Kings Centre (1973–1994 electoral district)
Kings Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kings in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Kings | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Harold Fanjoy | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Kal Seaman | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | Georgie Day | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Grand Bay-Westfield and Hampton-Belleisle | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Georgie Day | 3,011 | 32.04 | -18.92 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Colby Fraser | 2,882 | 30.67 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Edward Murray | 2,371 | 25.23 | -2.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marian Jefferies | 1,133 | 12.06 | -3.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,397 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -24.80 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions candidate Colby Fraser gained 26.02 percentage points from his performance in 1987 running as an Independent. | ||||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Dr. Kal Seaman | 4,419 | 50.96 | +21.94 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Newton Fanjoy | 2,426 | 27.98 | -25.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marian G. Jefferies | 1,392 | 16.05 | -1.15 | ||||
| Independent | Calvert M. "Colby" Fraser | 403 | 4.65 | – | ||||
| Independent | Edward Freeman Gaunce | 31 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,671 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +23.87 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Fanjoy | 4,012 | 53.78 | +0.46 | ||||
| Liberal | Edward Kelly | 2,165 | 29.02 | -5.56 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marian Jefferies | 1,283 | 17.20 | +5.10 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,460 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +3.01 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold N. Fanjoy | 3,284 | 53.32 | +0.37 | ||||
| Liberal | David L. Nice | 2,130 | 34.58 | -6.66 | ||||
| New Democratic | R. Harvey Watson | 745 | 12.10 | +8.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,159 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +3.52 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Fanjoy | 2,939 | 52.95 | |||||
| Liberal | Murray F. Gault | 2,289 | 41.24 | |||||
| New Democratic | Edward F. Gaunce | 184 | 3.31 | |||||
| Independent | S. Grant Lyon | 139 | 2.50 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,551 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Kings went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election. None of the three incumbents ran in this riding. | ||||||||
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