 New Brunswickelectoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division | Kent |
Kent was a federalelectoral district inNew Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by theBritish North America Act 1867.
It consisted of the County of Kent. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed intoNorthumberland—Miramichi andWestmorland—Kentridings.[citation needed]
This riding elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Auguste Renaud | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | Robert Barry Cutler | ||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | George McLeod | Independent | |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 5th | 1882–1883 | |||
| 1883–1887 | Pierre-Amand Landry | Conservative | ||
| 6th | 1887–1890 | |||
| 1890–1891 | Édouard-H. Léger | |||
| 7th | 1891–1892 | |||
| 1892–1896 | George Valentine McInerney | |||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Olivier J. Leblanc | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Auguste Théophile Léger | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | |
| 14th | 1921–1923 | Liberal | ||
| 1923–1925 | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | Conservative | ||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | |||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Alfred Edmond Bourgeois | Liberal | |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Télesphore Arsenault | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Aurel Léger | ||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Hervé Michaud | ||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Guy Crossman | ||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved intoWestmorland—KentandNorthumberland—Miramichi | ||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Crossman | 5,713 | 59.9 | +0.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred Bourgeois | 2,306 | 24.2 | -6.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | George Robertson | 1,512 | 15.9 | +13.6 | ||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Crossman | 5,971 | 59.7 | +8.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lionel Mills | 3,095 | 31.0 | -9.5 | ||||
| Social Credit | Langis Robichaud | 705 | 7.1 | +2.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Antoine Leger | 226 | 2.3 | * | ||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Guy Crossman | 5,514 | 51.1 | -4.3 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lionel Mills | 4,366 | 40.5 | -4.1 | ||||
| Social Credit | George Robichaud | 464 | 4.3 | * | ||||
| Independent | Edmond Bourgeois | 441 | 4.1 | * | ||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hervé Michaud | 6,118 | 55.4 | -2.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis LeBlanc | 4,988 | 44.6 | +2.4 | ||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hervé Michaud | 6,424 | 57.8 | -8.3 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis LeBlanc | 4,682 | 42.2 | +8.3 | ||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hervé Michaud | 7,039 | 66.1 | +17.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Emile Verret | 3,603 | 33.9 | +12.6 | ||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Aurel Léger | 5,754 | 49.0 | -16.0 | ||||
| Independent | Alfred Bourgeois | 3,084 | 26.3 | * | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred Bourgeois | 2,496 | 21.3 | -8.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ernest Cormier | 406 | 3.5 | -2.1 | ||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Aurel Léger | 6,835 | 65.0 | +0.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | 3,032 | 29.4 | -5.8 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alcide LeBlanc | 584 | 5.6 | * | ||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Aurel Léger | 5,582 | 64.8 | -3.4 | ||||
| National Government | Télesphore Arsenault | 3,032 | 35.2 | +18.5 | ||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis P. Robichaud | 6,504 | 68.2 | +20.2 | ||||
| Conservative | Télesphore Arsenault | 4,884 | 16.7 | -35.3 | ||||
| Independent | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | 1,442 | 15.1 | * | ||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Télesphore Arsenault | 4,884 | 52.0 | +5.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred Bourgeois | 4,504 | 48.0 | -5.4 | ||||
Source(s) "Kent, New Brunswick (1867 - 1966)".History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Archived fromthe original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved8 August 2024. | ||||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred Edmond Bourgeois | 4,799 | 53.5 | +9.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | 4,173 | 46.5 | -9.1 | ||||
Source(s) "Kent, New Brunswick (1867 - 1966)".History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Archived fromthe original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved8 August 2024. | ||||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | 4,427 | 55.6 | +4.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Louis P. Robichaud | 3,534 | 44.4 | -4.1 | ||||
| By-election on 20 December 1923 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alexandre-Joseph Doucet | 3,643 | 51.5 | +11.4 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Bourgeois | 3,435 | 48.5 | -11.4 | |
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Auguste Théophile Léger | 4,626 | 59.9 | -13.0 | ||||
| Conservative | Alexandre Joseph Doucet | 3,103 | 40.1 | +13.0 | ||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Auguste Théophile Léger | 3,563 | 72.9 | +25.2 | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux | 1,323 | 27.1 | -25.2 | ||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux | 2,334 | 52.3 | +10.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 2,129 | 47.7 | -10.4 | ||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 2,580 | 58.1 | +8.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux | 1,860 | 41.9 | -5.3 | ||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 2,078 | 49.5 | -7.9 | ||||
| Conservative | George McInerney | 1,979 | 47.2 | +4.6 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Pascal Herbert | 138 | 3.3 | * | ||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 2,447 | 57.4 | +14.8 | ||||
| Conservative | George McInerney | 1,816 | 42.6 | -14.8 | ||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George McInerney | 2,041 | 57.4 | -5.6 | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 1,514 | 42.6 | +5.6 | ||||
| By-election on 6 December 1892 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George McInerney | acclaimed | |||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Édouard H. Léger | 1,722 | 63.0 | +7.5 | ||||
| Liberal | Olivier J. Leblanc | 1,011 | 37.0 | -7.5 | ||||
| By-election on 31 July 1890 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Édouard H. Léger | acclaimed | |||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Pierre-Amand Landry | 1,765 | 55.5 | -4.3 | ||||
| Liberal | George McInerney | 1,100 | 44.5 | +4.3 | ||||
| By-election on 22 September 1883 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pierre-Amand Landry | 1,638 | 59.8 | -4.8 | |
| Liberal | George McInerney | 1,100 | 40.2 | +4.8 | |
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | 1,412 | 64.6 | |||||
| Liberal | George McInerney | 773 | 35.4 | |||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Gilbert Anselme Girouard | 810 | 29.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Barry Cutler | 726 | 26.8 | |||||
| Independent | George McLeod | 510 | 18.8 | |||||
| Unknown | H. O'Leary | 382 | 14.1 | |||||
| Liberal | George McInerney | 280 | 10.3 | |||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | George McLeod | 1,570 | 59.4 | |||||
| Liberal | Auguste Renaud | 1,256 | 40.6 | |||||
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| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Barry Cutler | 1,381 | 52.4 | |||||
| Liberal | Auguste Renaud | 1,256 | 47.6 | |||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[1] | ||||||||
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | Auguste Renaud | 2,225 | 64.1 |  Y | ||||
| Unknown | Lestock P. W. DesBrisay | 757 | 21.8 | |||||
| Unknown | Owen McInerney | 485 | 14.0 | |||||
| Unknown | Robert Barry Cutler | 4 | 0.2 | |||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||