Saint John East (electoral district, 1967–1974)

For the current provincial electoral district, see Saint John East.

Saint John East

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1967
District abolished	1973
First contested	1967
Last contested	1970

Saint John East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It utilized a bloc voting system to elect candidates and was created from Saint John County in 1967. The district was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Riding created from Saint John County
46th	1967 – 1970		Charles A. McIlveen [1]	Progressive Conservative		William J. Woodroffe	Progressive Conservative
47th	1970 – 1972
	1972 – 1974		Gerald Merrithew	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into East Saint John and Saint John-Fundy

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 11 December 1972
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry S. Merrithew	3,408	Y
	Liberal	Gordie M. Foster	2,825
	New Democratic	Eldon Richardson, Jr.	275

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Charles A. McIlveen	5,332	Y
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Woodroffe	5,200	Y
	Liberal	Fred Cave	3,102
	Liberal	Michael B. McGrath	2,863
	New Democratic	Lindsay F. Sabean	579
	New Democratic	Alphonse Hébert	565

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Charles A. McIlveen	5,052	Y
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Woodroffe	5,033	Y
	Liberal	Fred Cave	3,541
	Liberal	Paul E. Mackin	3,388

References

1. died in 1972