Tantramar (electoral district) 1767548 185535683 2008-01-20T00:13:39Z SmackBot 433328 Date/fix the maintenance tags or gen fixes using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Tantramar''' 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, 1973|1973 electoral redistribution]] and first used in the [[New Brunswick general election, 1974|1974 election]]. It underwent only very minor changes in the [[New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994|1994 redistribution]]. This was the first seat to elect a [[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] to the legislature. == Results == {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1974|1974 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Lloyd Folkins]] |align="right"|2402 |align="right"|45.4% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[John G. Bryden|John Bryden]] |align="right"|2094 |align="right"|39.5% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Colin McCabe |align="right"|800 |align="right"|15.1% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- 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"|308 |align="right"|5.8% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> This was a new district created out of the old [[bloc voting|multi-member]] district of [[Westmorland (provincial electoral district)|Westmorland]] {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1978|1978 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Lloyd George Folkins]] |align="right"|2019 |align="right"|39.0% |align="right"|-6.4% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |[[Robert Arthur Hall]] |align="right"|1924 |align="right"|37.2% |align="right"|+22.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |James G. Purdy |align="right"|1232 |align="right"|23.8% |align="right"|-15.7% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- 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"|95 |align="right"|1.8% |} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1982|1982 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |[[Robert Arthur Hall]] |align="right"|2503 |align="right"|42.4% |align="right"|+5.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |Irvin D. Robinson |align="right"|2063 |align="right"|35.0% |align="right"|-4.0% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |John Gideon Carter |align="right"|1334 |align="right"|22.6% |align="right"|-1.2% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|N.D.P.]] '''gain'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|440 |align="right"|7.5% |} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1987|1987 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell|Marilyn Trenholme]] |align="right"|3160 |align="right"|52.1% |align="right"|+29.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |[[Robert Hall]] |align="right"|1825 |align="right"|30.1% |align="right"|-12.3% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Lloyd G. Folkins]] |align="right"|1085 |align="right"|17.9% |align="right"|-17.1% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- bgcolor="white" {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |align="left"|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] '''gain'''. |align="right"|'''Majority''' |align="right"|1335 |align="right"|22.0% |} {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1991|1991 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell|Marilyn Trenholme]] |align="right"|3008 |align="right"|49.5% |align="right"|-2.6% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |[[Robert Hall]] |align="right"|1419 |align="right"|23.4% |align="right"|-6.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}} |[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]] |Clarke Edgar Sheppard |align="right"|1091 |align="right"|18.0% |align="right"|* |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |William R. Campbell |align="right"|556 |align="right"|9.2% |align="right"|-8.7% |- 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"|1589 |align="right"|26.2% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> CoR did not contest the previous election {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1995|1995 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |[[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell|Marilyn Trenholme]] |align="right"|3414 |align="right"|62.0% |align="right"|+12.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Berkeley Fleming |align="right"|844 |align="right"|15.3% |align="right"|-8.1% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |H. Eric Wheeler |align="right"|654 |align="right"|11.9% |align="right"|+2.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}} |[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]] |Julia Elnora Stevens |align="right"|553 |align="right"|10.0% |align="right"|-8.0% |- 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"|2570 |align="right"|46.7% |} {{Election box begin | title=[[1997]] Tantramar [[by-election]]}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Peter Mesheau]] |align="right"|1597 |align="right"|34.1% |align="right"|+22.2% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Ross Monk |align="right"|1558 |align="right"|33.2% |align="right"|-28.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Heather Patterson |align="right"|1417 |align="right"|30.2% |align="right"|+14.9% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CoR-NB/row}} |[[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]] |[[Greg Hargrove]]* |align="right"|118 |align="right"|2.5% |align="right"|-7.5% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- 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"|39 |align="right"|0.8% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> [[Greg Hargrove]] was the leader of CoR running as a [[parachute candidate]] {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 1999|1999 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Peter Mesheau]] |align="right"|3311 |align="right"|62.8% |align="right"|+28.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Heather Patterson |align="right"|990 |align="right"|18.8% |align="right"|-11.4% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Kirk W. Meldrum |align="right"|925 |align="right"|17.5% |align="right"|-15.7% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}} |Independent |Frank Comeau |align="right"|47 |align="right"|0.9% |align="right"|* |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- 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"|2321 |align="right"|44.0% |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Neither Comeau nor another independent ran in the previous election {{Election box begin | title=[[New Brunswick general election, 2003|2003 New Brunswick election]]: Tantramar}} |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] |[[Peter Mesheau]] |align="right"|2922 |align="right"|58.3% |align="right"|-4.5% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}} |[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] |Susan Purdy |align="right"|1569 |align="right"|31.3% |align="right"|+13.8% |- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}} |[[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |Geoff Martin |align="right"|522 |align="right"|10.4% |align="right"|-8.4% |- bgcolor="white" |colspan=6|&nbsp; |- 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"|1353 |align="right"|27.0% |} == External links == *[http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index.asp Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick] [[Category:New Brunswick provincial electoral districts]]