The riding of Saint John East (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 1973 | ||
| First contested | 1974 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,579 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 11,212 | ||
| Census division | Saint John County, New Brunswick | ||
| Census subdivision | Saint John | ||
Saint John East (French:Saint-Jean-Est) is aprovincial electoral district for theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.
The riding was created in the1973 redistribution and was calledEast Saint John. The riding was created from thetwo member district ofSaint John East, which was divided into this riding andSaint John-Fundy. Under the1994 redistribution the riding was largely unchanged, losing some territory to Saint John-Fundy while gaining other small parts from Saint John-Fundy andSaint John Park. It was renamedSaint John Champlain as parts of theCity of Saint John known locally as East Saint John had been moved out of the district. In2006, the district boundaries were again changed, losing some territory to adjacent districts but taking in all of what is known as East Saint John; as a result, its name was changed to Saint John East. At the2013 redistribution, the riding was altered significantly with nearly half of its population moving to the north to joinSaint John Portland, being replaced by territory gained from the abolished district ofSaint John-Fundy.

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Saint John Riding created fromSaint John East (1967–1974) | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Gerald Merrithew | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1984 | |||
| 1984–1987 | Peter Trites | New Democratic | ||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Liberal | ||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | George Jenkins | ||
| Saint John Champlain | ||||
| 53rd | 1995–1999 | Roly MacIntyre | Liberal | |
| 54th | 1999–2003 | Carole Keddy | Progressive Conservative | |
| 55th | 2003–2006 | Roly MacIntyre | Liberal | |
| 56th | 2006–2010 | |||
| Saint John East | ||||
| 57th | 2010–2014 | Glen Tait | Progressive Conservative | |
| 58th | 2014–2014 | Gary Keating | Liberal | |
| 2014–2018 | Glen Savoie | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 59th | 2018–2020 | |||
| 60th | 2020–2024 | |||
| 61st | 2024–Present | |||
Gary Keating resigned on October 14, 2014, just 22 days after being elected. Keating was never sworn in.[1]
| 2024 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 3,181 | 43.6 | -11.9 | ||||
| Liberal | David Alston | 3,147 | 43.1 | +17.9 | ||||
| Green | Gerald Irish | 514 | 7.0 | -0.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Josh Floyd | 252 | 3.5 | -0.1 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Tanya Graham | 118 | 1.6 | -6.1 | ||||
| Libertarian | Denise Campbell | 92 | 1.3 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,304 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 55.5 | ||
| Liberal | 25.2 | ||
| Green | 7.7 | ||
| People's Alliance | 7.7 | ||
| New Democratic | 3.6 | ||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 3,507 | 56.36 | +10.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Phil Comeau | 1,639 | 26.34 | -0.50 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Patrick Kemp | 434 | 6.98 | -8.85 | ||||
| Green | Gerald Irish | 394 | 6.33 | +0.69 | ||||
| New Democratic | Josh Floyd | 248 | 3.99 | -2.09 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,222 | 99.87 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.13 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,230 | 55.18 | -3.19 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,291 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +5.62 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 3,017 | 45.62 | +1.31 | ||||
| Liberal | Clare Manzer | 1,775 | 26.84 | -1.00 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Matthew Thompson | 1,047 | 15.83 | +15.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alex White | 402 | 6.08 | -15.80 | ||||
| Green | Lynaya Astephen | 373 | 5.64 | +0.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,614 | 99.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.20 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,627 | 58.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,355 | |||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 17 November 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 2,225 | 44.31 | +7.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Shelley Rinehart | 1,398 | 27.84 | -9.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dominic Cardy | 1,099 | 21.88 | +3.36 | ||||
| Green | Sharon Murphy | 262 | 5.22 | -0.39 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Arthur Watson | 38 | 0.76 | -1.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,022 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 11 | 0.22 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,033 | 43.67 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,526 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +8.31 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Keating | 2,332 | 37.02 | +3.93 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Savoie | 2,323 | 36.88 | -0.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Phil Comeau | 1,167 | 18.53 | -5.14 | ||||
| Green | Sharon Murphy | 353 | 5.60 | +0.23 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Jason Inness | 124 | 1.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,299 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 26 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,325 | 54.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,526 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional gain fromProgressive Conservative | Swing | +2.46 | ||||||
| Voting results declared after judicial recount. | ||||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2010 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Glen Tait | 2,135 | 37.86 | +5.00 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin McCarville | 1,866 | 33.09 | -27.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandy Harding | 1,335 | 23.67 | +16.71 | ||||
| Green | Ann McAllister | 303 | 5.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,639 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 21 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,660 | 54.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,354 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +16.04 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2006 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Roly MacIntyre | 3,406 | 60.18 | +20.11 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Mott | 1,860 | 32.86 | +5.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Maureen Michaud | 394 | 6.96 | -20.99 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,660 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +7.27 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 2003 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Roly MacIntyre | 2,160 | 40.07 | +6.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ralph Thomas | 1,507 | 27.95 | +0.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Vincent Jr. | 1,501 | 27.84 | -8.19 | ||||
| Grey | Bill Richard Reid | 223 | 4.14 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,391 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalgain fromProgressive Conservative | Swing | +3.00 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1999 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carole Keddy | 2,073 | 36.03 | +9.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Roly MacIntyre | 1,949 | 33.88 | -4.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dr. Paula C. Tippett | 1,597 | 27.76 | -4.47 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Dolores H. Cook | 98 | 1.70 | -1.71 | ||||
| Natural Law | Jeanne Geldart | 36 | 0.63 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +6.84 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1995 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Roly MacIntyre | 2,222 | 37.94 | +5.79 | ||||
| New Democratic | Paula Tippett | 1,888 | 32.23 | +10.67 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lisa Keenan | 1,547 | 26.41 | +10.71 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Christina Green | 200 | 3.41 | -27.18 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,857 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.44 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George J. Jenkins | 2,785 | 32.15 | -8.99 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Gary Ewart | 2,650 | 30.59 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ben Donaldson | 1,868 | 21.56 | -11.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Elliott | 1,360 | 15.70 | -3.38 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,663 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -19.79 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Trites | 3,746 | 41.14 | +17.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ervan Cronk | 2,976 | 32.68 | -8.28 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary William Woodroffe | 1,737 | 19.08 | -16.32 | ||||
| Independent | Dolores H. Cook | 375 | 4.12 | – | ||||
| Independent | Frank Brown | 272 | 2.99 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,106 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +12.88 | ||||||
| Liberal candidatePeter Trites gained 0.18 percentage points from his performance in the 1985 by-election, when he ran as a New Democrat. | ||||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1985 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Trites | 2,615 | 40.96 | +15.52 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Ferguson | 2,260 | 35.40 | -12.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Marlene Anne Vaughan | 1,510 | 23.65 | -2.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,385 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democraticgain fromProgressive Conservative | Swing | +14.02 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew | 4,246 | 47.93 | -3.95 | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Fraser Hurley | 2,359 | 26.63 | -5.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Trites | 2,254 | 25.44 | +9.09 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,859 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +0.59 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | G. S. "Gerry" Merrithew | 3,626 | 51.88 | +0.23 | ||||
| Liberal | George Creary | 2,220 | 31.76 | -12.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Douglas Justason | 1,143 | 16.35 | +12.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,989 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +6.46 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | G.S. Merrithew | 3,537 | 51.65 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert N. Fry | 3,043 | 44.44 | |||||
| New Democratic | Terrence Parsons | 268 | 3.91 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,848 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding ofSaint John East wenttotally Progressive Conservative in the last election.Gerald Merrithew was one of two incumbents. | ||||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
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