Sunbury (provincial electoral district, 1785–1973)

Sunbury (1785–1973)
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1785
District abolished	1973
First contested	1785
Last contested	1970

Sunbury was an electoral district in New Brunswick. It was abolished in 1973 as New Brunswick moved from bloc voting to a single-member first past the post system. It was dissolved into the new ridings of Sunbury and Oromocto.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1786 – 1792	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	William Hubbard	Independent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Richard Vandeburg	Independent
2nd	1793 – 1795	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	John Agnew	Independent	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	James Glenie	Independent
3rd	1795 – 1802	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Samuel Denny Street	Independent
4th	1802 – 1809	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Elijah Miles	Independent
5th	1809 – 1816	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Samuel Denny Street	Independent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	James Taylor	Independent
6th	1817 – 1819	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Elijah Miles	Independent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	William Wilmot	Independent
7th	1820	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			James Taylor	Independent
8th	1821 – 1824	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			Amos Perley^[1]	Independent
8th	1824 – 1827	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			William Wilmot	Independent
9th	1827 – 1830	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Thomas O. Miles	Independent	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	George Hayward	Independent
10th	1831 – 1834					George Hayward	Independent
11th	1835 – 1837	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			George Hayward, Jr.	Independent
12th	1837 – 1842	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Henry T. Partelow	Independent	George Hayward, Jr.	Independent
13th	1843 – 1846	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	William Scoullar	Independent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Whitehead S. Barker	Independent
14th	1847 – 1850	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	George Hayward	Independent	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	Thomas O. Miles	Independent
15th	1851 – 1854	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			William Scoullar	Independent
16th	1854 – 1856	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			Enoch Lunt	Independent
17th	1856 – 1857	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	William E. Perley	Liberal-Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|	David Tapley	Independent
18th	1857 – 1861					David Tapley	Independent
19th	1862 – 1865	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|			John Glasier	Liberal
20th	1865 – 1866
21st	1866 – 1870
22nd	1870 – 1874	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Archibald Harrison	Liberal	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	John S. Covert^[2]	Liberal
23rd	1875 – 1878	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	William E. Perley	Liberal-Conservative
24th	1879 – 1882
25th	1883	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|			George A. Sterling^[3]	Liberal
25th	1883 – 1886	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|			Arthur Glasier	Liberal
26th	1886 – 1890	rowspan="4" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Charles B. Harrison	Liberal	Arthur Glasier	Liberal
27th	1890 – 1892	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|			William E. Perley	Liberal-Conservative
28th	1892 – 1895				William E. Perley	Liberal-Conservative
29th	1896 – 1899	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			David Morrow	Independent
30th	1899 – 1903	rowspan="5" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	Parker Glasier	Conservative	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	John Douglas Hazen^[4]	Conservative
31st	1903 – 1908
32nd	1908 – 1911
32nd	1911 – 1912	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents \|			George A. Perley	Independent
33rd	1912 – 1917				George A. Perley	Independent
34th	1917 – 1920	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	David W. Mersereau	Liberal	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Robert H. Smith	Liberal
35th	1921 – 1925		David W. Mersereau	Liberal		Robert H. Smith	Liberal
36th	1925 – 1930	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	Allan D. Taylor	Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative (historical) \|	Ewart C. Atkinson	Conservative
37th	1931 – 1935		Allan D. Taylor	Conservative		Ewart C. Atkinson	Conservative
38th	1935 – 1939	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Gabriel F. Smith	Liberal	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Walter C. Lawson	Liberal
39th	1939 – 1944	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Frederic McGrand	Liberal		Walter C. Lawson	Liberal
40th	1944 – 1948	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|			Gordon R. Lawson	Liberal
41st	1948 – 1952				Gordon R. Lawson	Liberal
42nd	1952 – 1956	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Paul Fearon	Progressive Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Paul Mersereau	Progressive Conservative
43rd	1957 – 1960		Paul Fearon	Progressive Conservative		Paul Mersereau	Progressive Conservative
44th	1960 – 1963	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	R. Lee MacFarlane	Liberal	rowspan="3" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	William R. Duffie	Liberal
45th	1963 – 1967		R. Lee MacFarlane	Liberal
46th	1967 – 1970	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Douglas A. Flower	Liberal
47th	1970 – 1974	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Reginald W. Mabey	Progressive Conservative	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/PC \|	Horace Smith	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Oromocto and Sunbury (1974–1994)

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Reginald W. Mabey	4,209	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Horace Smith	4,110	Y
	Liberal	William R. Duffie	3,427
	Liberal	Douglas Flower	2,902
	New Democratic	William Robert Ross	226
	New Democratic	Lawrence John Lamont	205

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	William R. Duffie	4,653	Y
	Liberal	Douglas A. Flower	3,980	Y
	Progressive Conservative	? Mockler	3,341
	Progressive Conservative	? Fearon	3,152

References

^ died in 1822
^ died in 1881
^ died in 1883
^ named to federal cabinet

[1] 1822

[2] 1881

[3] 1883

[4] to federal cabinet

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v t e New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-La Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election