Queens South
 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 South 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
[edit]| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Queens | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Robert Corbett | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Robert McCready | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Vaughn Blaney | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Grand Bay-Westfield, Grand Lake, New Maryland and Oromocto-Gagetown |
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Election results
[edit]| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vaughn Blaney | 1,543 | 41.94 | -15.27 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Jarvis M. Ducey | 1,205 | 32.75 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry C. Black | 676 | 18.37 | -17.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gordon Black | 255 | 6.93 | -0.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,679 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -24.01 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vaughn Blaney | 2,075 | 57.21 | +15.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert B. McCready | 1,296 | 35.73 | -16.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Barton | 256 | 7.06 | +0.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,627 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +15.99 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert B. McCready | 1,799 | 52.18 | +7.34 | ||||
| Liberal | Dawn Bremner | 1,437 | 41.68 | -7.22 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Gormley | 212 | 6.15 | -0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,448 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.28 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative candidate Robert McCready gained 3.28 percentage points from his performance in 1978 running as a Liberal. | ||||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert B. McCready | 1,577 | 48.90 | +0.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | A.P. Hetherington | 1,446 | 44.84 | -6.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Charles Viger | 202 | 6.26 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,225 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +3.32 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Corbett | 1,528 | 51.29 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert B. McCready | 1,451 | 48.71 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,979 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the last election. Robert McCready was one of two incumbents. | ||||||||
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