Bathurst (electoral district)
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'''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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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|
|- 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]]
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