Chatham (electoral district)

Chatham

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

Chatham was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Northumberland 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 Northumberland
48th	1974–1978		Frank Kane	Liberal
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987		Frank McKenna	Liberal
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Miramichi-Bay du Vin

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank McKenna	3,147	55.30	-22.97
	Confederation of Regions	Jim West	1,563	27.46	–
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hilchey	598	10.51	-7.05
	New Democratic	Wera Baldwin	383	6.73	+2.56
Total valid votes			5,691	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-25.22

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank McKenna	4,653	78.27	+33.04
	Progressive Conservative	Leon Bremner	1,044	17.56	-26.27
	New Democratic	Patricia Marie Clancy	248	4.17	-6.77
Total valid votes			5,945	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+29.66

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank McKenna	2,618	45.23	-9.68
	Progressive Conservative	John J. Barry	2,537	43.83	+5.86
	New Democratic	John T. McLaughlin	633	10.94	+3.81
Total valid votes			5,788	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.77

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank E. Kane	2,920	54.91	+5.80
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Barry	2,019	37.97	-6.31
	New Democratic	Lloyd Vienneau	379	7.13	+0.52
Total valid votes			5,318	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.06

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank E. Kane	2,513	49.11
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Martin	2,266	44.28
	New Democratic	J.A. Richardson	338	6.61
Total valid votes			5,117	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Frank Kane being one of five incumbents.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick