Bathurst (electoral district) 1767515 185327646 2008-01-19T01:01:32Z SmackBot 433328 Date/fix the maintenance tags or gen fixes using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Bathurst''' 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 the [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1967|1967 redistribution]] when [[city|cities]] were separated from their [[county|counties]] and made independent districts. It was not changed in either the [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973|1973]] or [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994|1994]] [[redistricting|redistributions]] but in [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006|2006]] it lost some territory to the neighbouring riding of [[Nepisiguit (electoral district)|Nepisiguit]]. It is one of the safest [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] seats in the province. == Results == {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1967|1967 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Harry H. Williamson]] |align="right"|4376 |align="right"|66.2% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Ian Tower |align="right"|2239 |align="right"|33.8% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''*. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|2137 |align="right"|32.3% {{election box end}} <nowiki>*</nowiki> This was a new district created out of [[Gloucester (provincial electoral district)|Gloucester]] which went [[bloc voting|totally]] Liberal in the [[New Brunswick general election, 1963|previous election]] {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1970|1970 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[H. H. Williamson]] |align="right"|4142 |align="right"|59.9% |align="right"|-6.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |J. Adolphus Picot |align="right"|2768 |align="right"|40.1% |align="right"|+6.3% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1374 |align="right"|19.9% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[1972]] Bathurst [[by-election]]*}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Eugene McGinley]] |align="right"|3095 |align="right"|50.6% |align="right"|-9.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Nicholas Dimitroff |align="right"|2584 |align="right"|42.2% |align="right"|+2.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Louis L. Boudreau |align="right"|443 |align="right"|7.2% |align="right"|** |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|511 |align="right"|8.3% {{election box end}} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Held upon the death of [[H. H. Williamson]] <br><nowiki>**</nowiki> Neither Boudreau nor another independent contested the previous election {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1974|1974 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Eugene McGinley]] |align="right"|3806 |align="right"|53.0% |align="right"|+2.4% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Jean-Paul Lavoie |align="right"|2774 |align="right"|38.6% |align="right"|+3.6% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |[[Parti acadien]] |Jean-Pierre Lanteigne |align="right"|435 |align="right"|6.1% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Lionel Hachey |align="right"|168 |align="right"|2.3% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1032 |align="right"|14.4% {{election box end}} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Neither the [[Parti acadien]] nor the [[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|NDP]] contested the previous election in Bathurst {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1978|1978 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Paul Kenny (politician)|Paul Kenny]] |align="right"|2667 |align="right"|35.7% |align="right"|-17.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Kevin Mann |align="right"|2176 |align="right"|29.1% |align="right"|+26.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |John A. Duffy |align="right"|2075 |align="right"|27.7% |align="right"|-10.9% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |[[Parti acadien]] |Lucie Losier |align="right"|560 |align="right"|7.5% |align="right"|+1.4% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|491 |align="right"|6.6% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1982|1982 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Paul Kenny (politician)|Paul Kenny]] |align="right"|3406 |align="right"|39.7% |align="right"|+4.0% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Jim MacLaggan |align="right"|2820 |align="right"|32.9% |align="right"|+5.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Kevin Mann, Jr. |align="right"|2352 |align="right"|27.4% |align="right"|-1.7% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|586 |align="right"|6.8% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1987|1987 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Paul Kenny (politician)|Paul Kenny]] |align="right"|6281 |align="right"|78.8% |align="right"|+39.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |René Pratt |align="right"|1126 |align="right"|14.1% |align="right"|-18.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Richard Doucet |align="right"|566 |align="right"|7.1% |align="right"|-20.3% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|5155 |align="right"|64.7% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1991|1991 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marcelle Mersereau]] |align="right"|4047 |align="right"|56.3% |align="right"|-22.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}} |[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]] |Laurie Joseph Robichaud |align="right"|1280 |align="right"|17.8% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Wilt Claire |align="right"|1025 |align="right"|14.3% |align="right"|+0.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Colette Buttimer |align="right"|832 |align="right"|11.6% |align="right"|+4.5% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|2767 |align="right"|38.5% {{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]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marcelle Mersereau]] |align="right"|4956 |align="right"|74.6% |align="right"|+18.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Kim Power |align="right"|824 |align="right"|12.4% |align="right"|+0.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Graham Wiseman |align="right"|695 |align="right"|10.5% |align="right"|-3.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Natural Law/row}} |[[Natural Law Party]] |William Parker |align="right"|88 |align="right"|1.3% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|4132 |align="right"|62.2% {{election box end}} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Natural Law did not contest the previous election {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1999|1999 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marcelle Mersereau]] |align="right"|3418 |align="right"|54.3% |align="right"|-20.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Robert "Bob" Stairs |align="right"|2427 |align="right"|38.5% |align="right"|+28.0% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Antoine Duguay |align="right"|453 |align="right"|7.2% |align="right"|-5.2% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|991 |align="right"|15.7% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2003|2003 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Brian Kenny (politician)|Brian Kenny]] |align="right"|3348 |align="right"|48.5% |align="right"|-5.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Nancy McKay |align="right"|3252 |align="right"|47.1% |align="right"|+8.6% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Mark Robar |align="right"|304 |align="right"|4.4% |align="right"|-2.8% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|96 |align="right"|1.4% {{election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2006|2006 New Brunswick election]]: Bathurst}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Brian Kenny (politician)|Brian Kenny]] |align="right"|3224 |align="right"|48.9% |align="right"|+0.4% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Nancy McKay |align="right"|3037 |align="right"|46.1% |align="right"|-1.0% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Blair Lindsay |align="right"|328 |align="right"|5.0% |align="right"|+0.6% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''hold'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|187 |align="right"|2.8% {{election box end}} == External links == *[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index.asp Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick] [[Category:New Brunswick provincial electoral districts]] {{NB-ED}}