Kent South

Kent South
New Brunswick electoral district
	The riding of Kent South (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates:	46°24′25″N 64°59′28″W / 46.407°N 64.991°WCoordinates: 46°24′25″N 64°59′28″W / 46.407°N 64.991°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Benoît Bourque; Liberal
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District created	1973
First contested	1974
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,414
Electors (2010)	11,745

Kent South (French: Kent-Sud) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

It was originally created in 1973 with the southern third of Kent County, centred primarily around the town of Bouctouche. It was largely unchanged in the 1994 redistribution. In 2006 it lost the Bouctouche area to Kent. In the 2013 redistribution its northern half was merged with the southern half of Kent, causing it to regain Bouctouche and add several rural areas to its north, but lose much the extreme southern part of Kent County around Cocagne.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Kent (1827–1974)
48th	1974–1978	Omer Léger	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982	Bertin LeBlanc	Liberal
50th	1982–1987	Omer Léger	Progressive Conservative
51st	1987–1991	Camille Thériault	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1999
54th	1999–2001
54th	2001–2003	Claude Williams	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
58th	2014–2018	Benoît Bourque	Liberal
58th	2018–2020
60th	2020–Present

Election results[]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoît Bourque	5,146	55.23	-5.70
	Progressive Conservative	Bou Duplessis	2,817	30.23	+10.11
	Green	Eva P. Rehak	994	10.67	-3.53
	People's Alliance	Lisa Godin	243	2.61	New
	New Democratic	Sue Shedd	118	1.27	-3.48
Total valid votes			9,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			50	0.53	+0.16
Turnout			9,368	75.21	+1.56
Eligible voters			12,456
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.90
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[2]

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoît Bourque	5,595	60.93	+12.27
	Progressive Conservative	Ricky Gautreau	1,848	20.12	-13.63
	Green	Alain Rousselle	1,304	14.20	+4.20
	New Democratic	Serge Rémi Parent	436	4.75	-0.87
Total valid votes			9,183	100.0
Total rejected ballots			34	0.37
Turnout			9,217	73.65
Eligible voters			12,514
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.95

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benoît Bourque	4,637	48.66	+19.43
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Williams	3,216	33.75	-26.62
	Green	Tina Beers	953	10.00	+5.56
	New Democratic	Paul Musgrave	535	5.61	-0.35
	People's Alliance	Joël MacIntosh	188	1.97	–
Total valid votes			9,529	100.0
Total rejected ballots			22	0.23
Turnout			9,551	76.88
Eligible voters			12,424
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+23.02
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[3]

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Williams	5,054	60.37	+1.83
	Liberal	Martin Goguen	2,447	29.23	-12.23
	New Democratic	Oscar Doucet	499	5.96	–
	Green	Luc LeBreton	372	4.44	–
Total valid votes			8,372	100.0
Total rejected ballots			60	0.71
Turnout			8,432	78.26
Eligible voters			10,775
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.03
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[4]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Williams	4,890	58.54	+7.52
	Liberal	Nadine Hebert	3,463	41.46	-0.58
Total valid votes			8,353	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.05
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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Williams	4,933	51.02	-7.35
	Liberal	Stephen Doucet	4,065	42.04	+5.38
	New Democratic	Neil Gardner	671	6.94	+1.97
Total valid votes			9,669	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.36

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Claude Williams	4,346	58.37	+18.20
	Liberal	Lucille Haché Riedle	2,730	36.66	-10.92
	New Democratic	Marguerite Girouard	370	4.97	-7.29
Total valid votes			7,446	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.56

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Camille Thériault	4,546	47.58	-23.94
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Noël Allain	3,838	40.17	+20.07
	New Democratic	Collette Doucette	1,171	12.26	+3.88
Total valid votes			9,555	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-22.00

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Camille Thériault	6,313	71.52	+8.56
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Ryan	1,774	20.10	-2.75
	New Democratic	Clifford Meunier	740	8.38	-5.81
Total valid votes			8,827	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.66

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Camille Thériault	5,573	62.96	+3.39
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Claude Cormier	2,023	22.85	-11.97
	New Democratic	Gérald Mazerolle	1,256	14.19	+8.58
Total valid votes			8,852	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.68

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Camille Thériault	5,546	59.57	+17.15
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	3,242	34.82	-20.07
	New Democratic	Gérald Mazerolle	522	5.61	+2.93
Total valid votes			9,310	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+18.61

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	4,829	54.89	+12.27
	Liberal	Bertin LeBlanc	3,732	42.42	-13.16
	New Democratic	Gérald Mazerolle	236	2.68	–
Total valid votes			8,797	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.72

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bertin LeBlanc	4,276	55.58	+8.67
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	3,279	42.62	-8.45
	Parti acadien	Dolan Surette	138	1.79	-0.22
Total valid votes			7,693	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.56

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Omer Léger	3,376	51.07
	Liberal	? Bourgeois	3,101	46.91
	Parti acadien	? Collette	133	2.01
Total valid votes			6,610	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the previous election. Progressive Conservative candidate Omer Léger won in a 1971 by-election, and is one of three incumbents.

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
^ "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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[gnb.ca-1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

[3] Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

[4] "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. September 27, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[cbcnews-5] New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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v t New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election