Bathurst (electoral district)

Bathurst (1967-2010)
New Brunswick electoral district
	Bathurst in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts
Coordinates:	47°37′16″N 65°39′04″W / 47.621°N 65.651°W
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1967
First contested	1967
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population (2006)	12,527
Electors (September 27, 2010)	9,344
Census division(s)	Gloucester
Census subdivision(s)	Bathurst

Bathurst
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Bathurst (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	René Legacy; Liberal
;
District created	2023
First contested	2024

Bathurst is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was in use from 1967 to 2014, and again since 2024.

History and geography

It was created in the 1967 redistribution when cities were separated from their counties and made independent districts. It was not changed in either the 1973 or 1994 redistributions but in 2006 it lost some territory to the neighbouring riding of Nepisiguit.^[1] It was abolished in the 2013 redistribution. In its final form, it consisted of the city of Bathurst except for the part south of Route 11 and east of the Nepisiguit River.^[1] It was bordered on the northeast by the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur, on north by Chaleur Bay, and elsewhere by the riding of Nepisiguit.

The riding was a traditional Liberal seat in the province for most of its existence.

Following the 2023 redistribution, the riding will be re-created out of parts of Bathurst West-Beresford, Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore and Restigouche-Chaleur.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Gloucester
46th	1967–1970	Harry H. Williamson	Liberal
47th	1970–1972†	Harry H. Williamson	Liberal
47th	1972–1974	Eugene McGinley	Liberal
48th	1974–1978	Eugene McGinley	Liberal
49th	1978–1983	Paul Kenny	Liberal
50th	1983–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1995	Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2003
55th	2003–2006	Brian Kenny	Liberal
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Riding dissolved into Bathurst West-Beresford and Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
Riding recreated from Bathurst West-Beresford, Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore and Restigouche-Chaleur
61st	2024–Present	René Legacy	Liberal

Riding associations

Party		CEO	HQ address	Town
	New Brunswick Liberal Association	Jennifer Cleversey	1210 Youghall Drive	Bathurst

Election results

2024

2024 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Legacy	3357	56.58	+2.18
	Progressive Conservative	Kim Chamberlain	2029	34.26	−0.4
	Green	Robert Kryszko	325	5.49	−8.4
	New Democratic	Jeff Frenette	212	3.58	+3.58
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			5293
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.18

2020 provincial election redistributed results^[2]
Party		%
	Liberal	51.0
	Progressive Conservative	34.7
	Green	14.3

2010

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	2,899	44.99	−3.94	$27,040
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	2,821	43.78	−2.31	$24,453
	New Democratic	Sebastien Duke	620	9.62	+4.64	$4,122
	Green	Hazel Hachey	104	1.61G	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,444	100.0		$27,883
Total rejected ballots			55	0.85
Turnout			6,499	69.55	+2.41
Eligible voters			9,344
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.82
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2006

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	3,224	48.93	+0.44	$20,431
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3,037	46.09	−1.01	$24,274
	New Democratic	Blair Lindsay	328	4.98	+0.58	$8,161
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,589	100.0		$26,798
Total rejected ballots			61	0.63
Turnout			6,650	67.14	−0.88
Eligible voters			9,756
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+0.73
^[4]

2003

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brian Kenny	3,348	48.49	−5.78	$17,789
	Progressive Conservative	Nancy McKay	3,252	47.10	+8.56	$22,606
	New Democratic	Mark Robar	304	4.40	−2.79	$8,161
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,904	100.0		$27,018
Total rejected ballots			57	0.82
Turnout			6,961	68.02	+4.37
Eligible voters			10,234
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.17

1999

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	3,418	54.27	−21.24	$15,701
	Progressive Conservative	Robert "Bob" Stairs	2,427	38.54	+27.95	$11,503
	New Democratic	Antoine Duguay	453	7.19	−5.37	$600
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,298	100.0		$23,290
Total rejected ballots			60	0.60
Turnout			6,358	63.65	−4.20
Eligible voters			9,989
	Liberal hold		Swing		−23.61

1995

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4,956	75.51	+19.18	$17,079
	New Democratic	Kim Power	824	12.56	+0.98	$4,387
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Wiseman	695	10.59	−3.68	$3,703
	Natural Law	William Parker	88	1.34	–	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,563	100.0		$22,000
Total rejected ballots			82	0.84
Turnout			6,645	67.85	−2.69
Eligible voters			9,793
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.22

1991

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marcelle Mersereau	4,047	56.33	−22.45	$14,913
	Confederation of Regions	Laurie Joseph Robichaud	1,280	17.82	−	$5,407
	Progressive Conservative	Wilt Claire	1,025	14.27	+0.15	$10,496
	New Democratic	Colette Buttimer	832	11.58	+4.48	$3,876
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,184	100.0		$21,191
Total rejected ballots			61	0.59
Turnout			7,245	70.54	−6.22
Eligible voters			10,271
	Liberal hold		Swing		−13.08

1987

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	6,281	78.78	+39.07	$17,318
	Progressive Conservative	René Pratt	1,126	14.12	−18.75	$11,480
	New Democratic	Richard Doucet	566	7.10	−20.32	$913
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,973	100.0		$17,728
Total rejected ballots			42	0.40
Turnout			8,015	76.76	−4.32
Eligible voters			10,442
	Liberal hold		Swing		+28.91

1982

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	3,406	39.71	+4.05	$12,591
	Progressive Conservative	Jim MacLaggan	2,820	32.87	+5.12	$12,453
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann Jr.	2,352	27.42	−1.68	$11,419
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,578	100.0		$15,102
Total rejected ballots			47	0.40
Turnout			8,625	76.76	−4.32
Eligible voters			10,442
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.54

1978

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Paul Kenny	2,667	35.66	−17.33	$12,132
	New Democratic	Kevin Mann	2,176	29.10	+26.76	$2,929
	Progressive Conservative	John A. Duffy	2,075	27.75	−10.87	$10,799
	Parti acadien	Lucie Losier	560	7.49	+1.43	$50
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,478	100.0		$14,625
Total rejected ballots			101	1.03
Turnout			7,579	76.98	+3.11
Eligible voters			9,846
	Liberal hold		Swing		−7.81

1974

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene McGinley	3,806	52.99	+2.43
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul Lavoie	2,774	38.62	−3.59
	Parti acadien	Jean-Pierre Lanteigne	435	6.06	–
	New Democratic	Lionel Hachey	168	2.34	–
Total valid votes			7,183	100.0
Total rejected ballots			58	0.59
Turnout			7,241	73.87	+11.55
Eligible voters			9,803
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.02

1972 by-election

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1972
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eugene McGinley	3,095	50.56	−9.38
	Progressive Conservative	Nicholas Dimitroff	2,584	42.21	+2.15
	Independent	Louis L. Boudreau	443	7.24	–
Total valid votes			6,122	100.0
Total rejected ballots			59	0.59
Turnout			6,181	62.32	−20.49
Eligible voters			9,918
	Liberal hold		Swing		−5.77
Held upon the death of H. H. Williamson

1970

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. H. Williamson	4,142	59.94	−10.21
	Progressive Conservative	J. Adolphus Picot	2,768	40.06	+6.21
Total valid votes			6,910	100.0
Total rejected ballots			105	1.24
Turnout			7,015	82.81	+11.55
Eligible voters			8,471
	Liberal hold		Swing		−8.21

1967

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harry H. Williamson	4,376	66.15
	Progressive Conservative	Ian Tower	2,239	33.84
Total valid votes			6,615	100.0
Eligible voters			7,709
This was a new district created out of Gloucester which went totally Liberal in the previous election.

References

^ ^a ^b 2006 Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
^ "Bathurst". 338Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ "Thirty-seventh General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
^ "Thirty-sixth General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

External links

[electionsnb2006-1] 2006 Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved June 14, 2011.

[2] "Bathurst". 338Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[3] "Thirty-seventh General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

[4] "Thirty-sixth General Election – Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2015.

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v t e New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-La Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election