Queens (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

Queens
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1785
District abolished1973
First contested1785
Last contested1970

Queens 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
1st 1786 – 1792     Samuel Dickinson Independent     John Yeamans Independent
2nd 1793 – 1795     James Peters Independent
3rd 1795 – 1802
4th 1802 – 1809
5th 1809 – 1816
6th 1817 – 1819     Samuel Scovil Independent     Richard Yeamans Independent
7th 1820
8th 1821 – 1827     William Peters Independent
9th 1827 – 1830     Harry Peters Independent     Charles Harrison Independent
10th 1831 – 1834     Thomas Gilbert Independent
11th 1835 – 1837     Hugh Johnston, Jr. Independent
12th 1837 – 1842
13th 1843 – 1846     John Earle Independent
14th 1847 – 1850     Hugh Johnston, Jr. Independent
15th 1851 – 1854     John Earle Independent
16th 1854 – 1856     Samuel H. Gilbert Independent     John Ferris Liberal
17th 1856 – 1857     John Earle Independent
18th 1857 – 1861     Samuel H. Gilbert Independent
19th 1862 – 1865
20th 1865 – 1866     Joseph B. Perkins Independent     Gideon D. Bailey Independent
21st 1866 – 1867     John Ferris[1] Liberal     Robert Thorne Babbit[2] Independent
1867 – 1870     Walter S. Butler Independent
22nd 1870 – 1871     Gideon D. Bailey[2] Independent
1871 – 1872     Ebenezer Williams Independent
1872 – 1874     Walter S. Butler Independent
23rd 1875 – 1878     Francis Woods Liberal
24th 1879 – 1882
25th 1883 – 1886     Thomas Hetherington[2] Liberal     Albert Palmer Liberal
26th 1886 – 1890
27th 1890 – 1892
28th 1892     Laughlin Farris Liberal
1892 – 1895     Andrew George Blair[1] Liberal
29th 1896
1896 – 1899     Isaac W. Carpenter Independent
30th 1899 – 1903
31st 1903 – 1908
32nd 1908 – 1912     Harry W. Woods Independent     Arthur R. Slipp Independent
33rd 1912 – 1917
34th 1917 – 1920     George Herbert King Liberal     Judson Hetherington Liberal
35th 1921 – 1925
36th 1925 – 1930     W. Benton Evans Conservative     J. Arthur Moore Conservative
37th 1931 – 1935
38th 1935 – 1939     Frederic McGrand Liberal     W. M. Jenkins Liberal
39th 1939 – 1944     W. Benton Evans Conservative     J. Arthur Moore Conservative
40th 1944 – 1948     Edward S. Darrah Liberal     Hardie C. Parker Liberal
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Wilfred Bishop Progressive Conservative     J. Arthur Moore Progressive Conservative
43rd 1957 – 1960
44th 1960 – 1963
45th 1963 – 1967
46th 1967 – 1970     Robert McCready Liberal
47th 1970 – 1974
Riding dissolved into Queens North and Queens South

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Progressive Conservative Wilfred Bishop 2,609 Y
Liberal Robert M. McCready 2,439 Y
Progressive Conservative Lloyd Nickerson 2,367
Liberal Victor C. McMann 1,968
New Democratic William Arthur Bradley 128
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Progressive Conservative Wilfred Bishop 2,613 Y
Liberal Robert McCready 2,511 Y
Progressive Conservative J. Arthur Moore 2,388
Liberal Otty Swift 2,248


References

  1. ^ a b elected to federal seat
  2. ^ a b c resigned

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