Saint John South

Saint John South 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.

Saint John South
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 Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     John Mooney Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Nancy Teed Progressive Conservative
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     John Mooney Liberal
52nd  1991–1995     Elizabeth Weir New Democratic
Riding dissolved into Saint John Harbour

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticElizabeth Weir1,67538.65+7.34
LiberalJohn Mooney1,59636.83-6.81
Confederation of RegionsRay McDevitt54912.67
Progressive ConservativePaddy Addison51411.86-13.19
Total valid votes 4,334100.0  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +7.08
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJohn Mooney1,97443.64+9.25
New DemocraticDavid Brown1,41631.31+8.43
Progressive ConservativeNancy Teed1,13325.05-17.68
Total valid votes 4,523100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +0.41
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeNancy Clark Teed1,89042.73-2.56
LiberalBrian McCarthy1,52134.39-8.70
New DemocraticDavid Brown1,01222.88+11.26
Total valid votes 4,423100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.07
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeNancy Clark1,62245.29+1.73
LiberalJohn P. Mooney1,54343.09-9.19
New DemocraticDavid M. Brown41611.62+7.45
Total valid votes 3,581100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.46
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJohn Mooney2,79952.28
Progressive ConservativeLorne McGuigan2,33243.56
New DemocraticVerla Hayes2234.17
Total valid votes 5,354100.0  
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. Lorne McGuigan was one of four incumbents.


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