Portland-Simonds

Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds.[2]

Portland-Simonds

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Trevor Holder Progressive Conservative
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	17,032[1]
Electors (2013)	11,175[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Saint John Portland Riding created from Saint John North and Saint John Park
53rd	1995–1999		Leo McAdam	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014
Portland-Simonds
58th	2014–Present		Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative

Election results

Portland-Simonds

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	3,168	53.3
	Liberal	John MacKenzie	1,703	28.6
	New Democratic	Kim Blue	449	7.6
	Green	Sheila Croteau	435	7.3
	Independent	Artie Watson	191	3.2
Total valid votes			5,946	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,976	54.53
Eligible voters			10,959

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor A. Holder	2,782	48.90	-1.28
	Liberal	Michael Butler	1,905	33.49	-1.88
	New Democratic	Tony Sekulich	743	13.06	+3.23
	Green	Sheila Croteau	259	4.55	+1.31
Total valid votes			5,689	100.0
Total rejected ballots			16	0.28
Turnout			5,705	51.43
Eligible voters			11,093
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		+0.30
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

Saint John Portland

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Arthur Holder	2,925	50.18	+0.21
	Liberal	Dan Joyce	2,062	35.37	-9.96
	New Democratic	Jeremy Higgins	573	9.83	+5.13
	Green	Stefan Warner	189	3.24	–
	People's Alliance	Lisa Cromwell	80	1.37	–
Total valid votes			5,829	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.51
Turnout			5,859	62.31
Eligible voters			9,403
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.08
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	2,987	49.97	+8.92
	Liberal	Colleen Knudson	2,710	45.33	+6.45
	New Democratic	Clare Mudge	281	4.70	-15.37
Total valid votes			5,978	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.24
[5]

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	2,436	41.05	-18.56
	Liberal	Colleen Knudson	2,307	38.88	+12.53
	New Democratic	Mary Arseneau	1,191	20.07	+6.74
Total valid votes			5,934	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-15.54

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	3,773	59.61	+25.98
	Liberal	Leo McAdam	1,668	26.35	-12.74
	New Democratic	Pam F. Coates	844	13.33	-10.66
	Natural Law	Miville Couture	45	0.71	–
Total valid votes			6,330	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.36

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leo McAdam	2,454	39.06
	Progressive Conservative	Trevor Holder	2,113	33.63
	New Democratic	Greg Barry	1,507	23.99
	Confederation of Regions	Terry Van Duzee	209	3.33
Total valid votes			6,283	100.0
	Liberal notional hold		Swing

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2014.06.0713.html
3. Elections New Brunswick (2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 17 Oct 2014.
4. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
5. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick