Saint John Lancaster

Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.

Saint John Lancaster

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Saint John Lancaster (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Dorothy Shephard Progressive Conservative
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,904[1]
Electors (2013)	11,143[1]

The riding name refers to Lancaster, New Brunswick.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Saint John West and Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)
53rd	1995–1999		Jane Barry	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Norm McFarlane	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Abel LeBlanc	Liberal
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014		Dorothy Shephard	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–2018
58th	2018–2020
60th	2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	3,560	54.24	+9.09
	Liberal	Sharon Teare	1,471	22.41	-3.58
	Green	Joanna Killen	938	14.29	+5.53
	People's Alliance	Paul Seelye	394	6.00	-7.87
	New Democratic	Don Durant	201	3.06	-3.17
Total valid votes			6,564	100.0
Total rejected ballots			18	0.27
Turnout			6,582	63.39
Eligible voters			10,384
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.34

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	3,001	45.15	+5.97
	Liberal	Kathleen Riley-Karamanos	1,727	25.99	-6.35
	People's Alliance	Paul Seelye	922	13.87	--
	Green	Doug James	582	8.76	+4.53
	New Democratic	Tony Mowery	414	6.23	-16.74
Total valid votes			6,646	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	2,619	39.18	-11.57
	Liberal	Peter McGuire	2,162	32.34	-1.49
	New Democratic	Abel LeBlanc	1,535	22.97	+12.79
	Green	Ashley Durdle	283	4.23	+0.59
	Independent	Mary Ellen Carpenter	85	1.27	–
Total valid votes			6,684	100.0
Total rejected ballots			19	0.28
Turnout			6,703	62.67
Eligible voters			10,696
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-5.04
Independent candidate Mary Ellen Carpenter lost 2.37 percentage points from her performance in the 2010 election as a Green candidate. New Democratic candidate Abel LeBlanc lost 10.86 percentage points from his performance in the 2010 election as a Liberal candidate.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	3,429	50.75	+13.91
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	2,286	33.83	-25.16
	New Democratic	Habib Kilisli	688	10.18	+6.01
	Green	Mary Ellen Carpenter	246	3.64	–
	People's Alliance	Wendy Coughlin	108	1.60	–
Total valid votes			6,757	100.0
Total rejected ballots			36	0.53
Turnout			6,793	66.74
Eligible voters			10,178
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.54
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	4,002	58.99	+17.61
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Hyslop	2,499	36.84	-0.19
	New Democratic	Jennifer Carkner	283	4.17	-15.03
Total valid votes			6,784	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.90
[4]

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	2,942	41.38	+11.72
	Progressive Conservative	Norm McFarlane	2,633	37.03	-17.13
	New Democratic	Walter Lee	1,365	19.20	+6.40
	Grey	Jim Webb	170	2.39	–
Total valid votes			7,110	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.42
Grey Party candidate Jim Webb gained 0.30 percentage points from his performance in the 1999 election as a Confederation of Regions candidate.

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm McFarlane	3,999	54.16	+16.56
	Liberal	Jane Barry	2,190	29.66	-11.89
	New Democratic	Walter Lee	945	12.80	-1.69
	Confederation of Regions	Jim Webb	154	2.09	-0.93
	Natural Law	Christopher B. Collrin	96	1.30	+0.61
Total valid votes			7,384	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.22

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jane Barry	2,954	41.55
	Progressive Conservative	Norm McFarlane	2,673	37.60
	New Democratic	Kenneth W. Wilcox	1,030	14.49
	Confederation of Regions	Peter A. Whitebone	215	3.02
	Independent	Richard Phillip Gerrior	188	2.64
	Natural Law	Christopher B. Collrin	49	0.69
Total valid votes			7,109	100.0

See also

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. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
3. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
4. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick