Kent (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1827–1974)

Kent 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 Member Party Member Party Member Party Riding created from Northumberland 9th 1827 – 1830     John W. Weldon Ind. 10th 1831 – 1834 11th 1835 – 1837     John P. Ford Ind. 12th 1837 – 1842     David McAlmon Ind. 13th 1843 – 1846     David Wark Ind. 14th 1847 – 1850 15th 1851 – 1854     Robert B. Cutler Ind.     Francis McPhelim Ind. 16th 1854 – 1856 17th 1856 – 1857     Lestock P. W. DesBrisay Ind. 18th 1857 – 1861 19th 1862 – 1865 20th 1865 – 1866     William S. Caiedied in office Ind. 21st 1866 – 1869     Owen McInerneynamed to the Legislative Council Ind. 1869 – 1870     Urbain Johnson Lib. 22nd 1870 – 1873     Antoine Girouard Cons. 1873 – 1874     Henry O'Leary Ind. 23rd 1875 – 1878     Urbain Johnson Lib. 24th 1879 – 1882     Charles T. Sayre Ind. 25th 1883 – 1886     William Wheatonresigned Ind.     Olivier J. Leblancran for federal seat Lib. 26th 1886 – 1887 1887 – 1890     James D. Phinney Lib.-Con. 27th 1890 – 1891 1891 – 1892     Auguste Théophile Léger Lib. 28th 1892 – 1895     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con. 29th 1896 – 1899     Urbain Johnson Lib.     Pierre H. Léger Cons.     James Barnes Lib. 30th 1899 – 1900 1901 – 1903     Richard A. Poirier Ind. 31st 1903 – 1908     Jean-Baptiste Goguen Lib.-Con. 32nd 1908 – 1912     Thomas-Jean Bourque Cons.     David-Vital Landry Cons.     John Sheridan Ind. 33rd 1912 – 1917 34th 1917 – 1920     Philias J. Melanson Ind.     Auguste Bordage Lib.     Allison Dysartresigned to accept appointment as judge Lib. 35th 1921 – 1925 36th 1925 – 1930     François G. Richard Lib. 37th 1931 – 1935 38th 1935 – 1939 39th 1939 – 1940     Isaie Melanson Lib. 1940 – 1944     J. Killeen McKee Lib. 40th 1944 – 1948     Armand Richard Lib. 41st 1948 – 1952 42nd 1952 – 1956     Hugh A. Dysart Lib.     Louis Robichaud Lib. 43rd 1957 – 1960     André F. Richard Lib. 44th 1960 – 1963 45th 1963 – 1964 1964 – 1967     Camille Bordage Lib. 46th 1967 – 1970     Alan R. Graham Lib. 47th 1970 – 1971 1971 – 1974     Omer Léger PC ''Riding dissolved into Kent Centre, Kent North and'' Kent South

Election results

See also List of New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References