Queens North

Queens North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Queens North
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Queens
48th  1974–1978     Wilfred Bishop Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Doug Tyler Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Grand Lake

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDoug Tyler1,74046.47-11.91
Confederation of RegionsConstance Melissa Webber1,65444.18
Progressive ConservativeClayton Chase2566.84-31.22
New DemocraticSusan Barton942.51-1.05
Total valid votes 3,744100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -28.04
Confederation of Regions candidate Constance Webber gained 6.12 percentage points from her performance in 1987 running as a Progressive Conservative.
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDoug Tyler2,21258.38+20.87
Progressive ConservativeConstance M. Webber1,44238.06-15.83
New DemocraticRuth Nightingale1353.56-2.42
Total valid votes 3,789100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +18.35
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred G. Bishop1,91153.89-10.37
LiberalCyril MacDonald1,33037.51+1.77
New DemocraticFrank Wuhr2125.98
IndependentWilliam Taylor932.62
Total valid votes 3,546100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.07
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred George Bishop2,05964.26+2.65
LiberalEva Andries1,14535.74-2.65
Total valid votes 3,204100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.65
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred G. Bishop1,96161.61
LiberalMike Jardine1,22238.39
Total valid votes 3,183100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election. Wilfred Bishop was one of two incumbents.


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