Gary Keating
Gary Keating is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Saint John East as a member of the Liberal Party. He won the riding by just nine votes over Progressive Conservative MLA Glen Savoie,[2] the narrowest margin of victory in the entire province,[2] although his victory was ultimately confirmed by an automatic recount.[2]
Gary Keating | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Saint John East | |
| In office September 22, 2014 – October 14, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Glen Savoie |
| Succeeded by | Glen Savoie |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Occupation | school principal |
He had previously run as the party's candidate in Saint John-Fundy in the 2010 election, losing to Savoie.
Just three weeks after the election, Keating resigned his seat on October 14, 2014, announcing that after some personal reflection he had decided that public political life was "not for him" as it would entail too much time away from his family,[3] and apologizing to the voters of Saint John East. Savoie won the resulting by-election.
Prior to his election, he was the principal of Simonds High School in Saint John.
Electoral record
| 2010 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 2,908 | 52.02 | +14.17 | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Keating | 1,734 | 31.02 | -24.44 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lise Lennon | 592 | 10.59 | +3.90 | ||||
| Green | Mathew Ian Clark | 185 | 3.31 | – | ||||
| People's Alliance | Glenn McAllister | 171 | 3.06 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,590 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.30 | ||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Keating | 2,332 | 37.02 | +3.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 2,323 | 36.88 | -0.96 | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Comeau | 1,167 | 18.53 | -5.16 | ||||
| Green | Sharon Murphy | 353 | 5.60 | +0.20 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Jason Inness | 124 | 1.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,299 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,325 | 54.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,526 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +2.46 | ||||||
| Voting results declared after judicial recount. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[4] | ||||||||
References
- "5 N.B. election races decided by fewer than 100 votes". CBC News, September 23, 2014.
- "Saint John East MLA-elect Gary Keating resigns". CBC News, October 14, 2014.
- "New Brunswick Liberal politician quits three weeks after being elected". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2014.
- Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.