Saint John Park
Saint John Park was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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| 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 Saint John Centre | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Robert Higgins | Liberal | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Shirley Dysart | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Saint John Portland and Saint John Champlain |
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Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley Dysart | 1,743 | 42.74 | -16.33 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Richard Condon Sullivan Kinsella | 825 | 20.23 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Judith Meinert | 777 | 19.05 | -3.23 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shirley McAlary | 733 | 17.97 | -0.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,078 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -18.28 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley Dysart | 2,596 | 59.07 | +13.16 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paul Allen Maccovour | 979 | 22.28 | +7.43 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Porter | 820 | 18.66 | -20.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,395 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.86 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley Dysart | 2,247 | 45.91 | -1.09 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Twyla Hartt | 1,920 | 39.23 | -0.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | David T. Pye | 727 | 14.85 | +1.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,894 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.22 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Shirley Dysart | 1,976 | 47.00 | -15.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Garry Bona | 1,677 | 39.89 | +5.97 | ||||
| New Democratic | David T. Pye | 551 | 13.11 | +9.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,204 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -10.56 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Higgins | 3,307 | 62.14 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald S. Greenlaw | 1,805 | 33.92 | |||||
| New Democratic | Gary Donald Nesbit | 210 | 3.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,322 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in the previous election, one of the PC seats was won by a Liberal in a by-election. Robert J. Higgins was one of four incumbents. | ||||||||
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