Gloucester (provincial electoral district)

Gloucester was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from the 1828 election of the 9th New Brunswick Legislature. It mirrored Gloucester County, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, divided up into five first past the post districts: Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles and Tracadie.

Gloucester
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1826
District abolished1973
First contested1827
Last contested1972

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland
9th 1827 – 1830     Hugh Munro Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834     William End Ind.
11th 1835 – 1837     Peter Stewart Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842
13th 1843 – 1846     Joshua Alexandre Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850     Joseph Read Ind.
15th 1851 – 1854     Robert Gordon Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856     William End Ind.     Patrick McNaughton Ind.
17th 1856 – 1857     Joseph Read Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861
19th 1862 – 1865     Robert Young Ind.     John Meahan Ind.
20th 1865 – 1866
21st 1866 – 1870
22nd 1870 – 1874     Samuel Napier Ind.     Théotime Blanchard[1] Cons.
23rd 1875 – 1876     Kennedy F. Burns Lib.
1876 – 1878     Patrick G. Ryan Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882     Francis J. McManus Lib.
25th 1883 – 1886
26th 1886 – 1890     James Young Cons.
27th 1890 – 1892     Joseph Poirier Cons.
28th 1892 – 1894     John Sievewright[2] Ind.     Théotime Blanchard[3] Cons.
1895     Peter Veniot[4] Lib.
29th 1896 – 1898     Prosper E. Paulin Cons.
1898 – 1899     Joseph Poirier Cons.
30th 1899     Theobald M. Burns Cons.
1900 – 1903     John Young[5] Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908
32nd 1908 – 1912     Alphonse Sormany Ind.     James P. Byrne Lib.     Seraphin R. Léger Lib.
33rd 1912 – 1917     Joseph B. Hachey Ind.     Alfred J. Witzell Ind.     A.J.H. Stewart Ind.     Martin J. Robichaud Ind.
34th 1917 – 1920     Peter Veniot[6] Lib.     James P. Byrne[7] Lib.     Seraphin R. Léger Lib.     Jean G. Robichaud Lib.
35th 1921 – 1922
1923 – 1925     J. André Doucet Lib.
1925     Ivan Rand Lib.
36th 1925 – 1926     John P. Lordon[8] Lib.
1926 – 1930     Clovis-Thomas Richard[6] Lib.
37th 1931
1931 – 1935     Wesley H. Coffyn Cons.
38th 1935 – 1939     F.T.B. Young[8] Lib.     William A. Losier Lib.
39th 1939 – 1940
1940 – 1944     Joseph E. Connolly Lib.
40th 1944 – 1945     Frederick C. Young Lib.
1945 – 1948     J. Michel Fournier Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952     Ernest Richard Lib.
42nd 1952 – 1956
43rd 1957 – 1960     Claude Savoie Lib.
44th 1960 – 1963     H. H. Williamson Lib.     Bernard A. Jean[9] Lib.
45th 1963 – 1967     J. Omer Boudreau Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970     Gérard Haché Lib.     A. A. Ferguson Lib.
47th 1970 – 1972     André Robichaud Lib.     Frank Branch Lib.
1972 – 1974     Lorenzo Morais PC
Riding dissolved into Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles and Tracadie

Election results

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New Brunswick provincial by-election, 18 September 1972
Resignation of Bernard Jean
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Lorenzo Morais 13,685 53.88  Y
Liberal Richard Savoie 11,714 46.12
Total valid votes 25,399 97.62
Total rejected ballots 620 2.38
Turnout 26,019 81.16
Eligible voters 32,059
Source: Elections New Brunswick[10]
1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 11,333 14.40  Y
Liberal André Robichaud 11,055 14.05  Y
Liberal Bernard A. Jean 10,892 13.84  Y
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 10,877 13.82  Y
Liberal Frank Branch 10,552 13.41  Y
Progressive Conservative Camille Losier 5,175 6.58
Progressive Conservative Calixte Chiasson 5,132 6.52
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau 4,538 5.77
Progressive Conservative Odilon Boudreau 4,272 5.43
Progressive Conservative William Young 4,211 5.35
Independent André Dumont 646 0.82
Total number of valid votes 78,683
Total rejected ballots 192 0.84
Turnout 22,910 87.95
Eligible voters 26,048
Source: Elections New Brunswick[11]
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 12,350 13.45  Y
Liberal Adjutor Ferguson 12,048 13.13  Y
Liberal Gérard Haché 11,900 12.96  Y
Liberal Bernard A. Jean 11,890 12.95  Y
Liberal Ernest Richard 11,387 12.41  Y
Progressive Conservative Bertie Ferguson 6,576 7.16
Progressive Conservative Gerard Arseneau 6,539 7.12
Progressive Conservative Roland Boudreau 6,513 7.10
Progressive Conservative Percy Cormier 6,310 6.97
Progressive Conservative Antonin Friolet 6,277 6.84
Total number of valid votes 91,790
Turnout[en 1] 20,194 100.0  
Source: Elections New Brunswick[12]
  1. ^ Estimate taken from the number of votes from general polls, 19,720, and adding in the highest number of Liberal and Progressive Conservative votes from each of the advanced polls, as no total number of votes was available for these.
1963 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Harry Williamson 13,979 12.96  Y
Liberal J. Omer Boudreau 13,938 12.92  Y
Liberal Bernard Jean 13,916 12.90  Y
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,844 12.84  Y
Liberal Claude Savoie 13,766 12.76  Y
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Coughlan 8,068 7.48
Progressive Conservative Edmond Landry 7,671 7.11
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns 7,593 7.04
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché 7,545 7.00
Progressive Conservative Léger Chiasson 7,522 6.98
Total number of valid votes 107,842
Source: Canadian Elections Database[13]
1960 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Rhéal Richard 14,897 13.33  Y
Liberal Bernard Jean 14,755 13.20  Y
Liberal Claude Savoie 14,668 13.12  Y
Liberal Harry Williamson 14,637 13.09  Y
Liberal Michel Fournier 14,635 13.09  Y
Progressive Conservative Fernand Lanteigne 7,869 7.04
Progressive Conservative Alban Duguay 7,704 6.89
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns 7,648 6.84
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché 7,555 6.76
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce 7,418 6.64
Total number of valid votes 111,786
Source: Canadian Elections Database[14]
1956 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,163 12.22  Y
Liberal Michel Fournier 13,003 12.07  Y
Liberal Claude Savoie 12,862 11.94  Y
Liberal Joseph Connolly 12,833 11.91  Y
Liberal Frederick Young 12,709 11.80  Y
Progressive Conservative Fernand Lanteigne 9,006 8.36
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce 8,846 8.21
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché 8,522 7.91
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns 8,476 7.87
Progressive Conservative Fred Scott 8,325 7.73
Total number of valid votes 107,745
Source: Canadian Elections Database[15]
1952 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Frederick Young 13,270 12.01  Y
Liberal Rhéal Richard 13,179 11.93  Y
Liberal Michel Fournier 13,151 11.90  Y
Liberal Joseph Connolly 13,092 11.85  Y
Liberal André Doucet 12,898 11.67  Y
Progressive Conservative Ralph Burns 8,375 7.58
Progressive Conservative Lorenzo Boudreau 8,312 7.52
Progressive Conservative Warren Luce 8,228 7.45
Progressive Conservative J. L. A. Robichaud 8,209 7.43
Progressive Conservative Yves Haché 8,151 7.38
Independent Guy Riordan 892 0.81
Independent Leo Ferguson 804 0.73
Independent Fred Hornibrook 663 0.60
Independent Emile Godin 630 0.57
Independent Percy Cormier 624 0.56
Total number of valid votes 110,478
Source: Canadian Elections Database[16]
1948 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Joseph Connolly Acclaimed  Y
Liberal André Doucet Acclaimed  Y
Liberal Michel Fournier Acclaimed  Y
Liberal Rhéal Richard Acclaimed  Y
Liberal Frederick Young Acclaimed  Y
Source: Canadian Elections Database[17]
1944 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Frederick Young 11,635 15.91  Y
Liberal Joseph Connolly 11,526 15.76  Y
Liberal Clovis Richard 11,489 15.71  Y
Liberal André Doucet 11,477 15.70  Y
Conservative Albany-M. Robichaud 7,105 9.72
Conservative Leo Ferguson 6,450 8.82
Conservative L. A. Palmer 6,307 8.63
Conservative Eustache Godin 5,688 7.78
Co-operative Commonwealth George Duval 728 1.00
Co-operative Commonwealth Harry Day 711 0.97
Total number of valid votes 73,116
Source: Canadian Elections Database[18]
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 19 August 1940
Death of Frederick T. B. Young
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Joseph Connolly Acclaimed  Y
1939 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Fred Young 10,973 17.83  Y
Liberal Clovis Richard 10,838 17.61  Y
Liberal André Doucet 10,775 17.50  Y
Liberal William Losier 10,762 17.48  Y
Conservative Leo Ferguson 4,651 7.56
Conservative Joseph Hachey 4,561 7.41
Conservative Joseph Talbot 4,528 7.36
Conservative A. V. Landry 4,471 7.26
Total number of valid votes 61,559
Source: Canadian Elections Database[19]
1935 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Fred Young 12,256 18.04  Y
Liberal Clovis Richard 12,237 18.01  Y
Liberal André Doucet 12,204 17.96  Y
Liberal William Losier 12,202 17.96  Y
Conservative Wesley Coffyn 4,861 7.15
Conservative Alfred Witzell 4,799 7.06
Conservative George Haché 4,758 7.00
Conservative Martin Robichaud 4,624 6.81
Total number of valid votes 67,941
Source: Canadian Elections Database[20]

References

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  1. ^ resigned to accept appointment as Justice of the Peace
  2. ^ died in office ca. Feb. 1898
  3. ^ resigned to contest a federal by-election
  4. ^ resigned to accept appointment
  5. ^ died in office; no by-election afterwards
  6. ^ a b elected to federal seat
  7. ^ resigned to accept appointment as judge
  8. ^ a b died in office
  9. ^ resigned
  10. ^ Twenty-eighth General Election, November 18, 1974 , Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  11. ^ Twenty-seventh General Election, October 26, 1970, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer . Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  12. ^ Twenty-sixth General Elections, October 23, 1967, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  13. ^ 1963 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  14. ^ 1960 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  15. ^ 1956 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  16. ^ 1952 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  17. ^ 1948 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  18. ^ 1944 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  19. ^ 1939 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  20. ^ 1935 New Brunswick Election. Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved December 28, 2022.