Saint John North

Saint John North
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Saint John North 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     Shirley Dysart Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Eric Kipping Progressive Conservative
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Leo McAdam Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Portland

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leo McAdam 1,892 38.64 -17.89
Progressive Conservative Doug Shippee 1,089 22.24 -1.68
New Democratic Julie Galbraith 966 19.73 +0.18
Confederation of Regions Peter A. Whitebone 950 19.40 –
Total valid votes 4,897 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -8.10
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leo A. McAdam 2,753 56.53 +17.91
Progressive Conservative Eric John Kipping 1,165 23.92 -17.40
New Democratic Lesley Orill MacLean 952 19.55 -0.51
Total valid votes 4,870 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +17.66
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Eric J. Kipping 2,223 41.32 -7.49
Liberal Joseph A. Day 2,078 38.62 -1.56
New Democratic Erik Kraglund 1,079 20.06 +9.05
Total valid votes 5,380 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.96
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Eric J. Kipping 1,906 48.81 +0.98
Liberal Harry G. Colwell 1,569 40.18 -9.27
New Democratic Henry Thomas Watts 430 11.01 +8.28
Total valid votes 3,905 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.12
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Shirley Dysart 2,231 49.45
Progressive Conservative Hugh John Flemming 2,158 47.83
New Democratic Keith Parks 123 2.73
Total valid votes 4,512 100.0  
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. None of the four incumbents ran in this riding.
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