Saint John Park

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Saint John Park
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

Saint John Park was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre 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 Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978   Robert Higgins Liberal
49th  1978–1982   Shirley Dysart Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Portland
and Saint John Champlain

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 1,74342.74-16.33
Confederation of Regions Richard Condon Sullivan Kinsella82520.23
New Democratic Judith Meinert77719.05-3.23
Progressive Conservative Shirley McAlary 73317.97-0.69
Total valid votes4,078100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -18.28
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 2,59659.07+13.16
New Democratic Paul Allen Maccovour97922.28+7.43
Progressive Conservative Jean Porter82018.66-20.57
Total valid votes4,395100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.86
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 2,24745.91-1.09
Progressive Conservative Twyla Hartt1,92039.23-0.66
New Democratic David T. Pye72714.85+1.74
Total valid votes4,894100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.22
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 1,97647.00-15.14
Progressive Conservative Garry Bona1,67739.89+5.97
New Democratic David T. Pye55113.11+9.16
Total valid votes4,204100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -10.56
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Robert Higgins 3,30762.14
Progressive Conservative Donald S. Greenlaw1,80533.92
New Democratic Gary Donald Nesbit2103.95
Total valid votes5,322100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in the previous election, one of the PC seats was won by a Liberal in a by-election. Robert J. Higgins was one of four incumbents.

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