Albert (provincial electoral district)
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Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1846 when Albert County was created and its boundaries were the same as the county. It returned two members until 1973 when New Brunswick moved to single member districts and its boundaries were changed to exclude the town of Riverview.
The boundaries were expanded slightly in the 1994 redistribution, taking in a small part of Riverview and again in 2006 when it took in another small part of the town of Riverview.
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[edit] Results
[edit] 1974—
New Brunswick adopted a single member district system in 1974.
| 1974 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm MacLeod | 2106 | 53.6% | * | |
| Liberal | Frank R. Wilson | 1486 | 37.8% | * | |
| Independent | Albert J. Brown | 284 | 7.2% | * | |
| New Democratic | Colin M. Leonard | 56 | 1.4% | * | |
| P.C. hold. | Majority | 620 | 15.8% | ||
* It is not practical to compare vote totals between the first past the post system and the bloc voting system
| 1978 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm "Mac" MacLeod | 2669 | 61.9% | +8.3% | |
| Liberal | Grant William Colpitts | 1289 | 29.9% | -7.9% | |
| New Democratic | Robert J. Candy | 351 | 8.1% | +6.7% | |
| P.C. hold. | Majority | 1380 | 32.0% | ||
| 1982 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm "Mac" MacLeod | 2827 | 59.0% | -2.9% | |
| Liberal | Gordon L. Rattray | 1360 | 28.4% | -1.5% | |
| New Democratic | Gary Wayne Bannister | 605 | 12.6% | +4.5% | |
| P.C. hold. | Majority | 1467 | 30.6% | ||
| 1987 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Harold Terris | 2668 | 50.8% | +22.4% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Malcolm Noble MacLeod | 1818 | 34.6% | -24.4% | |
| New Democratic | Eugene R. Marshall | 765 | 14.6% | +2.0% | |
| Liberal gain. | Majority | 850 | 16.2% | ||
| 1991 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Confederation of Regions | Beverly Brine | 2328 | 41.0% | * | |
| Progressive Conservative | O. Wayne Steeves | 1641 | 28.9% | -5.7% | |
| Liberal | H. LeRoy "Lee" Martin | 1432 | 25.2% | -25.6% | |
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Venart | 277 | 4.9% | -9.7% | |
| CoR gain. | Majority | 687 | 12.1% | ||
* CoR did not contest the previous election
| 1995 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Harry Doyle | 2871 | 43.7% | +18.5% | |
| Progressive Conservative | O. Wayne Steeves | 1964 | 29.9% | +1.0% | |
| CoR | Doug Duff | 1350 | 20.5% | -20.5% | |
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Venart | 353 | 5.4% | +0.5% | |
| Liberal gain. | Majority | 907 | 13.8% | ||
| 1999 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Steeves | 3633 | 56.9% | +27.0% | |
| Liberal | Harry Doyle | 2085 | 32.7% | -11.0% | |
| New Democratic | Myrna Geldart | 529 | 8.3% | +2.9% | |
| Confederaton of Regions | Dean Ryder | 136 | 2.1% | -18.4% | |
| P.C. gain. | Majority | 1584 | 24.3% | ||
| 2003 New Brunswick election: Albert | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Steeves | 3198 | 53.6% | -3.3% | |
| Liberal | Clark Butland | 2311 | 38.7% | +6.0% | |
| New Democratic | Pat Pearson | 457 | 7.7% | -0.6% | |
| P.C. hold. | Majority | 887 | 14.9% | ||
[edit] 1935-1970
New Brunswick first recognized political parties in 1935.
- 1935 general election: Frederick Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
- 1939 general election: A. Russell Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
- 1944 general election: A. Russell Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
- 1948 general election: A. Russell Colpitts, Liberal & Harry O. Downey, Liberal
- 1952 general election: Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons. & Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons.
- 1956 general election: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
- 1960 general election: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
- 1963 general election: Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons. & Everett E. Newcombe, Prog. Cons.
- 1967 general election: Brenda Robertson, Prog. Cons. & Claude D. Taylor, Prog. Cons.
- 1970 general election: Brenda Robertson, Prog. Cons. & Malcolm MacLeod, Prog. Cons.
