Moncton (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district formerly known as Moncton, see Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe.
Moncton
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1912
District abolished 1973
First contested 1912
Last contested 1970

Moncton was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from Westmorland in 1912, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly


Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Westmorland
33rd 1912 – 1917     Otto Baird Price Cons.
34th 1917 – 1920     Clifford William Robinson[1] Lib.
35th 1921 – 1924
1924 – 1925     E. Albert Reilly Cons.
36th 1925 – 1930
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939     Charles H. Blakeney Lib.
39th 1939 – 1944
40th 1944 – 1948
41st 1948 – 1952     E. A. Fryers Lib.     Claudius L. L. Léger Lib.
42nd 1952 – 1956     Joseph W. Bourgeois PC     T. Babbitt Parlee[2] PC
43rd 1957 – 1960
44th 1960 – 1963     L.G. DesBrisay Lib.     Gilbert Robichaud Lib.
45th 1963 – 1967
46th 1967 – 1970     R. V. Lenihan Lib.     Léonide H. Cyr Lib.
47th 1970 – 1974     Paul S. Creaghan PC     Arthur Buck PC     Jean-Paul LeBlanc PC
Riding dissolved into Moncton East, Moncton North and Moncton West

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1970
Party Candidate VotesElected
Progressive ConservativePaul S. Creaghan 12,203 Green tick
Progressive ConservativeArthur Buck 11,573 Green tick
Progressive ConservativeJean-Paul LeBlanc 11,235 Green tick
LiberalLéonide Cyr 9,912
LiberalL.G. DesBrisay 9,905
LiberalR. V. Lenihan 9,897
New DemocraticDavid Britton 844
New DemocraticDavid V. Webster 696
New DemocraticKenneth R. White 674
IndependentSteadman D. Steeves 383
New Brunswick general election, 1967
Party Candidate VotesElected
LiberalL.G. DesBrisay 11,130 Green tick
LiberalR. V. Lenihan 11,065 Green tick
LiberalLéonide Cyr 10,951 Green tick
Progressive ConservativePaul Creaghan 10,916
Progressive ConservativeCharlie Thomas 10,144
Progressive ConservativeRoger Savoie 9,945

References

  1. named to the Senate of Canada
  2. died in 1957