Saint John (electoral district)

Saint John

New Brunswick electoral district
Saint John in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rodney Weston Conservative
District created	1914
First contested	1917
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	82,078
Electors (2011)	64,868
Area (km²)	450
Pop. density (per km²)	182.4
Census divisions	Saint John
Census subdivisions	Saint John

Saint John is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada. With its predecessor ridings, St. John—Albert and Saint John—Lancaster, the area has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917. Its population in 2001 was 83,463.

The district has always included the city of Saint John, and various suburbs and bedroom communities have been added or removed from it over the years. Presently the district also includes the town of Rothesay, the Indian reserve of Brothers 18 and about 16% of the town of Quispamsis including the neighbourhoods of Stoneycroft and Blairs.

The neighbouring ridings are Fundy Royal and New Brunswick Southwest.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Saint John, 1976 - present 2.2 Saint John—Lancaster, 1966-1976 2.3 St. John—Albert 1914-1966 3 See also 4 External links

History

Originally, Saint John had a special setup for representation in Parliament. The "City of St. John" returned one member, while the "City and County of St. John", which included the County of Saint John returned one as well. Between 1872 and 1896, the "City and County" riding elected two Members of Parliament. In effect, the city itself had two or even three Members of Parliament. This practice continued until 1914.

After 1914, the counties of Saint John and Albert were joined. The two existing ridings were merged into a new riding, called "St. John—Albert", that also incorporated parts of King's and Albert riding. The new riding returned two Members of Parliament until 1935.

In 1966, St. John—Albert was abolished when Albert County was moved to the Fundy—Royal riding. A new riding, "Saint John—Lancaster", was created.

Saint John—Lancaster was abolished in the 1976 redistribution, and a new riding with substantially the same boundaries was created and named "Saint John". The City of Lancaster had been amalgamated into Saint John.

In recent years, the Progressive Conservative Party has had the most success in the city: its members were elected in all but four elections since 1953: 1974, 1980, 2004, and 2006. Well-known Members of Parliament from the area include Father of Confederation Samuel Leonard Tilley, former Veterans Affairs Minister Gerald Merrithew and popular former mayor Elsie Wayne.

Members of Parliament

These ridings have elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
City and County of St. John prior to 1917
St. John—Albert
13th	1917–1921		Rupert Wilson Wigmore	Unionist		Stanley Edward Elkin	Unionist
14th	1921–1925		John Babington Macaulay Baxter	Conservative		Murray MacLaren	Conservative
15th	1925–1926		Thomas Bell	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
St. John—Albert returns only one member after 1935
18th	1935–1938		William Ryan	Liberal
	1938–1940		Allan McAvity	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		King Hazen	Progressive Conservative
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		Daniel Aloysius Riley	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Saint John—Lancaster
28th	1968–1972		Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979		Mike Landers	Liberal
Saint John
31st	1979–1980		Eric Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Mike Landers	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Gerald Merrithew	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Elsie Wayne	Progressive Conservative
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Paul Zed	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Rodney Weston	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Election results

Saint John, 1976 - present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	18,456	49.7	+10.1
	New Democrat	Rob Moir	11,382	30.7	+14.7
	Liberal	Stephen Chase	5,964	16.1	-22.0
	Green	Sharon Murphy-Flatt	1,017	2.7	-1.7
	Independent	Arthur Watson Jr.	294	0.8	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,113	100.0
Total rejected ballots			176	0.5	0.0
Turnout			37,289	58.4	+4
Eligible voters			63,802

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rodney Weston	13,782	39.6	+0.3	$73,864
	Liberal	Paul Zed	13,285	38.1	-4.9	$53,553
	New Democrat	Tony Mowery	5,560	16.0	+0.3	$2,761
	Green	Mike Richardson	1,888	5.4	+3.3	$1,008
	Marijuana	Michael Moffat	330	0.9
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,845	100.0		$79,702
Total rejected ballots			187	0.5
Turnout			35,032	54.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-2.5

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Zed	17,202	42.9	-0.4
	Conservative	John Wallace	15,753	39.3	+5.7
	New Democrat	Terry Albright	6,267	15.6	-3.4
	Green	Vern Garnett	858	2.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			40,080	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Zed	15,725	43.3	+14.3
	Conservative	Bob McVicar	12,212	33.6	-26.4
	New Democrat	Terry Albright	6,926	19.0	+9.9
	Green	Jonathan Cormier	807	2.2	+1.9
	Marijuana	Jim Wood	369	1.0	-0.4
	Independent	Tom Oland	290	0.8	+0.8
Total valid votes			36,329	100.0

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elsie Wayne	16,751	50.9	-12.2
	Liberal	Paul Zed	9,535	29.0	+13.1
	New Democrat	Rod Hill	2,989	9.1	-1.3
	Canadian Alliance	Peter Touchbourne	2,980	9.1	-0.7
	Marijuana	Jim Wood	461	1.4	+1.4
	Green	Vern Garnett	131	0.3	+0.3
	Natural Law	Miville Couture	52	0.2	-0.5
Total valid votes			32,899	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elsie Wayne	22,227	63.1	+19.8
	Liberal	Diana Alexander	5,612	15.9	-17.7
	New Democrat	Larry Hanley	3,679	10.4	+6.3
	Reform	George Richardson	3,467	9.8	+3.6
	Natural Law	Christopher B. Collrin	232	0.7	n/c
Total valid votes			35,217	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Elsie Wayne	15,123	43.3	+0.2
	Liberal	Pat Landers	11,736	33.6	-5.0
	Independent	Joe Boyce	3,685	10.6	+10.6
	Reform	John Erbs	2,171	6.2	+6.2
	New Democrat	Shirley Brown	1,443	4.1	-8.4
	Canada Party	Jim Webb	368	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	Christopher Collrin	252	0.7	+0.7
	National	Joy Hobson	146	0.4	+0.4
Total valid votes			34,924	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Merrithew	16,798	43.1	-9.1
	Liberal	Joe Boyce	15,067	38.6	+13.1
	New Democrat	Judith Meinert	4,883	12.5	-8.7
	Confederation of Regions	Jim Webb	1,806	4.6	+4.6
	Libertarian	Thomas Gamblin	289	0.7	-0.1
	Independent	Gary Zatzman	162	0.4	+0.4
Total valid votes			39,005	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Merrithew	16,604	52.2	+13.2
	Liberal	Cliff Warner	8,109	25.5	-15.9
	New Democrat	Mary Palmer	6,752	21.2	+2.3
	Libertarian	Peter Jones	242	0.8	+0.6
	Social Credit	Gordon Simons	102	0.3	+0.3
Total valid votes			31,809	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Landers	13,122	41.4	+1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Ferguson	12,363	39.0	-2.6
	New Democrat	David M. Brown	5,978	18.9	n/c
	Independent	Marilynn Fox	103	0.3	+0.3
	Libertarian	Peter Jones	66	0.2	+0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Gilles DesRosiers	35	0.1	+0.1
Total valid votes			31,667	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Ferguson	13,989	41.6	+0.6
	Liberal	Mike Landers	13,316	39.6	-6.5
	New Democrat	Eldon Richardson	6,358	18.9	+6.5
Total valid votes			33,663	100.0

Saint John—Lancaster, 1966-1976

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mike Landers	12,860	46.1	+3.9
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	11,419	41.0	-12.9
	New Democrat	Eldon Richardson	3,457	12.4	+9.9
	Marxist–Leninist	Jay Baxter	118	0.4	+0.4
Total valid votes			27,854	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	16,350	53.9	+0.9
	Liberal	William Ryan	12,783	42.2	+1.2
	New Democrat	Joe Drummond	788	2.5	-2.6
	Social Credit	Tom Enright	394	1.3	+1.3
Total valid votes			30,315	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	15,756	53.0	+1.6
	Liberal	William Ryan	12,160	41.0	+4.4
	New Democrat	Eldon Richardson	1,508	5.1	-6.8
	Independent	Mildred Crawford	268	0.9	+0.9
Total valid votes			29,692	100.0

St. John—Albert 1914-1966

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	21,909	51.4	-0.3
	Liberal	Arthur Whelly	15,609	36.6	-3.3
	New Democrat	Eldon Richardson	5,081	11.9	+7.4
Total valid votes			42,599	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	21,584	51.7	-0.1
	Liberal	Arthur Whelly	16,669	39.9	+1.4
	New Democrat	John Simonds	1,869	4.5	-1.6
	Social Credit	Paul Sherwood	1,606	3.8	+0.1
Total valid votes			41,728	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	22,586	51.8	-12.1
	Liberal	George Urquhart	16,790	38.5	+5.6
	New Democrat	Eldon Richardson	2,641	6.1	+2.8
	Social Credit	Harvey Lainson	1,608	3.7	+3.7
Total valid votes			43,625	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	21,983	63.9	+10.3
	Liberal	George McLeod	13,917	32.9	-13.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eldon Richardson	1,394	3.3	+3.3
Total valid votes			37,294	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	21,983	53.6	+4.1
	Liberal	Daniel Riley	19,047	46.4	-1.7
Total valid votes			41,030	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Bell	18,881	49.5	+4.8
	Liberal	Daniel Riley	18,338	48.1	-0.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Raymond McAfee	933	2.4	-4.0
Total valid votes			38,152	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Riley	18,691	48.9	+7.8
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas King Hazen	17,052	44.7	-2.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Raymond McAfee	2,445	6.4	-5.6
Total valid votes			38,188	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas King Hazen	16,205	46.8	-3.5
	Liberal	David Lawrence MacLaren	14,248	41.1	-6.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Arrowsmith	761	12.0	+9.5
Total valid votes			31,214	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas King Hazen	15,110	50.3	+13.4
	Liberal	Allan McAvity	14,197	47.2	-0.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Fritch	761	2.5	+2.5
Total valid votes			30,068	100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to 1935 general election.

By-election on February 21, 1938 On William Ryan's death, April 1, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan McAvity	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Ryan	15,125	48.0	+13.9
	Conservative	Douglas King Hazen	11,643	36.9	-19.0
	Reconstruction	Paul Cross	4,094	13.0
	Independent Liberal	Howe Cowan	672	2.1
Total valid votes			31,534	100.0

Note: popular vote is compared to the party's total share of the popular vote in the 1930 general election.

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Murray MacLaren	16,454	33.0	x
	Conservative	Thomas Bell	16,395	32.9	x
	Liberal	Allan McAvity	8,595	17.3
	Liberal	William Ryan	8,371	16.8
Total valid votes			49,815	100.0

Total Conservative vote: 32,849, or 65.9% of the total, an increase of 4.2% from the 1926 general election.
Total Liberal vote: 16,966, or 34.1%, a decrease of 4.2% from the 1926 general election.

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Murray MacLaren	12,441	31.0	x
	Conservative	Thomas Bell	12,310	30.7	x
	Liberal	William Michael Ryan	8,007	20.0
	Liberal	Robert Thomas Hayes	7,356	18.3
Total valid votes			40,114	100.0%

Total Conservative vote: 24,751, or 61.7% of the total, a decrease of 0.2% from the 1925 general election.
Total Liberal vote: 15,363, or 38.3% of the total, an increase of 0.2% from the 1925 general election.

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Murray MacLaren	14,623	31.3	x
	Conservative	Thomas Bell	14,250	30.5	x
	Liberal	Walter Edward Foster	9,348	20.0
	Liberal	Robert Thomas Hayes	8,435	18.1
Total valid votes			46,656	100.0

Total Conservative vote: 28,873, or 61.9% of the total, an increase of 11.6% from the 1921 general election.
Total Liberal vote: 17,783, or 38.1% of the total, a decrease of 6.7% from the 1921 general election.

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	John Babington Baxter	11,646	26.0	x
	Conservative	Murray MacLaren	10,901	24.3	x
	Liberal	Harry Richards McLellan	10,531	23.5
	Liberal	William Patrick Broderick	9,546	21.3
	Progressive	Frederick Alexander Campbell	1,224	2.7
	Progressive	William Mayhew Calhoun	985	2.2
Total valid votes			44,833	100.0

Total Conservative vote: 22,547, or 50.3% of the total, an increase of 0.3% from the 1920 by-election.
Total Liberal vote: 20,077, or 44.8% of the total, a decrease of 5.2% from the 1920 by-election.
Total Progressive vote: 2,209, or 4.9% of the total.

By-election on September 20, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Wilson Wigmore	13,611	50.0	-20.8
	Liberal	Alban Frederick Emery	13,594	50.0	+20.8
Total valid votes			27,205	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote. Popular vote is compared to the party's total share of the popular vote in the 1917 general election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government	Rupert Wilson Wigmore	13,611	35.4	x
	Government	Stanley Edward Elkin	13,594	35.4	x
	Liberal	William Patrick Broderick	5,694	14.8
	Liberal	Alban Frederick Emery	5,530	14.4
Total valid votes			38,429	100.0

Total Conservative vote: 27,205, or 70.8% of the total.
Total Liberal vote: 11,224, or 29.2% of the total.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament:
  • 1914 - 1966
  • 1966 - 1976
  • 1976-1987
  • 1987-present
• "History of Federal Electoral Ridings Since 1867". Library of Parliament. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E. Retrieved August 5, 2004. 

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