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Saint John South

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

Saint John South 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

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     John Mooney Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Nancy Teed Progressive Conservative
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     John Mooney Liberal
52nd  1991–1995     Elizabeth Weir New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Saint John Harbour

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Elizabeth Weir 1,675 38.65 +7.34
Liberal John Mooney 1,596 36.83 -6.81
Confederation of Regions Ray McDevitt 549 12.67
Progressive Conservative Paddy Addison 514 11.86 -13.19
Total valid votes 4,334 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +7.08
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Mooney 1,974 43.64 +9.25
New Democratic David Brown 1,416 31.31 +8.43
Progressive Conservative Nancy Teed 1,133 25.05 -17.68
Total valid votes 4,523 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +0.41
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Nancy Clark Teed 1,890 42.73 -2.56
Liberal Brian McCarthy 1,521 34.39 -8.70
New Democratic David Brown 1,012 22.88 +11.26
Total valid votes 4,423 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.07
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Nancy Clark 1,622 45.29 +1.73
Liberal John P. Mooney 1,543 43.09 -9.19
New Democratic David M. Brown 416 11.62 +7.45
Total valid votes 3,581 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.46
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John Mooney 2,799 52.28
Progressive Conservative Lorne McGuigan 2,332 43.56
New Democratic Verla Hayes 223 4.17
Total valid votes 5,354 100.0  
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. Lorne McGuigan was one of four incumbents.
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