Northumberland (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district in New Brunswick formerly known as Northumberland, see Miramichi (electoral district).

Northumberland
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1785
District abolished	1973
First contested	1785
Last contested	1970

Northumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1786 – 1792	Elias Hardy	Ind.		William Davidson	Ind.
2nd	1793 – 1795	Ward Chipman	Ind.		John Black	Ind.
3rd	1795 – 1802	James Fraser	Ind.		Samuel Lee	Ind.
4th	1802 – 1809			Alexander Taylor	Ind.
5th	1809 – 1816			Alexander Taylor	Ind.
6th	1817 – 1819			Richard Simonds	Ind.
7th	1820	Joseph Saunders	Ind.
8th	1821 – 1827	Hugh Munro	Ind.
9th	1827 – 1830	Alexander Rankin^[1]	Ind.
10th	1831 – 1833			Joseph Cunard^[2]	Ind.
10th	1833 – 1834			John Ambrose Street	Ind.
11th	1835 – 1837
12th	1837 – 1842
13th	1843			John T. Williston^[3]	Ind.
13th	1843 – 1846			John Ambrose Street	Ind.
14th	1847 – 1850					William Carman	Ind.		Martin Cranney	Ind.
15th	1851 – 1852					John Mercer Johnson	Ind.		John T. Williston	Ind.
15th	1852 – 1854	Peter Mitchell	Ind.						John T. Williston	Ind.
16th	1854 – 1856	George Kerr	Ind.						Richard Sutton	Ind.
17th	1856 – 1857			Peter Mitchell	Ind.
18th	1857 – 1861			Peter Mitchell	Ind.
19th	1862 – 1865			Robinson Crocker	Ind.				Edward Williston	Ind.
20th	1865 – 1866			Richard Hutchison	Ind.		Richard Sutton	Ind.
21st	1866 – 1867			John Mercer Johnson^[4]	Ind.
21st	1867 – 1870			William Moore Kelly	Ind.
22nd	1870 – 1874	Jacob C. Gough	Ind.				Michael Adams	Cons.		Thomas F. Gillespie	Cons.
23rd	1875 – 1878	William Swim	Ind.				Lemuel John Tweedie	Lib.		Allan A. Davidson	Cons.
24th	1879 – 1882	Michael Adams^[5]	Cons.		Ernest Hutchinson	Ind.		Thomas F. Gillespie	Cons.	Allan A. Davidson	Cons.
25th	1883 – 1886			William A. Park^[6]	Lib.-Con.		John Percival Burchill	Thomas F. Gillespie	Cons.	Lib.
26th	1886 – 1887					Lemuel John Tweedie	Lib.		Ernest Hutchinson	Ind.
	1887 – 1888	John Percival Burchill	Lib.
	1888 – 1890			John Morrissy	Lib.
27th	1890 – 1892			James Robinson^[4]	Cons.				John O'Brien	Lib.-Con.
28th	1892 – 1895
29th	1896
29th	1896 – 1899			Allan A. Davidson	Cons.
30th	1899 – 1903			Charles Elijah Fish	Cons.
31st	1903 – 1908	John Morrissy	Lib.		W. S. Loggie			Lib.		Donald Morrison^[5]	Cons.
32nd	1908			William L. Allain	Ind.		Daniel P. McLachlan	Ind.		Donald Morrison^[5]	Cons.
32nd	1908 – 1912					John Percival Burchill	Daniel P. McLachlan	Ind.	Lib.
33rd	1912 – 1917					Francis D. Swim	Ind.		James L. Stewart	Ind.
34th	1917 – 1920	John Percival Burchill	Lib.		Robert Murray	Lib.		David V. Allain	Lib.		Francis C. McGrath	Lib.
35th	1921	John Vanderbeck^[7]	Cons.		Fred A. Fowlie	Lib.		John S. Martin	Lib.		Charles Joseph Morrissy	Lib.
35th	1921 – 1925	Abram V. Vanderbeck	Cons.		Fred A. Fowlie	Lib.		John S. Martin	Lib.		Charles Joseph Morrissy	Lib.
36th	1925 – 1930	Sydney D. Heckbert	Cons.		Francis T. Lavoie	Cons.		Akhley Holmes	Cons.		Joseph Leonard O'Brien	Cons.
37th	1931 – 1935	Frederick Tweedie	Lib.		William Stafford Anderson	Lib.		Hidulphe Savoie	Lib.		Richard J. Gill	Lib.
38th	1935 – 1939
39th	1939 – 1944
40th	1944 – 1948	H. S. Murray	Lib.
41st	1948 – 1952
42nd	1952 – 1956			William J. Gallant			Lib.
43rd	1957 – 1960	P.C. Price	Lib.	William J. Gallant		Joseph R. Martin	Lib.	Lib.
44th	1960 – 1961	Clarence S. Menzies	Lib.		Graham Crocker	Lib.		Norbert Thériault	Lib.		Paul B. London^[6]	Lib.
44th	1961 – 1963			J. Fraser Kerr			Lib.
45th	1963 – 1967
46th	1967 – 1969									J. L. A. Savoie^[8]	Lib.
46th	1969 – 1970									Frank E. Kane	Lib.
47th	1970 – 1974			Edgar LeGresley			Lib.			Frank E. Kane	Lib.
Riding dissolved into Bay du Vin, Chatham, Miramichi Bay, Miramichi-Newcastle and Southwest Miramichi

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Frank E. Kane	10,353	Y
	Liberal	H. Graham Crocker	10,216	Y
	Liberal	L. Norbert Thériault	9,954	Y
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	9,694	Y
	Liberal	Clarence Menzies	9,577	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie Black	7,168
	Progressive Conservative	John Creaghan	7,067
	Progressive Conservative	George O'Donnell	6,915
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Boulay	6,667
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Gionet	6,484
	New Democratic	Joseph Albert Richardson	1,472
	New Democratic	Ronald William Kelly	1,387
	New Democratic	Theresa Kelly	1,130
	New Democratic	Ray LeBreton	997
	New Democratic	Chester John Voutour	929
	Independent	James D. Shanahan	562

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 16 June 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Frank Edward Kane	8,338	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Charles E. C. Boulay	6,951

New Brunswick general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	H. Graham Crocker	11,568	Y
	Liberal	J. Fraser Kerr	11,276	Y
	Liberal	Clarence Menzies	11,173	Y
	Liberal	Norbert Thériault	11,032	Y
	Liberal	Dr. J. L. A. Savoie	10,812	Y
	Progressive Conservative	William Malone	7,220
	Progressive Conservative	Orville McCosh	7,199
	Progressive Conservative	Arnel J. Roach	7,062
	Progressive Conservative	Karl Wilson	7,060
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Doiron	6,928
	New Democratic	Ronald Kelly	577
	New Democratic	Jack Currie	345
	New Democratic	Albert Richardson	325

References

↑ died in 1852
↑ named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick
↑ unseated after an appeal
1 2 elected to federal seat
1 2 resigned to run for federal seat
1 2 resigned
↑ died in 1921
↑ died in 1969

New Brunswick provincial electoral districts

Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln

Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila

River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée

South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins

Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé

Defunct Districts

1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South

Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York

See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election

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