Saint John Lancaster

Saint John Lancaster

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Saint John Lancaster (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Dorothy Shephard Progressive Conservative
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	13,904[1]
Electors (2013)	11,143[1]

Saint John Lancaster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Saint John West and Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)
53rd	1995–1999		Jane Barry	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Norm MacFarlane	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Abel LeBlanc	Liberal
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014		Dorothy Shephard	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–Present

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	2,619	39.18	-11.57
	Liberal	Peter McGuire	2,162	32.34	-1.49
	New Democratic	Abel LeBlanc	1,535	22.97	+12.79
	Green	Ashley Durdle	283	4.23	+0.59
	Independent	Mary Ellen Carpenter	85	1.27	–
Total valid votes			6,684	100.0
Total rejected ballots			19	0.28
Turnout			6,703	62.67
Eligible voters			10,696
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-5.04
Independent candidate Mary Ellen Carpenter lost 2.37 percentage points from her performance in the 2010 election as a Green candidate. New Democratic candidate Abel LeBlanc lost 10.86 percentage points from his performance in the 2010 election as a Liberal candidate.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Dorothy Shephard	3,429	50.75	+13.91
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	2,286	33.83	-25.16
	New Democratic	Habib Kilisli	688	10.18	+6.01
	Green	Mary Ellen Carpenter	246	3.64	–
	People's Alliance	Wendy Coughlin	108	1.60	–
Total valid votes			6,757	100.0
Total rejected ballots			36	0.53
Turnout			6,793	66.74
Eligible voters			10,178
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.54
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	4,002	58.99	+17.61
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Hyslop	2,499	36.84	-0.19
	New Democratic	Jennifer Carkner	283	4.17	-15.03
Total valid votes			6,784	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.90
[4]

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Abel LeBlanc	2,942	41.38	+11.72
	Progressive Conservative	Norm MacFarlane	2,633	37.03	-17.13
	New Democratic	Walter Lee	1,365	19.20	+6.40
	Grey	Jim Webb	170	2.39	–
Total valid votes			7,110	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+14.42
Grey Party candidate Jim Webb gained 0.30 percentage points from his performance in the 1999 election as a Confederation of Regions candidate.

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm MacFarlane	3,999	54.16	+16.56
	Liberal	Jane Barry	2,190	29.66	-11.89
	New Democratic	Walter Lee	945	12.80	-1.69
	Confederation of Regions	Jim Webb	154	2.09	-0.93
	Natural Law	Christopher B. Collrin	96	1.30	+0.61
Total valid votes			7,384	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.22

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jane Barry	2,954	41.55
	Progressive Conservative	Norm MacFarlane	2,673	37.60
	New Democratic	Kenneth W. Wilcox	1,030	14.49
	Confederation of Regions	Peter A. Whitebone	215	3.02
	Independent	Richard Phillip Gerrior	188	2.64
	Natural Law	Christopher B. Collrin	49	0.69
Total valid votes			7,109	100.0

References

1. http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
2. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
3. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
4. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°15′10″N 66°07′29″W / 45.2528°N 66.1247°W