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Queens North

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

Queens North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Queens
48th  1974–1978     Wilfred Bishop Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Doug Tyler Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Grand Lake

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Doug Tyler 1,740 46.47 -11.91
Confederation of Regions Constance Melissa Webber 1,654 44.18
Progressive Conservative Clayton Chase 256 6.84 -31.22
New Democratic Susan Barton 94 2.51 -1.05
Total valid votes 3,744 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -28.04
Confederation of Regions candidate Constance Webber gained 6.12 percentage points from her performance in 1987 running as a Progressive Conservative.
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Doug Tyler 2,212 58.38 +20.87
Progressive Conservative Constance M. Webber 1,442 38.06 -15.83
New Democratic Ruth Nightingale 135 3.56 -2.42
Total valid votes 3,789 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +18.35
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Wilfred G. Bishop 1,911 53.89 -10.37
Liberal Cyril MacDonald 1,330 37.51 +1.77
New Democratic Frank Wuhr 212 5.98
Independent William Taylor 93 2.62
Total valid votes 3,546 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.07
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Wilfred George Bishop 2,059 64.26 +2.65
Liberal Eva Andries 1,145 35.74 -2.65
Total valid votes 3,204 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.65
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Wilfred G. Bishop 1,961 61.61
Liberal Mike Jardine 1,222 38.39
Total valid votes 3,183 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election. Wilfred Bishop was one of two incumbents.
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