Moncton
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1912
District abolished1973
First contested1912
Last contested1970

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 Creaghan PC     Arthur Buck PC     Jean-Paul LeBlanc PC
Riding dissolved into Moncton East, Moncton North and Moncton West

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Progressive Conservative Paul Creaghan 12,203 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Arthur Buck 11,573 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Jean-Paul LeBlanc 11,235 Green tickY
Liberal Léonide H. Cyr 9,912
Liberal L.G. DesBrisay 9,905
Liberal R. V. Lenihan 9,897
New Democratic David Britton 844
New Democratic David V. Webster 696
New Democratic Kenneth R. White 674
Independent Steadman D. Steeves 383
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal L.G. DesBrisay 11,130 Green tickY
Liberal R. V. Lenihan 11,065 Green tickY
Liberal Léonide Cyr 10,951 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Paul Creaghan 10,916
Progressive Conservative Charlie Thomas 10,144
Progressive Conservative Roger Savoie 9,945


References

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

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