Petitcodiac (electoral district)

Petitcodiac
New Brunswick electoral district
Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick Provincial electoral districts
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	Member		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

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2010
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]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
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
^[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2003
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

New Brunswick general election, 1999
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

New Brunswick general election, 1995
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

New Brunswick general election, 1991
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

New Brunswick general election, 1987
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

New Brunswick general election, 1982
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

New Brunswick general election, 1978
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

New Brunswick general election, 1974
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.

References

↑ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
↑ New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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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