Tantramar (electoral district)

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Tantramar
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Tantramar (2023-).png
The riding of Tantramar (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Megan Mitton
Green
District created 1973
First contested 1974
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,884
Electors (2013)11,368

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

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It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution and first used in the 1974 election as Tantramar. It went largely unchanged in both the 1994 redistribution and 2006 redistribution, even though it was well below the allowable population variance in the latter. In 2006, the electoral boundaries commission ruled that the district was an exceptional case, as it was surrounded by water and the province of Nova Scotia to the south and west, and to predominantly francophone areas to the north and east that would become significant minorities were they added to the district. The 2013 boundaries commission refused to persist the exception and added the francophone village of Memramcook from the former riding of Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe to the district, giving the riding the new name of Memramcook-Tantramar. This change is the subject of a constitutional challenge by francophone activists. [1]

Following the 2023 redistribution, the riding will be renamed back to Tantramar.

This was the first seat to elect a New Democrat to the legislature, in 1982.

Tantramar (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding Tantramar Roads Map.png
Tantramar (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Tantramar
Riding created from Westmorland
48th  1974–1978   Lloyd Folkins Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987   Robert Arthur Hall New Democratic
51st  1987–1991   Marilyn Trenholme Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1997
 1997–1999   Peter Mesheau Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010 Mike Olscamp
57th  2010–2014
Memramcook-Tantramar
58th  2014–2018   Bernard LeBlanc Liberal
59th  2018–2020   Megan Mitton Green
60th  2020–2024
Tantramar
61st  2024–Present   Megan Mitton Green

Election results

Memramcook-Tantramar

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Megan Mitton 3,42541.61+3.28
Liberal Maxime Bourgeois2,90235.26-2.94
Progressive Conservative Carole Duguay1,67820.39+1.90
People's Alliance Heather Collins1922.33
Independent Jefferson George Wright340.41
Total valid votes8,231
Total rejected ballots130.16-0.13
Turnout8,24470.36+1.03
Eligible voters11,717
Green hold Swing +3.11
Source: Elections New Brunswick [2]
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Megan Mitton 3,14838.33+23.03
Liberal Bernard LeBlanc 3,13738.20-7.44
Progressive Conservative Etienne Gaudet1,51818.48-7.96
New Democratic Hélène Boudreau4104.99-7.63
Total valid votes8,21399.71
Total rejected ballots240.29-0.17
Turnout8,23769.33
Eligible voters11,881
Green gain from Liberal Swing +15.24
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernard LeBlanc 3,51545.64+26.67
Progressive Conservative Mike Olscamp 2,03726.45-30.23
Green Megan Mitton 1,17815.29+1.64
New Democratic Hélène Boudreau97212.62+1.92
Total valid votes7,702100.0  
Total rejected ballots360.47
Turnout7,73866.56
Eligible voters11,626
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +28.45
Source: Elections New Brunswick [3]

Tantramar

2010 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Olscamp 2,70756.68+2.27
Liberal Beth Barczyk90618.97-15.78
Green Margaret Tusz-King65213.65–
New Democratic Bill Evans51110.70-0.14
Total valid votes4,776100.0  
Total rejected ballots230.48
Turnout4,79966.29
Eligible voters7,239
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.02
Source: Elections New Brunswick [4]
2006 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Olscamp 2,69054.41-3.88
Liberal John Higham1,71834.75+3.45
New Democratic Virgil Hammock53610.84+0.43
Total valid votes4,944
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.66
2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Mesheau 2,92258.29-4.50
Liberal Susan Purdy1,56931.30+13.76
New Democratic Geoff Martin52210.41-8.36
Total valid votes5,013
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.13
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Mesheau 3,31162.79+28.74
New Democratic Heather Patterson99018.77-11.44
Liberal Kirk W. Meldrum92517.54-15.68
Independent Frank Comeau470.89–
Total valid votes5,273
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +20.09
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Mesheau 1,59734.05+22.08
Liberal Ross Monk1,55833.22-29.25
New Democratic Heather Patterson1,41730.21+14.77
Confederation of Regions Greg Hargrove 1182.52-7.60
Total valid votes4,690
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +25.66
Greg Hargrove was the leader of CoR running as a parachute candidate.
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marilyn Trenholme 3,41462.47+12.95
New Democratic Berkeley Fleming84415.44-7.92
Progressive Conservative H. Eric Wheeler65411.97+2.82
Confederation of Regions Julia Elnora Stevens55310.12-7.84
Total valid votes5,465
Liberal hold Swing +10.44
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marilyn Trenholme 3,00849.52-2.54
New Democratic Robert Arthur Hall 1,41923.36-6.71
Confederation of Regions Clarke Edgar Sheppard1,09117.96–
Progressive Conservative William R. Campbell5569.15-8.72
Total valid votes6,074
Liberal hold Swing +2.08
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marilyn Trenholme 3,16052.06+29.45
New Democratic Robert Arthur Hall 1,82530.07-12.35
Progressive Conservative Lloyd Folkins 1,08517.87-17.10
Total valid votes6,070
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.90
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Robert Arthur Hall 2,50342.42+5.24
Progressive Conservative Irvin D. Robinson2,06334.97-4.04
Liberal John Gideon Carter1,33422.61-1.20
Total valid votes5,900
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +4.64
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lloyd Folkins 2,01939.01-6.34
New Democratic Robert Arthur Hall 1,92437.18+22.07
Liberal James G. Purdy1,23223.81-15.73
Total valid votes5,175
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.20
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Lloyd Folkins 2,40245.35
Liberal John Bryden 2,09439.54
New Democratic Colin McCabe80015.11
Total valid votes5,296
The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election.

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References

  1. ↑ "Francophone groups plan legal challenge over riding law | CBC News".
  2. ↑ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

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