Kent (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1827–1974)

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

Kent
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1827
District abolished1973
First contested1827
Last contested1972

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland
9th 1827 – 1830     John W. Weldon Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834
11th 1835 – 1837     John P. Ford Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842     David McAlmon Ind.
13th 1843 – 1846     David Wark Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850
15th 1851 – 1854     Robert B. Cutler Ind.     Francis McPhelim Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856
17th 1856 – 1857     Lestock P. W. DesBrisay Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865
20th 1865 – 1866     William S. Caie[1] Ind.
21st 1866 – 1869     Owen McInerney[2] Ind.
1869 – 1870     Urbain Johnson Lib.
22nd 1870 – 1873     Antoine Girouard Cons.
1873 – 1874     Henry O'Leary Ind.
23rd 1875 – 1878     Urbain Johnson Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882     Charles T. Sayre Ind.
25th 1883 – 1886     William Wheaton[3] Ind.     Olivier J. Leblanc[4] Lib.
26th 1886 – 1887
1887 – 1890     James D. Phinney Lib.-Con.
27th 1890 – 1891
1891 – 1892     Auguste Théophile Léger Lib.
28th 1892 – 1895     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
29th 1896 – 1899     Urbain Johnson Lib.     Pierre H. Léger[1] Cons.     James Barnes Lib.
30th 1899 – 1900
1901 – 1903     Richard A. Poirier Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
32nd 1908 – 1912     Thomas-Jean Bourque Cons.     David-Vital Landry Cons.     John Sheridan Ind.
33rd 1912 – 1917
34th 1917 – 1920     Philias J. Melanson Ind.     Auguste Bordage Lib.     Allison Dysart[5] Lib.
35th 1921 – 1925
36th 1925 – 1930     François G. Richard Lib.
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939
39th 1939 – 1940     Isaie Melanson Lib.
1940 – 1944     J. Killeen McKee Lib.
40th 1944 – 1948     Armand Richard Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Hugh A. Dysart[1] Lib.     Louis Robichaud[3] Lib.
43rd 1957 – 1960     André F. Richard Lib.
44th 1960 – 1963
45th 1963 – 1964
1964 – 1967     Camille Bordage Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970     Alan R. Graham Lib.
47th 1970 – 1971
1971 – 1974     Omer Léger PC
Riding dissolved into Kent Centre, Kent North and Kent South

Election results

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New Brunswick provincial by-election, 4 October 1971
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Progressive Conservative Omer Léger 6,682  Y
Liberal Omer Cormier 4,610
1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Louis J. Robichaud 6,608  Y
Liberal Alan R. Graham 6,581  Y
Liberal André F. Richard 6,033  Y
Progressive Conservative Oliver J. Babineau 2,618
Progressive Conservative Ulysse Robichaud 2,521
Progressive Conservative Fred Hutchinson 2,495
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Louis J. Robichaud 6,424  Y
Liberal Alan R. Graham 6,216  Y
Liberal André Richard 6,006  Y
Progressive Conservative Émile Daigle 3,645
Progressive Conservative Byron Hannay 3,635
Progressive Conservative ? Leblanc 3,498


References

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  1. ^ a b c died in office
  2. ^ named to the Legislative Council
  3. ^ a b resigned
  4. ^ ran for federal seat
  5. ^ resigned to accept appointment as judge