Kent (1827–1974 electoral district)

Kent was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Kent
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1827
District abolished1973
First contested1827
Last contested1972

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland
9th 1827 – 1830     John W. Weldon Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834
11th 1835 – 1837     John P. Ford Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842     David McAlmon Ind.
13th 1843 – 1846     David Wark Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850
15th 1851 – 1854     Robert B. Cutler Ind.     Francis McPhelim Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856
17th 1856 – 1857     Lestock P. W. DesBrisay Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865
20th 1865 – 1866     William S. Caie[1] Ind.
21st 1866 – 1869     Owen McInerney[2] Ind.
1869 – 1870     Urbain Johnson Lib.
22nd 1870 – 1873     Antoine Girouard Cons.
1873 – 1874     Henry O'Leary Ind.
23rd 1875 – 1878     Urbain Johnson Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882     Charles T. Sayre Ind.
25th 1883 – 1886     William Wheaton[3] Ind.     Olivier J. Leblanc[4] Lib.
26th 1886 – 1887
1887 – 1890     James D. Phinney Lib.-Con.
27th 1890 – 1891
1891 – 1892     Auguste Théophile Léger Lib.
28th 1892 – 1895     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
29th 1896 – 1899     Urbain Johnson Lib.     Pierre H. Léger[1] Cons.     James Barnes Lib.
30th 1899 – 1900
1901 – 1903     Richard A. Poirier Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con.
32nd 1908 – 1912     Thomas-Jean Bourque Cons.     David-Vital Landry Cons.     John Sheridan Ind.
33rd 1912 – 1917
34th 1917 – 1920     Philias J. Melanson Ind.     Auguste Bordage Lib.     Allison Dysart[5] Lib.
35th 1921 – 1925
36th 1925 – 1930     François G. Richard Lib.
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939
39th 1939 – 1940     Isaie Melanson Lib.
1940 – 1944     J. Killeen McKee Lib.
40th 1944 – 1948     Armand Richard Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Hugh A. Dysart[1] Lib.     Louis Robichaud[3] Lib.
43rd 1957 – 1960     André F. Richard Lib.
44th 1960 – 1963
45th 1963 – 1964
1964 – 1967     Camille Bordage Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970     Alan R. Graham Lib.
47th 1970 – 1971
1971 – 1974     Omer Léger PC
Riding dissolved into Kent Centre, Kent North and Kent South

Election results
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 4 October 1971
Party Candidate VotesElected
Progressive ConservativeOmer Léger6,682Y
LiberalOmer Cormier4,610
1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate VotesElected
LiberalLouis J. Robichaud6,608Y
LiberalAlan R. Graham6,581Y
LiberalAndré F. Richard6,033Y
Progressive ConservativeOliver J. Babineau2,618
Progressive ConservativeUlysse Robichaud2,521
Progressive ConservativeFred Hutchinson2,495
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate VotesElected
LiberalLouis J. Robichaud6,424Y
LiberalAlan R. Graham6,216Y
LiberalAndré Richard6,006Y
Progressive ConservativeÉmile Daigle3,645
Progressive ConservativeByron Hannay3,635
Progressive Conservative? Leblanc3,498


References
  1. died in office
  2. named to the Legislative Council
  3. resigned
  4. ran for federal seat
  5. resigned to accept appointment as judge
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