Moncton Centre (electoral district)
Moncton Centre 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.
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![]() The riding of Moncton Centre in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts | |||
Coordinates: | 46.114°N 64.801°W | ||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
MLA |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2014 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 15,273 | ||
Electors (2013) | 11,368 | ||
Census divisions | Westmorland | ||
Census subdivisions | Moncton |
The district includes the geographic centre of Moncton, but excludes the downtown which falls in Moncton South.
It draws about 60% of its population from the old Moncton East and about 40% from the old district of Moncton North. Moncton East incumbent Chris Collins won the 2014 election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Moncton East (1974–2014) and Moncton North | ||||
58th | 2014–2018 | Chris Collins | Liberal | |
2018–2018 | Independent | |||
59th | 2018–Present | Rob McKee | Liberal |
Election results
2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Rob McKee | 2,698 | 43.59 | -9.39 | ||||
Independent | Chris Collins | 1,200 | 19.39 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Claudette Boudreau-Turner | 982 | 15.87 | -9.35 | ||||
Green | Jean-Marie Nadeau | 771 | 12.46 | +4.40 | ||||
People's Alliance | Kevin McClure | 309 | 4.99 | |||||
New Democratic | Jessica Caissie | 229 | 3.70 | -10.04 | ||||
Total valid votes | 6,189 | 99.76 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.24 | -0.20 | |||||
Turnout | 6,204 | 59.11 | +0.72 | |||||
Eligible voters | 10,495 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -14.39 |
2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Chris Collins | 3,339 | 52.98 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Marie-Claude Blais | 1,589 | 25.21 | |||||
New Democratic | Luc Leblanc | 866 | 13.74 | |||||
Green | Jeffrey McCluskey | 508 | 8.06 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,302 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.44 | ||||||
Turnout | 6,330 | 58.39 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 10,841 | |||||||
This riding was created from parts of the previous riding of Moncton East and Moncton North, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Chris Collins was the incumbent from Moncton East, and Marie-Claude Blais was the incumbent from Moncton North. | ||||||||
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] |
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References
- Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.
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