Memramcook-Tantramar

Memramcook-Tantramar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Memramcook-Tantramar
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Memramcook-Tantramar in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Megan Mitton
Green
District created1973
First contested1974
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,884
Electors (2013)11,368

It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution and first used in the 1974 election as Tantramar. It went largely unchanged in both the 1994 redistribution and 2006 redistribution, even though it was well below the allowable population variance in the latter. In 2006, the electoral boundaries commission ruled that the district was an exceptional case, as it was surrounded by water and the province of Nova Scotia to the south and west, and to predominantly francophone areas to the north and east that would become significant minorities were they added to the district. The 2013 boundaries commission refused to persist the exception and added the francophone village of Memramcook from the former riding of Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe to the district. This change is the subject of a constitutional challenge by francophone activists.[1]

This was the first seat to elect a New Democrat to the legislature, in 1982.

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly Years Member Party
Tantramar
Riding created from Westmorland
48th  1974–1978     Lloyd Folkins Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987     Robert Arthur Hall New Democratic
51st  1987–1991     Marilyn Trenholme Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
53rd  1995–1997
 1997–1999     Peter Mesheau Progressive Conservative
54th  1999–2003
55th  2003–2006
56th  2006–2010 Mike Olscamp
57th  2010–2014
Memramcook-Tantramar
58th  2014–2018     Bernard LeBlanc Liberal
59th  2018–2020     Megan Mitton Green
60th  2020–Present

Election results

Memramcook-Tantramar
2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenMegan Mitton3,42541.61+3.28
LiberalMaxime Bourgeois2,90235.26-2.94
Progressive ConservativeCarole Duguay1,67820.39+1.90
People's AllianceHeathere Collins1922.33
IndependentJefferson George Wright340.41
Total valid votes 8,231
Total rejected ballots 130.16-0.13
Turnout 8,24470.36+1.03
Eligible voters 11,717
Green hold Swing +3.11
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
GreenMegan Mitton3,14838.33+23.03
LiberalBernard LeBlanc3,13738.20-7.44
Progressive ConservativeEtienne Gaudet1,51818.48-7.96
New DemocraticHélène Boudreau4104.99-7.63
Total valid votes 8,21399.71
Total rejected ballots 240.29-0.17
Turnout 8,23769.33
Eligible voters 11,881
Green gain from Liberal Swing +15.24
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBernard LeBlanc3,51545.64+26.67
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp2,03726.45-30.23
GreenMegan Mitton1,17815.29+1.64
New DemocraticHélène Boudreau97212.62+1.92
Total valid votes 7,702100.0  
Total rejected ballots 360.47
Turnout 7,73866.56
Eligible voters 11,626
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +28.45
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

Tantramar
2010 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp2,70756.68+2.27
LiberalBeth Barczyk90618.97-15.78
GreenMargaret Tusz-King65213.65–
New DemocraticBill Evans51110.70-0.14
Total valid votes 4,776100.0  
Total rejected ballots 230.48
Turnout 4,79966.29
Eligible voters 7,239
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.02
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]
2006 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMike Olscamp2,69054.41-3.88
LiberalJohn Higham1,71834.75+3.45
New DemocraticVirgil Hammock53610.84+0.43
Total valid votes 4,944
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.66
2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau2,92258.29-4.50
LiberalSusan Purdy1,56931.30+13.76
New DemocraticGeoff Martin52210.41-8.36
Total valid votes 5,013
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.13
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau3,31162.79+28.74
New DemocraticHeather Patterson99018.77-11.44
LiberalKirk W. Meldrum92517.54-15.68
IndependentFrank Comeau470.89–
Total valid votes 5,273
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +20.09
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Mesheau1,59734.05+22.08
LiberalRoss Monk1,55833.22-29.25
New DemocraticHeather Patterson1,41730.21+14.77
Confederation of RegionsGreg Hargrove1182.52-7.60
Total valid votes 4,690
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +25.66
Greg Hargrove was the leader of CoR running as a parachute candidate.
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme3,41462.47+12.95
New DemocraticBerkeley Fleming84415.44-7.92
Progressive ConservativeH. Eric Wheeler65411.97+2.82
Confederation of RegionsJulia Elnora Stevens55310.12-7.84
Total valid votes 5,465
Liberal hold Swing +10.44
1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme3,00849.52-2.54
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall1,41923.36-6.71
Confederation of RegionsClarke Edgar Sheppard1,09117.96–
Progressive ConservativeWilliam R. Campbell5569.15-8.72
Total valid votes 6,074
Liberal hold Swing +2.08
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalMarilyn Trenholme3,16052.06+29.45
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall1,82530.07-12.35
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins1,08517.87-17.10
Total valid votes 6,070
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.90
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall2,50342.42+5.24
Progressive ConservativeIrvin D. Robinson2,06334.97-4.04
LiberalJohn Gideon Carter1,33422.61-1.20
Total valid votes 5,900
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +4.64
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins2,01939.01-6.34
New DemocraticRobert Arthur Hall1,92437.18+22.07
LiberalJames G. Purdy1,23223.81-15.73
Total valid votes 5,175
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.20
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Folkins2,40245.35
LiberalJohn Bryden2,09439.54
New DemocraticColin McCabe80015.11
Total valid votes 5,296
The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election.

References
  1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/francophone-groups-plan-legal-challenge-over-riding-law-1.1309583
  2. "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
  4. "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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