Saint John Harbour (1974–1995)

Saint John Harbour was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Saint John Harbour
New Brunswick electoral district
The boundaries of the original Saint John Harbour (red) overlaid with the boundaries of this district as it stood from 1995 to 2006 (blue)
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     John Turnbull Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Louis Murphy Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Lancaster
and Saint John Harbour (1995–)

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLouis Murphy1,77943.53-19.33
New DemocraticAl Maund96823.68+5.83
Confederation of RegionsMarie Gerrior84420.65
Progressive ConservativeNargis Kheraj49612.14-7.15
Total valid votes 4,087100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -12.58
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLouis Murphy2,70562.86+18.59
Progressive ConservativeGay Wittrien83019.29-21.47
New DemocraticKenneth Wilcox76817.85+2.88
Total valid votes 4,303100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +20.03
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLouis Edward Murphy2,05544.27+0.81
Progressive ConservativeFoster Hammond1,89240.76-0.45
New DemocraticDee Dee M.A. Daigle69514.97-0.36
Total valid votes 4,642100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.63
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLouis E. Murphy1,77243.46-9.91
Progressive ConservativeE. Lorne Richardson1,68041.21-1.12
New DemocraticHarrison G. Harvey62515.33+11.03
Total valid votes 4,077100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.40
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJohn W. Turnbull2,54453.37
Progressive ConservativeEric L. Teed2,01842.33
New DemocraticWilliam Gray2054.30
Total valid votes 4,767100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election, with one of the PC seats won by a Liberal in a by-election. Both John Turnbull and Eric Teed were among the four incumbents.

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