Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)

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

Saint John Harbour
New Brunswick electoral district
The boundaries of the original Saint John Harbour (red) overlaid with the boundaries of this district as it stood from 1995 to 2006 (blue)
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     John Turnbull Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Louis Murphy Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Lancaster
and Saint John Harbour (1995–)

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis Murphy 1,779 43.53 -19.33
New Democratic Al Maund 968 23.68 +5.83
Confederation of Regions Marie Gerrior 844 20.65
Progressive Conservative Nargis Kheraj 496 12.14 -7.15
Total valid votes 4,087 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -12.58
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis Murphy 2,705 62.86 +18.59
Progressive Conservative Gay Wittrien 830 19.29 -21.47
New Democratic Kenneth Wilcox 768 17.85 +2.88
Total valid votes 4,303 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +20.03
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis Edward Murphy 2,055 44.27 +0.81
Progressive Conservative Foster Hammond 1,892 40.76 -0.45
New Democratic Dee Dee M.A. Daigle 695 14.97 -0.36
Total valid votes 4,642 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.63
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis E. Murphy 1,772 43.46 -9.91
Progressive Conservative E. Lorne Richardson 1,680 41.21 -1.12
New Democratic Harrison G. Harvey 625 15.33 +11.03
Total valid votes 4,077 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.40
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John W. Turnbull 2,544 53.37
Progressive Conservative Eric L. Teed 2,018 42.33
New Democratic William Gray 205 4.30
Total valid votes 4,767 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election, with one of the PC seats won by a Liberal in a by-election. Both John Turnbull and Eric Teed were among the four incumbents.
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