Queens North

Queens North
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Queens North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Queens
48th  1974–1978     Wilfred Bishop Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Doug Tyler Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Grand Lake

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalDoug Tyler 1,740 46.47 -11.91
Confederation of RegionsConstance Melissa Webber 1,654 44.18
Progressive ConservativeClayton Chase 256 6.84 -31.22
New DemocraticSusan Barton 94 2.51 -1.05
Total valid votes 3,744100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -28.04
Confederation of Regions candidate Constance Webber gained 6.12 percentage points from her performance in 1987 running as a Progressive Conservative.
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalDoug Tyler 2,212 58.38 +20.87
Progressive ConservativeConstance M. Webber 1,442 38.06 -15.83
New DemocraticRuth Nightingale 135 3.56 -2.42
Total valid votes 3,789100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +18.35
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred G. Bishop 1,911 53.89 -10.37
LiberalCyril MacDonald 1,330 37.51 +1.77
New DemocraticFrank Wuhr 212 5.98
IndependentWilliam Taylor 93 2.62
Total valid votes 3,546100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.07
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred George Bishop 2,059 64.26 +2.65
LiberalEva Andries 1,145 35.74 -2.65
Total valid votes 3,204100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.65
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeWilfred G. Bishop 1,961 61.61
LiberalMike Jardine 1,222 38.39
Total valid votes 3,183100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election. Wilfred Bishop was one of two incumbents.

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