Saint John Lancaster

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Saint John Lancaster
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Saint John Lancaster (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Dorothy Shephard
Progressive Conservative
District created1994
First contested1995
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)13,904[1]
Electors (2013)11,143[1]

Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The MLA has been Dorothy Shephard since 2010.

The riding name refers to Lancaster, New Brunswick.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John West
and Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)
53rd  1995–1999     Jane Barry Liberal
54th  1999–2003     Norm McFarlane Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006     Abel LeBlanc Liberal
56th  2006–2010
57th  2010–2014     Dorothy Shephard Progressive Conservative
58th  2014–2018
58th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present

Election results[edit]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dorothy Shephard 3,560 54.24 +9.09
Liberal Sharon Teare 1,471 22.41 -3.58
Green Joanna Killen 938 14.29 +5.53
People's Alliance Paul Seelye 394 6.00 -7.87
New Democratic Don Durant 201 3.06 -3.17
Total valid votes 6,564 100.0
Total rejected ballots 18 0.27
Turnout 6,582 63.39
Eligible voters 10,384
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.34
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dorothy Shephard 3,001 45.15 +5.97
Liberal Kathleen Riley-Karamanos 1,727 25.99 -6.35
People's Alliance Paul Seelye 922 13.87 --
Green Doug James 582 8.76 +4.53
New Democratic Tony Mowery 414 6.23 -16.74
Total valid votes 6,646 100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dorothy Shephard 2,619 39.18 -11.57
Liberal Peter McGuire 2,162 32.34 -1.49
New Democratic Abel LeBlanc 1,535 22.97 +12.79
Green Ashley Durdle 283 4.23 +0.59
Independent Mary Ellen Carpenter 85 1.27 –
Total valid votes 6,684 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 19 0.28
Turnout 6,703 62.67
Eligible voters 10,696
Progressive Conservative notional hold Swing -5.04
Independent candidate Mary Ellen Carpenter lost 2.37 percentage points from her performance in the 2010 election as a Green candidate. New Democratic candidate Abel LeBlanc lost 10.86 percentage points from his performance in the 2010 election as a Liberal candidate.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]
2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dorothy Shephard 3,429 50.75 +13.91
Liberal Abel LeBlanc 2,286 33.83 -25.16
New Democratic Habib Kilisli 688 10.18 +6.01
Green Mary Ellen Carpenter 246 3.64 –
People's Alliance Wendy Coughlin 108 1.60 –
Total valid votes 6,757 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 36 0.53
Turnout 6,793 66.74
Eligible voters 10,178
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.54
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]
2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Abel LeBlanc 4,002 58.99 +17.61
Progressive Conservative Peter Hyslop 2,499 36.84 -0.19
New Democratic Jennifer Carkner 283 4.17 -15.03
Total valid votes 6,784 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +8.90
[4]
2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Abel LeBlanc 2,942 41.38 +11.72
Progressive Conservative Norm McFarlane 2,633 37.03 -17.13
New Democratic Walter Lee 1,365 19.20 +6.40
Grey Jim Webb 170 2.39 –
Total valid votes 7,110 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.42
Grey Party candidate Jim Webb gained 0.30 percentage points from his performance in the 1999 election as a Confederation of Regions candidate.
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Norm McFarlane 3,999 54.16 +16.56
Liberal Jane Barry 2,190 29.66 -11.89
New Democratic Walter Lee 945 12.80 -1.69
Confederation of Regions Jim Webb 154 2.09 -0.93
Natural Law Christopher B. Collrin 96 1.30 +0.61
Total valid votes 7,384 100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.22
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jane Barry 2,954 41.55
Progressive Conservative Norm McFarlane 2,673 37.60
New Democratic Kenneth W. Wilcox 1,030 14.49
Confederation of Regions Peter A. Whitebone 215 3.02
Independent Richard Phillip Gerrior 188 2.64
Natural Law Christopher B. Collrin 49 0.69
Total valid votes 7,109 100.0  

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Electoral Boundaries & Representation Commission Final Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. ^ New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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