Bathurst West-Beresford (French: Bathurst-Ouest-Beresford) 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 from portions of the Bathurst and Nigadoo-Chaleur electoral districts.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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.png) The riding of Bathurst West-Beresford in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts. | |||
| Coordinates: | 47°34′08″N 65°54′58″W / 47.569°N 65.916°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 14,273 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 11,256 | ||
| Census division(s) | Gloucester | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Bathurst, Beresford | ||
It includes the city of Bathurst west of the Middle River, the town of Beresford and rural communities south of the Tetagouche River.
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur and Nepisiguit |
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| 58th | 2014–2018 | Brian Kenny | Liberal | |
| 59th | 2018–2020 | |||
| 60th | 2020–Present | René Legacy | ||
Election results edit
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | René Legacy | 3,730 | 55.84 | -11.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anne Bard-Lavigne | 1,985 | 29.72 | +12.92 | ||||
| Green | Pierre Duguay-Boudreau | 965 | 14.45 | +6.64 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,680 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 28 | 0.42 | -0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,708 | 61.74 | +2.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,865 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Kenny | 4,351 | 67.53 | +4.80 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvon Landry | 1,082 | 16.79 | -8.75 | ||||
| Green | Mike Rau | 503 | 7.81 | +4.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne-Renée Thomas | 443 | 6.88 | -1.23 | ||||
| KISS | James Risdon | 64 | 0.99 | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,443 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.65 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,485 | 59.14 | -3.66 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,966 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.77 | ||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Brian Kenny | 4,367 | 62.74 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anne Bard-Lavigne | 1,778 | 25.54 | |||||
| New Democratic | Etienne Arseneau | 564 | 8.10 | |||||
| Green | Catherine Doucet | 252 | 3.62 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,961 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.33 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,984 | 62.79 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,122 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur and Nepisiguit, they elected two Liberals and one Progressive Conservative (Nepisiguit) in the previous election. Brian Kenny was the incumbent from Bathurst. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.