 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 |
Saint John South 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.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Saint John Centre | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | John Mooney | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Nancy Teed | Progressive Conservative | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | John Mooney | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | Elizabeth Weir | New Democratic | |
| Riding dissolved into Saint John Harbour | ||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Weir | 1,675 | 38.65 | +7.34 | ||||
| Liberal | John Mooney | 1,596 | 36.83 | -6.81 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Ray McDevitt | 549 | 12.67 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paddy Addison | 514 | 11.86 | -13.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,334 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.08 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Mooney | 1,974 | 43.64 | +9.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Brown | 1,416 | 31.31 | +8.43 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nancy Teed | 1,133 | 25.05 | -17.68 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,523 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +0.41 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nancy Clark Teed | 1,890 | 42.73 | -2.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian McCarthy | 1,521 | 34.39 | -8.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | David Brown | 1,012 | 22.88 | +11.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,423 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +3.07 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nancy Clark | 1,622 | 45.29 | +1.73 | ||||
| Liberal | John P. Mooney | 1,543 | 43.09 | -9.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | David M. Brown | 416 | 11.62 | +7.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,581 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.46 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Mooney | 2,799 | 52.28 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne McGuigan | 2,332 | 43.56 | |||||
| New Democratic | Verla Hayes | 223 | 4.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,354 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in the previous election, one of the PC seats was won by a Liberal in a by-election. Lorne McGuigan was one of four incumbents. | ||||||||