Glen Savoie

Glen Savoie
MLA for Saint John-Fundy
In office
October 12, 2010  August 21, 2014
Preceded by Stuart Jamieson
Succeeded by riding dissolved
MLA for Saint John East
Assumed office
November 17, 2014
Preceded by Gary Keating
Personal details
Political party Progressive Conservative

Glen Savoie is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Saint John-Fundy as a member of the Progressive Conservatives[1] until the 2014 provincial election on September 22, 2014, when he was defeated by Gary Keating in the redistributed riding of Saint John East.

Following Keating's resignation, just 22 days after the election, Savoie ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the resulting by-election,[2] and won reelection to the legislature on November 17.[3]

Electoral record

New Brunswick general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGlen Savoie 2,908 52.02 +14.17
LiberalGary Keating 1,734 31.02 -24.44
New DemocraticLise Lennon 592 10.59 +3.90
GreenMathew Ian Clark 185 3.31
People's AllianceGlenn McAllister 171 3.06
Total valid votes 5,590100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +19.30
New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalGary Keating 2,332 37.02 +3.96
Progressive ConservativeGlen Savoie 2,323 36.88 -0.96
New DemocraticPhil Comeau 1,167 18.53 -5.16
GreenSharon Murphy 353 5.60 +0.20
People's AllianceJason Inness 124 1.97  
Total valid votes 6,299100.0  
Total rejected ballots 260.41
Turnout 6,32554.88
Eligible voters 11,526
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +2.46
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 17 November 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeGlen Savoie 2,225 44.31 +7.43
LiberalShelley Rinehart 1,398 27.84 -9.18
New DemocraticDominic Cardy 1,099 21.88 +3.36
GreenSharon Murphy 262 5.22 -0.39
People's AllianceArthur Watson 38 0.76 -1.21
Total valid votes 5,022100.00  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.31

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