Kent Centre

Kent Centre
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Kent Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kent in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Kent (1827–1974)
48th  1974–1978     Alan R. Graham Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Kent (1994–2013)

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlan Graham 3,025 69.11 -8.54
Confederation of RegionsPercy Beers 626 14.30
New DemocraticNeil Gardner 379 8.66 +2.22
Progressive ConservativeDavid MacDonald 347 7.93 -7.98
Total valid votes 4,377100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -11.42
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlan R. Graham 3,232 77.65 +14.00
Progressive ConservativeSammy Arsenault 662 15.91 -13.51
New DemocraticNeil Gardner 268 6.44 +1.33
Total valid votes 4,162100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +13.76
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlan R. Graham 2,691 63.65 +3.23
Progressive ConservativeFernand Savoie 1,244 29.42 -0.66
New DemocraticDerrold H. Barnes 216 5.11 -1.29
IndependentRonald S. MacDonald 77 1.82
Total valid votes 4,228100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +1.94
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAlan Robert Graham 2,352 60.42 +2.72
Progressive ConservativeClaude Giruan Warren 1,171 30.08 -9.12
New DemocraticJohn B. LaBossiere 249 6.40 +3.29
Parti acadienPierrette Leblanc 121 3.11
Total valid votes 3,893100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +5.92
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalAlan Graham 2,024 57.70
Progressive ConservativeLloyd Girvan 1,375 39.20
New DemocraticLawrence Murphy 109 3.11
Total valid votes 3,508100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Kent elected 3 (of 3) Liberals in the last election. One Progressive Conservative was elected in a 1971 by-election. Alan R. Graham was one of three incumbents.


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