Moncton Centre (electoral district)

Moncton Centre 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.

Moncton Centre
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Moncton Centre in relation to other southeastern New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:46°06′50″N 64°48′04″W / 46.114°N 64.801°W / 46.114; -64.801
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Rob McKee
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2014
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,273
Electors (2013)11,368
Census division(s)Westmorland
Census subdivision(s)Moncton

The district includes the geographic centre of Moncton, but excludes the downtown which falls in Moncton South.

It draws about 60% of its population from the old Moncton East and about 40% from the old district of Moncton North. Moncton East incumbent Chris Collins won the 2014 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly edit

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Moncton East (1974–2014) and Moncton North
58th  2014–2018     Chris Collins Liberal
 2018–2018     Independent
59th  2018–2020     Rob McKee Liberal
60th  2020–Present

Election results edit

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob McKee 2,448 38.91 -4.68
Green Carole Chan 1,725 27.42 +14.96
Progressive Conservative Jean Poirier 1,642 26.10 +10.23
People's Alliance Aaron Richter 308 4.90 -0.10
New Democratic James Caldwell 168 2.67 -1.03
Total valid votes 6,291
Total rejected ballots 15 0.24 -0.00
Turnout 6,306 59.27 +1.08
Eligible voters 10,639
Liberal hold Swing -9.82
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob McKee 2,698 43.59 -9.39
Independent Chris Collins 1,200 19.39 --
Progressive Conservative Claudette Boudreau-Turner 982 15.87 -9.35
Green Jean-Marie Nadeau 771 12.46 +4.40
People's Alliance Kevin McClure 309 4.99 --
New Democratic Jessica Caissie 229 3.70 -10.04
Total valid votes 6,189 99.76
Total rejected ballots 15 0.24 -0.20
Turnout 6,204 59.19
Eligible voters 10,661
Liberal hold Swing -14.39
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Chris Collins 3,339 52.98
Progressive Conservative Marie-Claude Blais 1,589 25.21
New Democratic Luc Leblanc 866 13.74
Green Jeffrey McCluskey 508 8.06
Total valid votes 6,302 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 28 0.44
Turnout 6,330 58.39
Eligible voters 10,841
This riding was created from parts of the previous riding of Moncton East and Moncton North, which elected a Liberal and a Progressive Conservative, respectively, in the previous election. Chris Collins was the incumbent from Moncton East, and Marie-Claude Blais was the incumbent from Moncton North.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

External links edit