Bathurst West-Beresford

Bathurst West-Beresford (French: Bathurst-Ouest-Beresford) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the Bathurst and Nigadoo-Chaleur electoral districts.

Bathurst West-Beresford
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Bathurst West-Beresford in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates:47.569°N 65.916°W / 47.569; -65.916
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
René Legacy
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2014
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)14,273
Electors (2013)11,256
Census division(s)Gloucester
Census subdivision(s)Bathurst, Beresford

It includes the city of Bathurst west of the Middle River, the town of Beresford and rural communities south of the Tetagouche River.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur
and Nepisiguit
58th  2014–2018     Brian Kenny Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present René Legacy

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalRené Legacy3,73055.84-11.69
Progressive ConservativeAnne Bard-Lavigne1,98529.72+12.92
GreenPierre Duguay-Boudreau96514.45+6.64
Total valid votes 6,680100.00
Total rejected ballots 280.42-0.23
Turnout 6,70861.74+2.60
Eligible voters 10,865
Liberal hold Swing -12.31
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBrian Kenny4,35167.53+4.80
Progressive ConservativeYvon Landry1,08216.79-8.75
GreenMike Rau5037.81+4.19
New DemocraticAnne-Renée Thomas4436.88-1.23
KISSJames Risdon640.99--
Total valid votes 6,443100.0
Total rejected ballots 420.65+0.32
Turnout 6,48559.14-3.66
Eligible voters 10,966
Liberal hold Swing +6.77
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalBrian Kenny4,36762.74
Progressive ConservativeAnne Bard-Lavigne1,77825.54
New DemocraticEtienne Arseneau5648.10
GreenCatherine Doucet2523.62
Total valid votes 6,961100.00
Total rejected ballots 230.33
Turnout 6,98462.79
Eligible voters 11,122
This riding was created from parts of Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur and Nepisiguit, they elected two Liberals and one Progressive Conservative (Nepisiguit) in the previous election. Brian Kenny was the incumbent from Bathurst.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

References

  1. "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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