5,660	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.27
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Saint John Champlain, 1994–2003

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roly MacIntyre	2,160	40.07	+6.19
	New Democratic	Ralph Thomas	1,507	27.95	+0.19
	Progressive Conservative	Mel Vincent Jr.	1,501	27.84	-8.19
	Grey	Bill Richard Reid	223	4.14	–
Total valid votes			5,391	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+3.00

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carole Keddy	2,073	36.03	+9.62
	Liberal	Roly MacIntyre	1,949	33.88	-4.06
	New Democratic	Dr. Paula C. Tippett	1,597	27.76	-4.47
	Confederation of Regions	Dolores H. Cook	98	1.70	-1.71
	Natural Law	Jeanne Geldart	36	0.63	–
Total valid votes			5,753	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.84

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roly MacIntyre	2,222	37.94	+5.79
	New Democratic	Paula Tippett	1,888	32.23	+10.67
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Keenan	1,547	26.41	+10.71
	Confederation of Regions	Christina Green	200	3.41	-27.18
Total valid votes			5,857	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.44

East Saint John

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George J. Jenkins	2,785	32.15	-8.99
	Confederation of Regions	Gary Ewart	2,650	30.59	–
	New Democratic	Ben Donaldson	1,868	21.56	-11.12
	Progressive Conservative	Don Elliott	1,360	15.70	-3.38
Total valid votes			8,663	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-19.79

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Trites	3,746	41.14	+17.49
	New Democratic	Ervan Cronk	2,976	32.68	-8.28
	Progressive Conservative	Gary William Woodroffe	1,737	19.08	-16.32
	Independent	Dolores H. Cook	375	4.12	–
	Independent	Frank Brown	272	2.99	–
Total valid votes			9,106	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+12.88
Liberal candidate Peter Trites gained 0.18 percentage points from his performance in the 1985 by-election, when he ran as a New Democrat.

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Peter Trites	2,615	40.96	+15.52
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Ferguson	2,260	35.40	-12.53
	Liberal	Marlene Anne Vaughan	1,510	23.65	-2.98
Total valid votes			6,385	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.02

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew	4,246	47.93	-3.95
	Liberal	Brian Fraser Hurley	2,359	26.63	-5.13
	New Democratic	Peter Trites	2,254	25.44	+9.09
Total valid votes			8,859	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.59

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	G. S. "Gerry" Merrithew	3,626	51.88	+0.23
	Liberal	George Creary	2,220	31.76	-12.68
	New Democratic	Douglas Justason	1,143	16.35	+12.44
Total valid votes			6,989	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.46

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	G.S. Merrithew	3,537	51.65
	Liberal	Robert N. Fry	3,043	44.44
	New Democratic	Terrence Parsons	268	3.91
Total valid votes			6,848	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John East went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election. Gerald Merrithew was one of two incumbents.

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References

↑ CBC News (14 Oct 2014). "Saint John East MLA-elect Gary Keating resigns" . Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
↑ "Unofficial election results, Saint John East/Saint John-Est by-election, 17 November 2014". Elections New Brunswick. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
↑ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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[1] CBC News (14 Oct 2014). "Saint John East MLA-elect Gary Keating resigns" . Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.

[2] "Unofficial election results, Saint John East/Saint John-Est by-election, 17 November 2014". Elections New Brunswick. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[3] Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.

[4] "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

[cbcnews-5] New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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v t e New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election