Kent (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1827–1974)

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Kent
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1827
District abolished1973
First contested1827
Last contested1972

Kent was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland
9th 1827 – 1830     John W. Weldon Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834
11th 1835 – 1837     John P. Ford Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842     David McAlmon Ind.
13th 1843 – 1846     David Wark Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850
15th 1851 – 1854     Robert B. Cutler Ind.     Francis McPhelim Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856
17th 1856 – 1857     Lestock P. W. DesBrisay Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865
20th 1865 – 1866     William S. Caie[1] Ind.
21st 1866 – 1869     Owen McInerney[2] Ind.
1869 – 1870     Urbain Johnson Lib.
22nd 1870 – 1873     Antoine Girouard Cons.
1873 – 1874     Henry O'Leary Ind.
23rd 1875 – 1878     Urbain Johnson Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882     Charles T. Sayre Ind.
25th 1883 – 1886     William Wheaton[3] Ind.     Olivier J. Leblanc[4] Lib.
26th 1886 – 1887
1887 – 1890     James D. Phinney Lib.-Con.
27th 1890 – 1891
1891 – 1892     Auguste Théophile Léger Lib.
28th 1892 – 1895     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
29th 1896 – 1899     Urbain Johnson Lib.     Pierre H. Léger[1] Cons.     James Barnes Lib.
30th 1899 – 1900
1901 – 1903     Richard A. Poirier Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
32nd 1908 – 1912     Thomas-Jean Bourque Cons.     David-Vital Landry Cons.     John Sheridan Ind.
33rd 1912 – 1917
34th 1917 – 1920     Philias J. Melanson Ind.     Auguste Bordage Lib.     Allison Dysart[5] Lib.
35th 1921 – 1925
36th 1925 – 1930     François G. Richard Lib.
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939
39th 1939 – 1940     Isaie Melanson Lib.
1940 – 1944     J. Killeen McKee Lib.
40th 1944 – 1948     Armand Richard Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Hugh A. Dysart[1] Lib.     Louis Robichaud[3] Lib.
43rd 1957 – 1960     André F. Richard Lib.
44th 1960 – 1963
45th 1963 – 1964
1964 – 1967     Camille Bordage Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970     Alan R. Graham Lib.
47th 1970 – 1971
1971 – 1974     Omer Léger PC
Riding dissolved into Kent Centre, Kent North and Kent South

Election results[edit]

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 4 October 1971
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Progressive Conservative Omer Léger 6,682 Green tickY
Liberal Omer Cormier 4,610
1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Louis J. Robichaud 6,608 Green tickY
Liberal Alan R. Graham 6,581 Green tickY
Liberal André F. Richard 6,033 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Oliver J. Babineau 2,618
Progressive Conservative Ulysse Robichaud 2,521
Progressive Conservative Fred Hutchinson 2,495
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Louis J. Robichaud 6,424 Green tickY
Liberal Alan R. Graham 6,216 Green tickY
Liberal André Richard 6,006 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Émile Daigle 3,645
Progressive Conservative Byron Hannay 3,635
Progressive Conservative ? Leblanc 3,498


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c died in office
  2. ^ named to the Legislative Council
  3. ^ a b resigned
  4. ^ ran for federal seat
  5. ^ resigned to accept appointment as judge

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