Hampton (electoral district)

Hampton

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Hampton in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Gary Crossman Progressive Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,300
Electors (2013)	10,989
Census divisions	Kings, Saint John
Census subdivisions	Hampton, Mispec, Quispamsis, Saint John

Hampton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.

The district includes the Town of Hampton and a small part of the Town of Quispamsis, from which it runs southwesterly to Mispec, including parts of the City of Saint John south of the Mispec River and rural and suburban communities in between. It drew significant population the former districts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East and Quispamsis as well as a small part of Rothesay.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay
58th	2014–Present		Gary Crossman	Progressive Conservative

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Crossman	2,679	38.74
	New Democratic	Bev Harrison	1,796	25.97
	Liberal	John D. Cairns	1,618	23.40
	Green	John Sabine	554	8.01
	People's Alliance	Joan K. Seeley	269	3.89
Total valid votes			6,916	100.0
Total rejected ballots			22	0.32
Turnout			6,938	58.97
Eligible voters			11,767
This riding was created from parts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Bev Harrison was the Progressive Conservative incumbent from Hampton-Kings, but ran as a New Democrat in this election.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick