Quispamsis (electoral district)

Quispamsis

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Quispamsis (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Blaine Higgs Progressive Conservative
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	16,063[1]
Electors (2013)	11,290[1]
Census subdivisions	Quispamsis

Quispamsis is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

It was created as Kennebecasis in 1994 and included the Town of Quispamsis and surrounding communities along the Kennebecasis River Valley. The district was reduced in size following the 2006 electoral redistribution such that only the Town of Quispamsis were within it so its name was changed to reflect that. Quispamsis means little lake in the woods.

The district will remain relatively unchanged following the 2013 electoral redistribution, losing only some of its eastern polls to Hampton.

Blaine Higgs who is the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, Leader of the Opposition and incumbent member from Quispamsis, was re-elected in this district in 2014.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Kennebecasis
Riding created from Kings West
53rd	1995–1999		Peter LeBlanc	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Brenda Fowlie	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006
Quispamsis
56th	2006–2010		Mary Schryer	Liberal
57th	2010–2014		Blaine Higgs	Progressive Conservative
58th	2014–Present

Election results

Quispamsis

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Higgs	3,884	51.35	+0.68
	Liberal	Mary Schryer	2,390	31.60	-2.61
	New Democratic	Angela-Jo "AJ" Griffin	938	12.40	+0.99
	Green	Patrick Kemp	238	3.15	-0.55
	People's Alliance	Brandon Gardner	114	1.51	–
Total valid votes			7,564	100.0
Total rejected ballots			19	0.25
Turnout			7,583	64.76
Eligible voters			11,710
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		+1.64
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Higgs	4,076	50.67	+6.69
	Liberal	Mary Schryer	2,752	34.21	-17.08
	New Democratic	Matthew Doherty	918	11.41	+6.68
	Green	Mark Woolsey	298	3.70	–
Total valid votes			8,044	100.0
Total rejected ballots			30	0.37
Turnout			8,074	69.29
Eligible voters			11,652
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.88
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

New Brunswick general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Mary Schryer	3,625	51.29	+7.89
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Fowlie	3,108	43.98	+0.34
	New Democratic	Lorena Henry	334	4.73	-8.23
Total valid votes			7,067	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+3.78
[4]

Kennebecasis

New Brunswick general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Fowlie	3,265	43.64	-9.99
	Liberal	Murray Driscoll	3,247	43.40	+11.93
	New Democratic	Kenneth Wilcox	970	12.96	+0.59
Total valid votes			7,482	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.96

New Brunswick general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Fowlie	4,070	53.63	+25.45
	Liberal	Peter LeBlanc	2,388	31.47	-13.20
	New Democratic	Albert Charles Joseph Comeau	939	12.37	-8.36
	Confederation of Regions	Greg Boyle	192	2.53	-3.89
Total valid votes			7,589	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+19.32

New Brunswick general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Peter LeBlanc	3,279	44.67
	Progressive Conservative	John van Kralingen	2,069	28.18
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Thompson	1,522	20.73
	Confederation of Regions	Bob Ross	471	6.42
Total valid votes			7,341	100.0

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
2. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
3. "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
4. New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick