Albert (provincial electoral district)

Albert
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Albert in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:	45°52′16″N64°52′48″W / 45.871°N 64.880°W Coordinates: 45°52′16″N64°52′48″W / 45.871°N 64.880°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Mike Holland ; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,702
Electors (2013)	11,577

Last updated December 30, 2021

Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 when New Brunswick moved to single member districts and the former multi-member riding of Albert was split into this riding and the new riding of Riverview.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Albert (1846–1973)
48th	1974–1978	Malcolm MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991	Harold A. Terris	Liberal
52nd	1991–1994	Beverly Brine	Confederation of Regions
52nd	1994–1995	Beverly Brine	Independent
53rd	1995–1999	Harry Doyle	Liberal
54th	1999–2003	Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
58th	2014–2018	Brian Keirstead
59th	2018–2020	Mike Holland
60th	2020–Present	Mike Holland

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Holland	5,040	62.35	+19.56
	Green	Jenny O'Neill	1,056	13.06	+2.36
	People's Alliance	Sharon Buchanan	977	12.09	-6.93
	Liberal	Kelly Nagle	921	11.39	-10.43
	Independent	James Wilson	90	1.11	+0.04
Total valid votes			8,084
Total rejected ballots			5	0.06	-0.13
Turnout			8,089	64.11	-0.45
Eligible voters			12,617
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.60

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Holland	3,479	42.78	+2.00
	Liberal	Catherine Black	1,775	21.83	-6.41
	People's Alliance	Sharon Buchanan	1,546	19.01	+11.35
	Green	Moranda van Geest	870	10.70	-1.28
	New Democratic	Betty Weir	375	4.61	-6.74
	Independent	James Wilson	87	1.07	--
Total valid votes			8,132	100.0
Total rejected ballots			16	0.20
Turnout			8,148	64.56
Eligible voters			12,620

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Keirstead	3,163	40.78	-21.50
	Liberal	Terry A. Keating	2,190	28.24	+8.35
	Green	Ira Wilbur	929	11.98	+4.98
	New Democratic	Kelly-Sue O'Connor	880	11.35	+4.96
	People's Alliance	Bill Brewer	594	7.66	+3.22
Total valid votes			7,756	100.0
Total rejected ballots			32	0.41
Turnout			7,788	63.21
Eligible voters			12,320
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-14.92
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[2]

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	3,985	62.28	-7.72
	Liberal	Claude Curwin	1,273	19.89	-10.11
	Green	Vernon Woolsey	448	7.00	–
	New Democratic	Anthony Crandall	409	6.39	–
	People's Alliance	Lucy Rolfe	284	4.44	–
Total valid votes			6,399	100.0
Total rejected ballots			34	0.53
Turnout			6,433	67.46
Eligible voters			9,536
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.20
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[3]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	4,439	70.00	+16.40
	Liberal	Clark Butland	1,902	30.00	-8.74
Total valid votes			6,341	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.57
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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	3,198	53.60	-3.32
	Liberal	Clark Butland	2,311	38.74	+6.08
	New Democratic	Pat Pearson	457	7.67	-0.62
Total valid votes			5,966
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.70

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	3,633	56.92	+26.88
	Liberal	Harry Doyle	2,085	32.66	-11.25
	New Democratic	Myrna Geldart	529	8.29	+2.89
	Confederation of Regions	Dean Ryder	136	2.13	-18.52
Total valid votes			6,383	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.06

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Doyle	2,871	43.91	+18.69
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	1,964	30.04	+1.14
	Confederation of Regions	Douglas Duff	1,350	20.65	-20.35
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Venart	353	5.40	+0.52
Total valid votes			6,538
	Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions		Swing		+8.78

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Confederation of Regions	Beverly Brine	2,328	41.00	–
	Progressive Conservative	Wayne Steeves	1,641	28.90	-5.72
	Liberal	H. LeRoy Martin	1,432	25.22	-25.59
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Venart	277	4.88	-9.69
Total valid votes			5,678	100.0
	Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal		Swing		+23.36

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold A. Terris	2,668	50.81	+22.43
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm MacLeod	1,818	34.62	-24.37
	New Democratic	Eugene R. Marshall	765	14.57	+1.94
Total valid votes			5,251	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+23.40

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm MacLeod	2,827	58.99	-2.95
	Liberal	Gordon L. Rattray	1,360	28.38	-1.53
	New Democratic	Gary Wayne Bannister	605	12.63	+4.48
Total valid votes			4,792	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.71

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm MacLeod	2,669	61.94	+8.38
	Liberal	Grant William Colpitts	1,289	29.91	-7.88
	New Democratic	Robert J. Candy	351	8.15	+6.61
Total valid votes			4,309
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.13

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm MacLeod	2,106	53.56
	Liberal	Frank R. Wilson	1,486	37.79
	Independent	Albert J. Brown	284	7.79
	New Democratic	Colin M. Leonard	56	1.54
Total valid votes			3,932	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Albert voted totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Malcolm MacLeod being one of the two incumbents.

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References

1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
↑ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
↑ New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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[2] Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

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

[cbcnews-4] New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 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