Petitcodiac (electoral district)

Petitcodiac
New Brunswick electoral district
	Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts
Coordinates:	46°06′00″N 65°12′25″W / 46.100°N 65.207°W
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	2013
First contested	1974
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population ()	14,581

Petitcodiac was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Westmorland
48th	1974–1978	Bill Harmer	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991	Hollis Steeves	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995	Dennis Cochrane	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1995–1999	Hollis Steeves	Liberal
54th	1999–2003	Wally Stiles	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2007
56th	2007–2010		Liberal
57th	2010–2014	Sherry Wilson	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Gagetown-Petitcodiac, Moncton Southwest, Albert, Moncton East and Moncton Northwest

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherry Wilson	4,133	55.69	-9.22
	Liberal	Wally Stiles	1,772	23.87	-5.73
	Green	Bethany Thorne-Dykstra	856	11.53	–
	New Democratic	Leta Both	661	8.91	+3.43
Total valid votes			7,422	100.0
Total rejected ballots			44	0.59
Turnout			7,466	68.40
Eligible voters			10,915
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-1.74
Liberal candidate Wally Stiles lost 41.04 percentage points from his 2006 performance running as a Progressive Conservative.
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Stiles	4,640	64.91	+4.35
	Liberal	Terry Keating	2,116	29.60	-2.57
	New Democratic	Rebecca Lewis-Marshall	392	5.48	+0.30
Total valid votes			7,148	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.46
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Stiles	3,481	60.56	-8.76
	Liberal	Bethany Dykstra	1,849	32.17	+13.22
	New Democratic	Tracy Trott	298	5.18	-2.03
	Grey	Dan Leaman	120	2.09	-2.41
Total valid votes			5,748	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.99
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Wally Stiles	4,284	69.32	+41.93
	Liberal	Gary Armstrong	1,171	18.95	-20.81
	New Democratic	Blair McInnis	447	7.23	+2.09
	Grey	Donald Alward	278	4.50	–
Total valid votes			6,180	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+31.37
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hollis Steeves	2,398	39.76	+9.58
	Confederation of Regions	Tom Taylor	1,673	27.74	-3.00
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harmer	1,650	27.36	-3.98
	New Democratic	Jennifer Stairs	310	5.14	-2.59
Total valid votes			6,031	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.29
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Cochrane	4,879	31.34	+2.48
	Confederation of Regions	Leona May Geldart	4,786	30.74	–
	Liberal	Hollis S. Steeves	4,698	30.18	-23.13
	New Democratic	Richard Hay	1,204	7.73	-10.00
Total valid votes			15,567	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-14.13
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hollis S. Steeves	7,081	53.31	+20.65
	Progressive Conservative	C.W. "Bill" Harmer	3,833	28.86	-25.86
	New Democratic	Richard James Hay	2,368	17.83	+5.20
Total valid votes			13,282	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+23.26
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	C.W. "Bill" Harmer	6,388	54.72	+3.70
	Liberal	Hollis Stanley Steeves	3,813	32.66	-2.87
	New Democratic	Charles B. Sullivan	1,474	12.63	+6.18
Total valid votes			11,675	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.28
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	C. W. "Bill" Harmer	4,911	51.02	+2.97
	Liberal	Harold Alward	3,420	35.53	-1.42
	New Democratic	Ronald McGrath	621	6.45	+3.30
	Independent	Rev. C. Edward Pickett	556	5.78	–
	Parti acadien	Patrick D. Clarke	117	1.22	–
Total valid votes			9,625	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.20
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	C.W. "Bill" Harmer	3,914	48.05
	Liberal	Wendell J. Maxwell	3,010	36.95
	Independent	Ronald T. Sabine	965	11.85
	New Democratic	Joyce Marie Sullivan	257	3.15
Total valid votes			8,146	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Westmorland went totally Liberal in the previous election. Neither of the four incumbents ran in this election.
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.

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