Bathurst (electoral district)

Bathurst is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. 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. It is one of the safest Liberal seats in the province.

[edit] Results

1967 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry H. Williamson	4376	66.2%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Tower	2239	33.8%	*

	Liberal hold*.	Majority	2137	32.3%

* This was a new district created out of Gloucester which went totally Liberal in the previous election

1970 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. H. Williamson	4142	59.9%	-6.3%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Adolphus Picot	2768	40.1%	+6.3%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	1374	19.9%

* Held upon the death of H. H. Williamson
** Neither Boudreau nor another independent contested the previous election

1974 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene McGinley	3806	53.0%	+2.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul Lavoie	2774	38.6%	+3.6%
	Parti acadien	Jean-Pierre Lanteigne	435	6.1%	*
	New Democratic	Lionel Hachey	168	2.3%	*

	Liberal hold.	Majority	1032	14.4%

* Neither the Parti acadien nor the NDP contested the previous election in Bathurst

1978 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	2667	35.7%	-17.3%
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann	2176	29.1%	+26.8%
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Duffy	2075	27.7%	-10.9%
	Parti acadien	Lucie Losier	560	7.5%	+1.4%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	491	6.6%

1982 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	3406	39.7%	+4.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim MacLaggan	2820	32.9%	+5.2%
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann, Jr.	2352	27.4%	-1.7%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	586	6.8%

1987 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	6281	78.8%	+39.1%
	Progressive Conservative	René Pratt	1126	14.1%	-18.8%
	New Democratic	Richard Doucet	566	7.1%	-20.3%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	5155	64.7%

1991 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4047	56.3%	-22.5%
	Confederation of Regions	Laurie Joseph Robichaud	1280	17.8%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Wilt Claire	1025	14.3%	+0.2%
	New Democratic	Colette Buttimer	832	11.6%	+4.5%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	2767	38.5%

* CoR did not contest the previous election

1995 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4956	74.6%	+18.3%
	New Democratic	Kim Power	824	12.4%	+0.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Wiseman	695	10.5%	-3.8%
	Natural Law Party	William Parker	88	1.3%	*

	Liberal hold.	Majority	4132	62.2%

* Natural Law did not contest the previous election

1999 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	3418	54.3%	-20.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert "Bob" Stairs	2427	38.5%	+28.0%
	New Democratic	Antoine Duguay	453	7.2%	-5.2%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	991	15.7%

2003 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian A. Kenny	3348	48.5%	-5.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3252	47.1%	+8.6%
	New Democratic	Mark Robar	304	4.4%	-2.8%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	96	1.4%

2006 New Brunswick election: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian A. Kenny	3224	48.9%	+0.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3037	46.1%	-1.0%
	New Democratic	Blair Lindsay	328	5.0%	+0.6%

	Liberal hold.	Majority	187	2.8%

New Brunswick Electoral Districts v • d • e
Central: Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak • Fredericton-Lincoln • Fredericton-Nashwaaksis • Fredericton-Silverwood • Grand Lake-Gagetown \| Oromocto • New Maryland-Sunbury West • York • York North
NE: Bathurst • Campbellton-Restigouche Centre • Caraquet • Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur • Dalhousie-Restigouche East • Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou • Miramichi Bay-Neguac • Miramichi-Bay du Vin • Miramichi Centre • Nepisiguit • Nigadoo-Chaleur • Southwest Miramichi • Tracadie-Sheila
SE: Albert • Dieppe Centre-Lewisville • Kent • Kent South • Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe • Moncton Crescent • Moncton East • Moncton North • Moncton West • Petitcodiac • Riverview • Rogersville-Kouchibouguac • Shediac-Cap-Pelé
SW: Charlotte-Campobello • Charlotte-The Isles • Fundy-River Valley • Hampton-Kings • Kings East • Quispamsis • Rothesay • Saint John East • Saint John Harbour • Saint John Lancaster • Saint John Portland • Saint John-Fundy
NW: Carleton \| Edmundston-Saint Basile • Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André • Madawaska-les-Lacs • Restigouche-La-Vallée • Victoria-Tobique • Woodstock
See also: 2006 electoral redistribution • List of elections • 2006 general election