Northumberland (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district in New Brunswick formerly known as Northumberland, see Miramichi (electoral district).

Northumberland

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1785
District abolished	1973
First contested	1785
Last contested	1970

Northumberland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. Roughly encompassing Northumberland County, New Brunswick. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1786 – 1792		Elias Hardy	Ind.		William Davidson	Ind.
2nd	1793 – 1795		Ward Chipman	Ind.		John Black	Ind.
3rd	1795 – 1802		James Fraser	Ind.		Samuel Lee	Ind.
4th	1802 – 1809					Alexander Taylor	Ind.
5th	1809 – 1816
6th	1817 – 1819					Richard Simonds	Ind.
7th	1820		Joseph Saunders	Ind.
8th	1821 – 1827		Hugh Munro	Ind.
9th	1827 – 1830		Alexander Rankin[1]	Ind.
10th	1831 – 1833					Joseph Cunard[2]	Ind.
	1833 – 1834					John Ambrose Street	Ind.
11th	1835 – 1837
12th	1837 – 1842
13th	1843					John T. Williston[3]	Ind.
	1843 – 1846					John Ambrose Street	Ind.
14th	1847 – 1850								William Carman	Ind.		Martin Cranney	Ind.
15th	1851 – 1852								John Mercer Johnson	Ind.		John T. Williston	Ind.
	1852 – 1854		Peter Mitchell	Ind.
16th	1854 – 1856		George Kerr	Ind.								Richard Sutton	Ind.
17th	1856 – 1857					Peter Mitchell	Ind.
18th	1857 – 1861
19th	1862 – 1865					Robinson Crocker	Ind.					Edward Williston	Ind.
20th	1865 – 1866					Richard Hutchison	Ind.		Richard Sutton	Ind.
21st	1866 – 1867			Cons.		John Mercer Johnson[4]	Ind.
	1867 – 1870					William Moore Kelly	Ind.
22nd	1870 – 1874		Jacob C. Gough	Ind.					Michael Adams	Cons.		Thomas F. Gillespie	Cons.
23rd	1875 – 1878		William Swim	Ind.					Lemuel John Tweedie	Lib.		Allan A. Davidson	Cons.
24th	1879 – 1882		Michael Adams[5]	Cons.		Ernest Hutchinson	Ind.		Thomas F. Gillespie	Cons.
25th	1883 – 1886					William A. Park[6]	Lib.-Con.					John Percival Burchill	Lib.
26th	1886 – 1887								Lemuel John Tweedie	Lib.		Ernest Hutchinson	Ind.
	1887 – 1888		John Percival Burchill	Lib.
	1888 – 1890					John Morrissy	Lib.
27th	1890 – 1892					James Robinson[4]	Cons.					John O'Brien	Lib.-Con.
28th	1892 – 1895
29th	1896
	1896 – 1899					Allan A. Davidson	Cons.
30th	1899 – 1903					Charles Elijah Fish	Cons.
31st	1903 – 1905		John Morrissy	Lib.		W. S. Loggie	Lib.					Donald Morrison[5]	Cons.
	1905 – 1908					Robert Murray	Lib.
32nd	1908					William L. Allain	Ind.		Daniel P. MacLachlan	Ind.
	1908 – 1912											John Percival Burchill	Lib.
33rd	1912 – 1917								Francis D. Swim	Ind.		James L. Stewart	Ind.
34th	1917 – 1920		John Percival Burchill	Lib.		Robert Murray	Lib.		David V. Allain	Lib.		Francis C. McGrath	Lib.
35th	1921		John Vanderbeck[7]	UF		Fred A. Fowlie	Ind.		John S. Martin	Ind.Lab		Charles Joseph Morrissy	Lib.
	1921 – 1925		Abram V. Vanderbeck	UF
36th	1925 – 1930		Sydney D. Heckbert	Cons.		Francis T. Lavoie	Cons.		Akerley Holmes	Cons.		Joseph Leonard O'Brien	Cons.
37th	1931 – 1935		Frederick Tweedie[8]	Lib.		William Stafford Anderson	Lib.		Hidulphe Savoie	Lib.		Richard J. Gill[9]	Lib.
38th	1935 – 1939
39th	1939 – 1944
40th	1944 – 1948		H. S. Murray	Lib.
41st	1948 – 1952								Michel A. Savoie	Lib.
42nd	1952 – 1956								William J. Gallant	Lib.
43rd	1957 – 1960		P. C. Price	Lib.		Joseph R. Martin	PC
44th	1960 – 1961		Clarence S. Menzies	Lib.		Graham Crocker	Lib.		Norbert Thériault	Lib.		Paul B. Lordon[6]	Lib.
	1961 – 1963											J. Fraser Kerr	Lib.
45th	1963 – 1967
46th	1967 – 1969														J. L. A. Savoie[10]	Lib.
	1969 – 1970														Frank E. Kane	Lib.
47th	1970 – 1974											Edgar LeGresley	Lib.
Riding dissolved into Bay du Vin, Chatham, Miramichi Bay, Miramichi-Newcastle and Southwest Miramichi

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Frank E. Kane	10,353	11.43	Y
	Liberal	H. Graham Crocker	10,216	11.28	Y
	Liberal	L. Norbert Thériault	9,954	10.99	Y
	Liberal	Edgar LeGresley	9,694	10.70	Y
	Liberal	Clarence S. Menzies	9,577	10.57	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Laurie Black	7,168	7.91
	Progressive Conservative	John Creaghan	7,067	7.80
	Progressive Conservative	George O'Donnell	6,915	7.63
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Boulay	6,667	7.36
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Gionet	6,484	7.16
	New Democratic	Joseph Albert Richardson	1,472	1.63
	New Democratic	Ronald William Kelly	1,387	1.53
	New Democratic	Theresa Kelly	1,130	1.25
	New Democratic	Ray LeBreton	997	1.10
	New Democratic	Chester John Voutour	929	1.03
	Independent	James D. Shanahan	562	0.62
Total number of valid votes			90,572
Total rejected ballots			344	1.69
Turnout			20,338	79.94
Eligible voters			25,442

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 16 June 1969
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frank Edward Kane	8,338	54.54
	Progressive Conservative	Charles E. C. Boulay	6,951	45.46

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	H. Graham Crocker	11,568	Y
	Liberal	J. Fraser Kerr	11,276	Y
	Liberal	Clarence Menzies	11,173	Y
	Liberal	Norbert Thériault	11,032	Y
	Liberal	Dr. J. L. A. Savoie	10,812	Y
	Progressive Conservative	William Malone	7,220
	Progressive Conservative	Orville McCosh	7,199
	Progressive Conservative	Arnel J. Roach	7,062
	Progressive Conservative	Karl Wilson	7,060
	Progressive Conservative	Gerard Doiron	6,928
	New Democratic	Ronald Kelly	577
	New Democratic	Jack Currie	345
	New Democratic	Albert Richardson	325

References

1. died in 1852
2. named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick
3. unseated after an appeal
4. elected to federal seat
5. resigned to run for federal seat
6. resigned
7. died in 1921
8. died in 1943
9. died in 1959
10. died in 1969