Chatham (electoral district)

Chatham
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	1994
First contested	1974
Last contested	1991

Chatham was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Northumberland in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Northumberland
48th	1974–1978	Frank Kane	Liberal
49th	1978–1982	Frank Kane	Liberal
50th	1982–1987	Frank McKenna	Liberal
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Miramichi-Bay du Vin

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank McKenna	3,147	55.30	-22.97
	Confederation of Regions	Jim West	1,563	27.46	–
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Hilchey	598	10.51	-7.05
	New Democratic	Wera Baldwin	383	6.73	+2.56
Total valid votes			5,691	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-25.22

New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank McKenna	4,653	78.27	+33.04
	Progressive Conservative	Leon Bremner	1,044	17.56	-26.27
	New Democratic	Patricia Marie Clancy	248	4.17	-6.77
Total valid votes			5,945	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+29.66

New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank J. McKenna	2,618	45.23	-9.68
	Progressive Conservative	John J. Barry	2,537	43.83	+5.86
	New Democratic	John T. McLaughlin	633	10.94	+3.81
Total valid votes			5,788	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.77

New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank E. Kane	2,920	54.91	+5.80
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Barry	2,019	37.97	-6.31
	New Democratic	Lloyd Vienneau	379	7.13	+0.52
Total valid votes			5,318	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.06

New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Kane	2,513	49.11
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Martin	2,266	44.28
	New Democratic	J.A. Richardson	338	6.61
Total valid votes			5,117	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Frank Kane being one of five incumbents.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election

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