Dalhousie (electoral district)
Dalhousie was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Restigouche in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Restigouche | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | John Potter | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Allan Maher | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Dalhousie-Restigouche East and Campbellton | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Maher | 2,804 | 48.43 | -29.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Aurele Ferlotte | 1,927 | 33.28 | +26.70 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Chedore | 608 | 10.50 | -5.41 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Isabelle Ann Culverwell Davis | 451 | 7.79 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,790 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -27.90 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Maher | 4,479 | 77.52 | +22.30 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Chedore | 919 | 15.91 | -16.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Stewart Beckingham | 380 | 6.58 | -4.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,778 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +19.40 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Maher | 3,179 | 55.22 | +5.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | A.R. Sandy MacLean | 1,866 | 32.41 | -8.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bertha Huard | 621 | 10.79 | +5.76 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Réal Gendron | 91 | 1.58 | -2.94 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,757 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.58 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan E. Maher | 2,726 | 50.05 | +7.48 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Aubrey Brownie | 2,201 | 40.41 | -9.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Léopold Arseneault | 274 | 5.03 | +1.00 | ||||
| Parti acadien | Réal Gendron | 246 | 4.52 | +0.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,447 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +8.26 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Potter | 2,627 | 49.44 | |||||
| Liberal | Allan Maher | 2,262 | 42.57 | |||||
| New Democratic | John McEwen | 214 | 4.03 | |||||
| Parti acadien | Réal Gendron | 211 | 3.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,314 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Restigouche went totally Liberal in the previous election. None of the three incumbents ran in this riding. | ||||||||
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