Chatham
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Chatham was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Northumberland 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 Northumberland
48th  1974–1978     Frank Kane Liberal
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987     Frank McKenna Liberal
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Miramichi-Bay du Vin

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrank McKenna3,14755.30-22.97
Confederation of RegionsJim West1,56327.46
Progressive ConservativeRichard Hilchey59810.51-7.05
New DemocraticWera Baldwin3836.73+2.56
Total valid votes 5,691100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -25.22
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrank McKenna4,65378.27+33.04
Progressive ConservativeLeon Bremner1,04417.56-26.27
New DemocraticPatricia Marie Clancy2484.17-6.77
Total valid votes 5,945100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +29.66
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrank McKenna2,61845.23-9.68
Progressive ConservativeJohn J. Barry2,53743.83+5.86
New DemocraticJohn T. McLaughlin63310.94+3.81
Total valid votes 5,788100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -7.77
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalFrank E. Kane2,92054.91+5.80
Progressive ConservativeGreg Barry2,01937.97-6.31
New DemocraticLloyd Vienneau3797.13+0.52
Total valid votes 5,318100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +6.06
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalFrank E. Kane2,51349.11
Progressive ConservativeRobert Martin2,26644.28
New DemocraticJ.A. Richardson3386.61
Total valid votes 5,117100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election, with Frank Kane being one of five incumbents.

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