Moncton was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from Westmorland in 1912, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1912 |
| District abolished | 1973 |
| First contested | 1912 |
| Last contested | 1970 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||
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| Riding created from Westmorland | ||||||||||
| 33rd | 1912 – 1917 | Otto Baird Price | Cons. | |||||||
| 34th | 1917 – 1920 | Clifford William Robinson[1] | Lib. | |||||||
| 35th | 1921 – 1924 | |||||||||
| 1924 – 1925 | E. Albert Reilly | Cons. | ||||||||
| 36th | 1925 – 1930 | |||||||||
| 37th | 1931 – 1935 | |||||||||
| 38th | 1935 – 1939 | Charles H. Blakeney | Lib. | |||||||
| 39th | 1939 – 1944 | |||||||||
| 40th | 1944 – 1948 | |||||||||
| 41st | 1948 – 1952 | E. A. Fryers | Lib. | Claudius L. L. Léger | Lib. | |||||
| 42nd | 1952 – 1956 | Joseph W. Bourgeois | PC | T. Babbitt Parlee[2] | PC | |||||
| 43rd | 1957 – 1960 | |||||||||
| 44th | 1960 – 1963 | L.G. DesBrisay | Lib. | Gilbert Robichaud | Lib. | |||||
| 45th | 1963 – 1967 | |||||||||
| 46th | 1967 – 1970 | R. V. Lenihan | Lib. | Léonide H. Cyr | Lib. | |||||
| 47th | 1970 – 1974 | Paul Creaghan | PC | Arthur Buck | PC | Jean-Paul LeBlanc | PC | |||
| Riding dissolved into Moncton East, Moncton North and Moncton West | ||||||||||
Election results
edit| 1970 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Creaghan | 12,203 | 
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| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Buck | 11,573 |
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| Progressive Conservative | Jean-Paul LeBlanc | 11,235 |
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| Liberal | Léonide H. Cyr | 9,912 | ||||||
| Liberal | L.G. DesBrisay | 9,905 | ||||||
| Liberal | R. V. Lenihan | 9,897 | ||||||
| New Democratic | David Britton | 844 | ||||||
| New Democratic | David V. Webster | 696 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth R. White | 674 | ||||||
| Independent | Steadman D. Steeves | 383 | ||||||
| 1967 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Liberal | L.G. DesBrisay | 11,130 |
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| Liberal | R. V. Lenihan | 11,065 |
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| Liberal | Léonide Cyr | 10,951 |
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| Progressive Conservative | Paul Creaghan | 10,916 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charlie Thomas | 10,144 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Savoie | 9,945 | ||||||
References
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