 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.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Northumberland | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Frank Kane | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Frank McKenna | Liberal | |
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Miramichi-Bay du Vin | ||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Frank 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 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Frank E. 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. | ||||||||