Kent Centre

Defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

Kent Centre 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

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

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Assembly | Years | Member | Party

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Riding created from Kent (1827–1974)
48th |  1974–1978 |  | Alan R. Graham | Liberal
49th |  1978–1982
50th |  1982–1987
51st |  1987–1991
52nd |  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Kent (1994–2013)

## Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Alan Graham | 3,025 | 69.11 | -8.54
| Confederation of Regions | Percy Beers | 626 | 14.30 | -
| New Democratic | Neil Gardner | 379 | 8.66 | +2.22
| Progressive Conservative | David MacDonald | 347 | 7.93 | -7.98
Total valid votes  | 4,377 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.42
1987 New Brunswick general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Alan R. Graham | 3,232 | 77.65 | +14.00
| Progressive Conservative | Sammy Arsenault | 662 | 15.91 | -13.51
| New Democratic | Neil Gardner | 268 | 6.44 | +1.33
Total valid votes  | 4,162 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.76
1982 New Brunswick general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Alan R. Graham | 2,691 | 63.65 | +3.23
| Progressive Conservative | Fernand Savoie | 1,244 | 29.42 | -0.66
| New Democratic | Derrold H. Barnes | 216 | 5.11 | -1.29
| Independent | Ronald S. MacDonald | 77 | 1.82 | -
Total valid votes  | 4,228 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.94
1978 New Brunswick general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Liberal | Alan Robert Graham | 2,352 | 60.42 | +2.72
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Giruan Warren | 1,171 | 30.08 | -9.12
| New Democratic | John B. LaBossiere | 249 | 6.40 | +3.29
| Parti acadien | Pierrette Leblanc | 121 | 3.11 | -
Total valid votes  | 3,893 | 100.0
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.92
1974 New Brunswick general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Alan Graham | 2,024 | 57.70
| Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Girvan | 1,375 | 39.20
| New Democratic | Lawrence Murphy | 109 | 3.11
Total valid votes  | 3,508 | 100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the last election. One Progressive Conservative was elected in a 1971 by-election. Alan R. Graham was one of three incumbents.

## External links

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* Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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New Brunswick provincial electoral districts

Capital|

* Carleton-York
* Fredericton North
* Fredericton South
* Fredericton West-Hanwell
* Fredericton-Grand Lake
* Fredericton-York
* New Maryland-Sunbury
* Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton

Northern|

* Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
* Bathurst West-Beresford
* Campbellton-Dalhousie
* Caraquet
* Miramichi
* Miramichi Bay-Neguac
* Restigouche West
* Restigouche-Chaleur
* Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou
* Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin
* Tracadie-Sheila

River Valley|

* Carleton
* Carleton-Victoria
* Edmundston-Madawaska Centre
* Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston
* Victoria-La Vallée

South|

* Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West
* Hampton
* Kings Centre
* Portland-Simonds
* Quispamsis
* Rothesay
* Saint Croix
* Saint John East
* Saint John Harbour
* Saint John Lancaster
* Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins

Southeast|

* Albert
* Dieppe
* Gagetown-Petitcodiac
* Kent North
* Kent South
* Memramcook-Tantramar
* Moncton Centre
* Moncton East
* Moncton Northwest
* Moncton South
* Moncton Southwest
* Riverview
* Shediac Bay-Dieppe
* Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé

Defunct Districts

1974 – 2014|

* Albert
* Bathurst
* Bay du Vin
* Campbellton
* Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
* Caraquet
* Carleton
* Carleton Centre
* Carleton North
* Carleton South
* Centre-Péninsule
* Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur
* Charlotte
* Charlotte-Campobello
* Charlotte Centre
* Charlotte-Fundy
* Charlotte-The Isles
* Charlotte West
* Chatham
* Dalhousie
* Dalhousie-Restigouche East
* Dieppe Centre-Lewisville
* Dieppe-Memramcook
* East Saint John
* Edmundston
* Edmundston-Saint-Basile
* Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
* Fredericton-Lincoln
* Fredericton-Nashwaaksis
* Fredericton North
* Fredericton-Silverwood
* Fredericton South
* Fundy Isles
* Fundy-River Valley
* Grand Bay-Westfield
* Grand Falls
* Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André
* Grand Falls Region
* Grand Lake
* Grand Lake-Gagetown
* Hampton-Belleisle
* Hampton-Kings
* Kennebecasis
* Kent
* Kent Centre
* Kent North
* Kent South
* Kings Centre
* Kings East
* Kings West
* Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
* Mactaquac
* Madawaska Centre
* Madawaska-la-Vallée
* Madawaska-les-Lacs
* Madawaska South
* Memramcook
* Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe
* Miramichi Bay
* Miramichi-Bay du Vin
* Miramichi Bay-Neguac
* Miramichi Centre
* Miramichi-Newcastle
* Moncton Crescent
* Moncton East
* Moncton North
* Moncton South
* Moncton West
* Nepisiguit
* Nepisiguit-Chaleur
* New Maryland
* New Maryland-Sunbury West
* Nigadoo-Chaleur
* Oromocto
* Oromocto-Gagetown
* Petitcodiac
* Queens North
* Queens South
* Quispamsis
* Restigouche East
* Restigouche-La-Vallée
* Restigouche West
* Riverview
* Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
* Rothesay
* Saint John Champlain
* Saint John East
* Saint John-Fundy
* Saint John Harbour
* Saint John-Kings
* Saint John Lancaster
* Saint John Park
* Saint John Portland
* Saint John South
* Saint John West
* St. Stephen-Milltown
* Shediac
* Shediac-Cap-Pelé
* Shippagan-les-Îles
* Southwest Miramichi
* Sunbury
* Tantramar
* Tracadie
* Tracadie-Sheila
* Victoria-Tobique
* Western Charlotte
* Woodstock
* York
* York North
* York South

Pre-1974|

* Albert
* Bathurst
* Carleton
* Charlotte
* Edmundston
* Fredericton
* Gloucester
* Kent
* Kings
* Madawaska
* Moncton
* Northumberland
* Queens
* Restigouche
* Saint John
* Saint John Centre
* Saint John City
* Saint John County
* Saint John East
* Saint John West
* St. Stephen-Milltown
* Sunbury
* Victoria
* Westmorland
* York

* See also: 2013 electoral redistribution
* List of elections
* 2014 general election

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