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