Bathurst (electoral district)

Bathurst was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Bathurst

New Brunswick electoral district
Bathurst in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts
Coordinates:	47.621°N 65.651°W
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population (2006)	12,527
Electors (September 27, 2010)	9,344
Census division(s)	Gloucester
Census subdivision(s)	Bathurst

History and geography

It was created in the 1967 redistribution when cities were separated from their counties and made independent districts. It was not changed in either the 1973 or 1994 redistributions but in 2006 it lost some territory to the neighbouring riding of Nepisiguit.[1] It has been a traditional Liberal seat in the province; however, in the last two elections, it has been one of the most marginal seats in New Brunswick.

In its current form, it consists of the city of Bathurst except for the part south of Route 11 and east of the Nepisiguit River.[1] It is bordered on the northeast by the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur, on north by Chaleur Bay, and elsewhere by the riding of Nepisiguit.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Gloucester
46th	1967–1970		Harry H. Williamson	Liberal
47th	1970–1972†
	1972–1974		Eugene McGinley	Liberal
48th	1974–1978
49th	1978–1983		Paul Kenny	Liberal
50th	1983–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995		Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2003
55th	2003–2006		Brian Kenny	Liberal
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Riding dissolved into Bathurst West-Beresford and Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore

Riding associations

Party		CEO	HQ Address	Town
	New Brunswick Liberal Association	Jennifer Cleversey	1210 Youghall Drive	Bathurst

Election results

Bathurst's poll-by-poll winners for the 2010 New Brunswick election.

2010 election

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	2,899	44.99	-3.94	$27,040
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	2,821	43.78	-2.31	$24,453
	New Democratic	Sebastien Duke	620	9.62	+4.64	$4,122
	Green	Hazel Hachey	104	1.61	–	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,444	100.0		$27,883
Total rejected ballots			55	0.85
Turnout			6,499	69.55	+2.41
Eligible voters			9,344
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.82
[2]

2006 election

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	3,224	48.93	+0.44	$20,431
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3,037	46.09	-1.01	$24,274
	New Democratic	Blair Lindsay	328	4.98	+0.58	$8,161
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,589	100.0		$26,798
Total rejected ballots			61	0.63
Turnout			6,650	67.14	-0.88
Eligible voters			9,756
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+0.73
[3]

2003 election

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	3,348	48.49	-5.78	$17,789
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3,252	47.10	+8.56	$22,606
	New Democratic	Mark Robar	304	4.40	-2.79	$8,161
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,904	100.0		$27,018
Total rejected ballots			57	0.82
Turnout			6,961	68.02	+4.37
Eligible voters			10,234
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.17

1999 election

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	3,418	54.27	-21.24	$15,701
	Progressive Conservative	Robert "Bob" Stairs	2,427	38.54	+27.95	$11,503
	New Democratic	Antoine Duguay	453	7.19	-5.37	$600
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,298	100.0		$23,290
Total rejected ballots			60	0.60
Turnout			6,358	63.65	-4.20
Eligible voters			9,989
	Liberal hold		Swing		-23.61

1995 election

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4,956	75.51	+19.18	$17,079
	New Democratic	Kim Power	824	12.56	+0.98	$4,387
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Wiseman	695	10.59	-3.68	$3,703
	Natural Law	William Parker	88	1.34	–	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			6,563	100.0		$22,000
Total rejected ballots			82	0.84
Turnout			6,645	67.85	-2.69
Eligible voters			9,793
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.22

1991 election

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4,047	56.33	-22.45	$14,913
	Confederation of Regions	Laurie Joseph Robichaud	1,280	17.82	–	$5,407
	Progressive Conservative	Wilt Claire	1,025	14.27	+0.15	$10,496
	New Democratic	Colette Buttimer	832	11.58	+4.48	$3,876
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,184	100.0		$21,191
Total rejected ballots			61	0.59
Turnout			7,245	70.54	-6.22
Eligible voters			10,271
	Liberal hold		Swing		-13.08

1987 election

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	6,281	78.78	+39.07	$17,318
	Progressive Conservative	René Pratt	1,126	14.12	-18.75	$11,480
	New Democratic	Richard Doucet	566	7.10	-20.32	$913
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,973	100.0		$17,728
Total rejected ballots			42	0.40
Turnout			8,015	76.76	-4.32
Eligible voters			10,442
	Liberal hold		Swing		+28.91

1982 election

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	3,406	39.71	+4.05	$12,591
	Progressive Conservative	Jim MacLaggan	2,820	32.87	+5.12	$12,453
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann, Jr.	2,352	27.42	-1.68	$11,419
Total valid votes/Expense limit			8,578	100.0		$15,102
Total rejected ballots			47	0.40
Turnout			8,625	76.76	-4.32
Eligible voters			10,442
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.54

1978 election

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	2,667	35.66	-17.33	$12,132
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann	2,176	29.10	+26.76	$2,929
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Duffy	2,075	27.75	-10.87	$10,799
	Parti acadien	Lucie Losier	560	7.49	+1.43	$50
Total valid votes/Expense limit			7,478	100.0		$14,625
Total rejected ballots			101	1.03
Turnout			7,579	76.98	+3.11
Eligible voters			9,846
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.81

1974 election

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene McGinley	3,806	52.99	+2.43
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul Lavoie	2,774	38.62	-3.59
	Parti acadien	Jean-Pierre Lanteigne	435	6.06	–
	New Democratic	Lionel Hachey	168	2.34	–
Total valid votes			7,183	100.0
Total rejected ballots			58	0.59
Turnout			7,241	73.87	+11.55
Eligible voters			9,803
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.02

1972 by-election

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene McGinley	3,095	50.56	-9.38
	Progressive Conservative	Nicholas Dimitroff	2,584	42.21	+2.15
	Independent	Louis L. Boudreau	443	7.24	–
Total valid votes			6,122	100.0
Total rejected ballots			59	0.59
Turnout			6,181	62.32	-20.49
Eligible voters			9,918
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.77
Held upon the death of H. H. Williamson

1970 election

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. H. Williamson	4,142	59.94	-10.21
	Progressive Conservative	J. Adolphus Picot	2,768	40.06	+6.21
Total valid votes			6,910	100.0
Total rejected ballots			105	1.24
Turnout			7,015	82.81	+11.55
Eligible voters			8,471
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.21

1967 election

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harry H. Williamson	4,376	66.15
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Tower	2,239	33.84
Total valid votes			6,615	100.0
Eligible voters			7,709
This was a new district created out of Gloucester which went totally Liberal in the previous election.

References

1. 2006 Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
2. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved December 29, 2014.
3. Elections New Brunswick (2006). "Thirty-sixth General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Elections NB — Publications