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Dalhousie (electoral district)

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Dalhousie
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Restigouche
48th  1974–1978     John Potter Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982     Allan Maher Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Dalhousie-Restigouche East and Campbellton

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allan Maher 2,804 48.43 -29.09
New Democratic Aurele Ferlotte 1,927 33.28 +26.70
Progressive Conservative Scott Chedore 608 10.50 -5.41
Confederation of Regions Isabelle Ann Culverwell Davis 451 7.79
Total valid votes 5,790 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -27.90
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allan Maher 4,479 77.52 +22.30
Progressive Conservative Scott Chedore 919 15.91 -16.50
New Democratic Stewart Beckingham 380 6.58 -4.21
Total valid votes 5,778 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +19.40
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allan Maher 3,179 55.22 +5.17
Progressive Conservative A.R. Sandy MacLean 1,866 32.41 -8.00
New Democratic Bertha Huard 621 10.79 +5.76
Parti acadien Réal Gendron 91 1.58 -2.94
Total valid votes 5,757 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +6.58
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allan E. Maher 2,726 50.05 +7.48
Progressive Conservative Aubrey Brownie 2,201 40.41 -9.03
New Democratic Léopold Arseneault 274 5.03 +1.00
Parti acadien Réal Gendron 246 4.52 +0.55
Total valid votes 5,447 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.26
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative John Potter 2,627 49.44
Liberal Allan Maher 2,262 42.57
New Democratic John McEwen 214 4.03
Parti acadien Réal Gendron 211 3.97
Total valid votes 5,314 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Restigouche went totally Liberal in the previous election. None of the three incumbents ran in this riding.
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