Saint John East

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Saint John East
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Saint John East (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Glen Savoie
Progressive Conservative
District created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)14,579
Electors (2013)11,212
Census division(s)Saint John County, New Brunswick
Census subdivision(s)Saint John

Saint John East (French: Saint-Jean-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from the two member district of Saint John East, which was divided into this riding and Saint John-Fundy. Under the 1994 redistribution the riding was largely unchanged, losing some territory to Saint John-Fundy while gaining other small parts from Saint John-Fundy and Saint John Park. It was renamed Saint John Champlain as parts of the City of Saint John known locally as East Saint John had been moved out of the district. In 2006, the district boundaries were again changed, losing some territory to adjacent districts but taking in all of what is known as East Saint John; as a result, its name was changed to Saint John East. At the 2013 redistribution, the riding was altered significantly with nearly half of its population moving to the north to join Saint John Portland, being replaced by territory gained from the abolished district of Saint John-Fundy.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Assembly Years Member Party
East Saint John
Riding created from Saint John East (1967–1974)
48th  1974–1978     Gerald Merrithew Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1984
 1984–1987     Peter Trites New Democratic
51st  1987–1991     Liberal
52nd  1991–1995 George Jenkins
Saint John Champlain
53rd  1995–1999     Roly MacIntyre Liberal
54th  1999–2003     Carole Keddy Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006     Roly MacIntyre Liberal
56th  2006–2010
Saint John East
57th  2010–2014     Glen Tait Progressive Conservative
58th  2014–2014     Gary Keating Liberal
 2014–2018     Glen Savoie Progressive Conservative
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present

Gary Keating resigned on October 14, 2014, just 22 days after being elected. Keating was never sworn in.[1]

Election results[edit]

Saint John East, 2014–present[edit]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Glen Savoie 3,507 56.36 +10.75
Liberal Phil Comeau 1,639 26.34 -0.50
People's Alliance Patrick Kemp 434 6.98 -8.85
Green Gerald Irish 394 6.33 +0.69
New Democratic Josh Floyd 248 3.99 -2.09
Total valid votes 6,222
Total rejected ballots 8 0.13 -0.07
Turnout 6,230 55.55 -2.82
Eligible voters 11,216
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.75
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Glen Savoie 3,017 45.62 +1.31
Liberal Clare Manzer 1,775 26.84 -1.00
People's Alliance Matthew Thompson 1,047 15.83 +15.07
New Democratic Alex White 402 6.08 -15.80
Green Lynaya Astephen 373 5.64 +0.42
Total valid votes 6,614 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 13 0.20
Turnout 6,627 58.36
Eligible voters 11,355
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 17 November 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Glen Savoie 2,225 44.31 +7.43
Liberal Shelley Rinehart 1,398 27.84 -9.18
New Democratic Dominic Cardy 1,099 21.88 +3.36
Green Sharon Murphy 262 5.22 -0.39
People's Alliance Arthur Watson 38 0.76 -1.21
Total valid votes 5,022 100.00  
Total rejected ballots 11 0.22
Turnout 5,033 43.67
Eligible voters 11,526
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.31
Source:Elections New Brunswick[2]
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gary Keating 2,332 37.02 +3.93
Progressive Conservative Glen Savoie 2,323 36.88 -0.98
New Democratic Phil Comeau 1,167 18.53 -5.14
Green Sharon Murphy 353 5.60 +0.23
People's Alliance Jason Inness 124 1.97  
Total valid votes 6,299 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 26 0.41
Turnout 6,325 54.88
Eligible voters 11,526
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +2.46
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

Saint John East, 2006–2010[edit]

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Glen Tait 2,135 37.86 +5.00
Liberal Kevin McCarville 1,866 33.09 -27.09
New Democratic Sandy Harding 1,335 23.67 +16.71
Green Ann McAllister 303 5.37
Total valid votes 5,639 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 21 0.37
Turnout 5,660 54.66
Eligible voters 10,354
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.04
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]
2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roly MacIntyre 3,406 60.18 +20.11
Progressive Conservative Joe Mott 1,860 32.86 +5.02
New Democratic Maureen Michaud 394 6.96 -20.99
Total valid votes 5,660 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +7.27
[5]

Saint John Champlain, 1994–2003[edit]

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roly MacIntyre 2,160 40.07 +6.19
New Democratic Ralph Thomas 1,507 27.95 +0.19
Progressive Conservative Mel Vincent Jr. 1,501 27.84 -8.19
Grey Bill Richard Reid 223 4.14
Total valid votes 5,391 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +3.00
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Carole Keddy 2,073 36.03 +9.62
Liberal Roly MacIntyre 1,949 33.88 -4.06
New Democratic Dr. Paula C. Tippett 1,597 27.76 -4.47
Confederation of Regions Dolores H. Cook 98 1.70 -1.71
Natural Law Jeanne Geldart 36 0.63
Total valid votes 5,753 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.84
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roly MacIntyre 2,222 37.94 +5.79
New Democratic Paula Tippett 1,888 32.23 +10.67
Progressive Conservative Lisa Keenan 1,547 26.41 +10.71
Confederation of Regions Christina Green 200 3.41 -27.18
Total valid votes 5,857 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.44

East Saint John[edit]

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George J. Jenkins 2,785 32.15 -8.99
Confederation of Regions Gary Ewart 2,650 30.59
New Democratic Ben Donaldson 1,868 21.56 -11.12
Progressive Conservative Don Elliott 1,360 15.70 -3.38
Total valid votes 8,663 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -19.79
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Trites 3,746 41.14 +17.49
New Democratic Ervan Cronk 2,976 32.68 -8.28
Progressive Conservative Gary William Woodroffe 1,737 19.08 -16.32
Independent Dolores H. Cook 375 4.12
Independent Frank Brown 272 2.99
Total valid votes 9,106 100.0  
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +12.88
Liberal candidate Peter Trites gained 0.18 percentage points from his performance in the 1985 by-election, when he ran as a New Democrat.
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Peter Trites 2,615 40.96 +15.52
Progressive Conservative Wayne Ferguson 2,260 35.40 -12.53
Liberal Marlene Anne Vaughan 1,510 23.65 -2.98
Total valid votes 6,385 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.02
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew 4,246 47.93 -3.95
Liberal Brian Fraser Hurley 2,359 26.63 -5.13
New Democratic Peter Trites 2,254 25.44 +9.09
Total valid votes 8,859 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.59
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative G. S. "Gerry" Merrithew 3,626 51.88 +0.23
Liberal George Creary 2,220 31.76 -12.68
New Democratic Douglas Justason 1,143 16.35 +12.44
Total valid votes 6,989 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.46
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative G.S. Merrithew 3,537 51.65
Liberal Robert N. Fry 3,043 44.44
New Democratic Terrence Parsons 268 3.91
Total valid votes 6,848 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John East went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election. Gerald Merrithew was one of two incumbents.

References[edit]

  1. ^ CBC News (October 14, 2014). "Saint John East MLA-elect Gary Keating resigns". Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Unofficial election results, Saint John East/Saint John-Est by-election, 17 November 2014". Elections New Brunswick. Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  5. ^ New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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