Albert (provincial electoral district)
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/* 1974— */
'''Albert''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Legislative Assembly]] of [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. It was created in [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1846|1846]] when [[Albert County, New Brunswick|Albert County]] was created and its boundaries were the same as the [[county]]. It [[bloc voting|returned two members]] until [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973|1973]] when New Brunswick moved to [[FPTP|single member]] districts and its boundaries were changed to exclude the [[town]] of [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]].
The boundaries were expanded slightly in the [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994|1994 redistribution]], taking in a small part of Riverview and again in [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006|2006]] when it took in another small part of the town of Riverview.
== Results ==
=== [[1974]]— ===
New Brunswick adopted a single member district system in 1974.
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1974|1974 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Malcolm MacLeod (politician)|Malcolm MacLeod]]
|align="right"|2106
|align="right"|53.6%
|align="right"|*
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|Frank R. Wilson
|align="right"|1486
|align="right"|37.8%
|align="right"|*
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Albert J. Brown
|align="right"|284
|align="right"|7.2%
|align="right"|*
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Colin M. Leonard
|align="right"|56
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|*
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|620
|align="right"|15.8%
|{{election box end}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> It is not practical to compare vote totals between the [[first past the post]] system and the [[bloc voting]] system
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1978|1978 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Malcolm MacLeod (politician)|Malcolm MacLeod]]
|align="right"|2669
|align="right"|61.9%
|align="right"|+8.3%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|Grant William Colpitts
|align="right"|1289
|align="right"|29.9%
|align="right"|-7.9%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Robert J. Candy
|align="right"|351
|align="right"|8.1%
|align="right"|+6.7%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|1380
|align="right"|32.0%
|{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1982|1982 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Malcolm MacLeod (politician)|Malcolm MacLeod]]
|align="right"|2827
|align="right"|59.0%
|align="right"|-2.9%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|Gordon L. Rattray
|align="right"|1360
|align="right"|28.4%
|align="right"|-1.5%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Gary Wayne Bannister
|align="right"|605
|align="right"|12.6%
|align="right"|+4.5%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|1467
|align="right"|30.6%
|{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1987|1987 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Harold A. Terris]]
|align="right"|2668
|align="right"|50.8%
|align="right"|+22.4%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Malcolm MacLeod (politician)|Malcolm MacLeod]]
|align="right"|1818
|align="right"|34.6%
|align="right"|-24.4%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Eugene R. Marshall
|align="right"|765
|align="right"|14.6%
|align="right"|+2.0%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''gain'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|850
|align="right"|16.2%
|{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1991|1991 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]]
|[[Beverly Brine]]
|align="right"|2328
|align="right"|41.0%
|align="right"|*
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Wayne Steeves]]
|align="right"|1641
|align="right"|28.9%
|align="right"|-5.7%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|H. LeRoy Martin
|align="right"|1432
|align="right"|25.2%
|align="right"|-25.6%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Elizabeth Venart
|align="right"|277
|align="right"|4.9%
|align="right"|-9.7%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}}
|align="left"|[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|CoR]] '''gain'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|687
|align="right"|12.1%
|{{election box end}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> CoR did not contest the previous election
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1995|1995 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Harry Doyle (politician)|Harry Doyle]]
|align="right"|2871
|align="right"|43.7%
|align="right"|+18.5%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Wayne Steeves]]
|align="right"|1964
|align="right"|29.9%
|align="right"|+1.0%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|CoR]]
|Douglas Duff
|align="right"|1350
|align="right"|20.5%
|align="right"|-20.5%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Elizabeth Venart
|align="right"|353
|align="right"|5.4%
|align="right"|+0.5%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''gain'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|907
|align="right"|13.8%
|{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1999|1999 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Wayne Steeves]]
|align="right"|3633
|align="right"|56.9%
|align="right"|+27.0%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Harry Doyle (politician)|Harry Doyle]]
|align="right"|2085
|align="right"|32.7%
|align="right"|-11.0%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Myrna Geldart
|align="right"|529
|align="right"|8.3%
|align="right"|+2.9%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederaton of Regions]]
|Dean Ryder
|align="right"|136
|align="right"|2.1%
|align="right"|-18.4%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''gain'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|1584
|align="right"|24.3%
|{{election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2003|2003 New Brunswick election]]: Albert}}
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Wayne Steeves]]
|align="right"|3198
|align="right"|53.6%
|align="right"|-3.3%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|Clark Butland
|align="right"|2311
|align="right"|38.7%
|align="right"|+6.0%
|-
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|Pat Pearson
|align="right"|457
|align="right"|7.7%
|align="right"|-0.6%
|- bgcolor="white"
|colspan=6|
|- bgcolor="white"
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|align="left"|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|P.C.]] '''hold'''.
|align="right"|'''Majority'''
|align="right"|887
|align="right"|14.9%
|{{election box end}}
=== [[1935]]-[[1970]] ===
New Brunswick first recognized [[political party|political parties]] in 1935.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1935|1935 general election]]: [[Frederick Colpitts]], [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] & [[Harry O. Downey]], Liberal
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1939|1939 general election]]: [[A. Russell Colpitts]], Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1944|1944 general election]]: A. Russell Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1948|1948 general election]]: A. Russell Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1952|1952 general election]]: [[Everett E. Newcombe]], [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Prog. Cons.]] & [[Claude D. Taylor]], Prog. Cons.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1956|1956 general election]]: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1960|1960 general election]]: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1963|1963 general election]]: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1967|1967 general election]]: [[Brenda Robertson]], Prog. Cons. & Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons.
*[[New Brunswick general election, 1970|1970 general election]]: Brenda Robertson, Prog. Cons. & [[Malcolm MacLeod]], Prog. Cons.
== External links ==
*[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index.asp Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2006/riding/027/ New Brunswick Votes 2006, CBC]
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[[Category:New Brunswick provincial electoral districts]]