Riverview (electoral district)

Riverview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Riverview

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Riverview (as it exists in 2014) in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:	46.051°N 64.817°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Bruce Fitch Progressive Conservative
District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,119[1]
Electors (2013)	11,399[1]
Census subdivision(s)	Riverview

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Albert
48th	1974–1978		Brenda Robertson	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1984
	1985–1987		Hubert Seamans	Liberal
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995		Gordon Willden	Confederation of Regions
53rd	1995–1999		Al Kavanaugh	Liberal
54th	1999–2002†		Pat Crossman	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Bruce Fitch
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
58th	2014–2018
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–Present

† Pat Crossman died in office.

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	4,695	60.08	+11.06
	Liberal	Heather Johnson	1,281	16.39	-10.80
	Green	Rachel Pletz	800	10.24	+3.06
	People's Alliance	Troy Berteit	778	9.96	-3.36
	New Democratic	John Nuttall	261	3.34	+0.04
Total valid votes			7,815
Total rejected ballots			13	0.17	-0.02
Turnout			7,828	65.99	+1.98
Eligible voters			11,863
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.93
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	3,701	49.02	-3.71
	Liberal	Brent Mazerolle	2,053	27.19	-2.29
	People's Alliance	Heather Collins	1,005	13.31	--
	Green	Stephanie Coburn	542	7.18	-0.44
	New Democratic	Madison Duffy	249	3.30	-6.86
Total valid votes			7,550	100.0
Total rejected ballots			14	0.19
Turnout			7,564	64.00
Eligible voters			11,818

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	3,751	52.73	-10.15
	Liberal	Tammy Rampersaud	2,097	29.48	+6.01
	New Democratic	Danie Pitre	723	10.16	+3.55
	Green	Linda Hardwick	542	7.62	+0.58
Total valid votes			7,113	100.0
Total rejected ballots			28	0.39
Turnout			7,141	61.84
Eligible voters			11,547
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-8.08
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	4,358	62.88	-0.46
	Liberal	Lana Hansen	1,627	23.47	-10.23
	Green	Steven Steeves	488	7.04	–
	New Democratic	Darryl Pitre	458	6.61	+3.65
Total valid votes			6,931	100.0
Total rejected ballots			41	0.59
Turnout			6,972	65.15
Eligible voters			10,702
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.88
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	4,326	63.34	+12.56
	Liberal	Ward White	2,302	33.70	-10.29
	New Democratic	Richard Grant	202	2.96	-2.27
Total valid votes			6,830	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.42
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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Fitch	3,794	50.78	-6.90
	Liberal	Ward White	3,287	43.99	+16.04
	New Democratic	John Falconer	391	5.23	-6.31
Total valid votes			7,472	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.47

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Crossman	4,439	57.68	+35.02
	Liberal	Al J. Kavanaugh	2,151	27.95	-26.19
	New Democratic	Brad Smith	888	11.54	+7.34
	Confederation of Regions	Shane Harvey	278	3.61	-15.40
	Independent	Jamie Ed Borden	81	1.05	–
Total valid votes			7,696	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+30.60

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Al Kavanaugh	4,090	54.14	+19.27
	Progressive Conservative	Scott MacGregor	1,712	22.66	-0.67
	Confederation of Regions	Doug Roper	1,436	19.01	-16.13
	New Democratic	David Bailie	317	4.20	-2.45
Total valid votes			7,555	100.0
	Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions		Swing		+9.97

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Confederation of Regions	Gordon B. Willden	3,139	35.14	–
	Liberal	Hubert Seamans	3,115	34.87	-30.68
	Progressive Conservative	Ross MacCallum	2,084	23.33	-1.17
	New Democratic	Wayne Brown	594	6.65	-3.31
Total valid votes			8,932	100.0
	Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal		Swing		+32.91

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Seamans	5,357	65.55	+11.17
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Richardson	2,002	24.50	-0.93
	New Democratic	Terry Boudreau	814	9.96	-6.18
Total valid votes			8,173	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.05

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1985 on the appointment of Brenda Robertson to the Senate, 21 December 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hubert Seamans	4,230	54.38	+26.38
	Progressive Conservative	Scott "Skip" MacGregor	1,978	25.43	-38.99
	New Democratic	Dorothy MacCurdy	1,255	16.14	+8.56
	Independent	Francis L. Brown	276	3.55	–
	Independent	J.R. Gallant	39	0.50	–
Total valid votes			7,778	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+32.68

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda M. Robertson	4,949	64.42	-4.89
	Liberal	Jim Anderson	2,151	28.00	-2.69
	New Democratic	Ed Foley	582	7.58	–
Total valid votes			7,682	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.10

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda M. Robertson	4,443	69.31	+14.59
	Liberal	W. A. "Bill" Payne	1,967	30.69	-6.76
Total valid votes			6,410	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.67

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda M. Robertson	3,001	54.72
	Liberal	Edgar W. Mitton	2,054	37.45
	Independent	George Albert Cameron	324	5.91
	New Democratic	Bernice Mary Torrance	105	1.91
Total valid votes			5,484	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Albert went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Brenda Robertson being one of the two incumbents.

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
3. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
4. "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
5. New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Map of riding as of 2018