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Portland-Simonds
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Trevor Holder
Progressive Conservative
District created1994
First contested1995
Last contested2014
Demographics
Population (2011)17,032[1]
Electors (2013)11,175[1]

Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Saint John Portland
Riding created from Saint John North and Saint John Park
53rd  1995–1999     Leo McAdam Liberal
54th  1999–2003     Trevor Holder Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014
Portland-Simonds
58th  2014–Present     Trevor Holder Progressive Conservative

Election results

Portland-Simonds

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor Holder 3,168 53.3
Liberal John MacKenzie 1,703 28.6
New Democratic Kim Blue 449 7.6
Green Sheila Croteau 435 7.3
Independent Artie Watson 191 3.2
Total valid votes 5,946 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 5,976 54.53
Eligible voters 10,959
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor A. Holder 2,782 48.90 -1.28
Liberal Michael Butler 1,905 33.49 -1.88
New Democratic Tony Sekulich 743 13.06 +3.23
Green Sheila Croteau 259 4.55 +1.31
Total valid votes 5,689 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 16 0.28
Turnout 5,705 51.43
Eligible voters 11,093
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing +0.30
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

Saint John Portland

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor Arthur Holder 2,925 50.18 +0.21
Liberal Dan Joyce 2,062 35.37 -9.96
New Democratic Jeremy Higgins 573 9.83 +5.13
Green Stefan Warner 189 3.24 –
People's Alliance Lisa Cromwell 80 1.37 –
Total valid votes 5,829 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 30 0.51
Turnout 5,859 62.31
Eligible voters 9,403
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.08
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]
2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor Holder 2,987 49.97 +8.92
Liberal Colleen Knudson 2,710 45.33 +6.45
New Democratic Clare Mudge 281 4.70 -15.37
Total valid votes 5,978 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.24
[5]
2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor Holder 2,436 41.05 -18.56
Liberal Colleen Knudson 2,307 38.88 +12.53
New Democratic Mary Arseneau 1,191 20.07 +6.74
Total valid votes 5,934 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.54
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Trevor Holder 3,773 59.61 +25.98
Liberal Leo McAdam 1,668 26.35 -12.74
New Democratic Pam F. Coates 844 13.33 -10.66
Natural Law Miville Couture 45 0.71 –
Total valid votes 6,330 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.36
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leo McAdam 2,454 39.06
Progressive Conservative Trevor Holder 2,113 33.63
New Democratic Greg Barry 1,507 23.99
Confederation of Regions Terry Van Duzee 209 3.33
Total valid votes 6,283 100.0  
Liberal notional hold Swing  


References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2014.06.0713.html
  3. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
  4. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ^ New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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