Saint John Harbour (1974-1995)

For the current riding of the same name, see Saint John Harbour (electoral district).
Saint John Harbour
New Brunswick electoral district

The boundaries of the original Saint John Harbour (red) overlaid with the boundaries of this district as it stood from 1995 to 2006 (blue)
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Saint John Harbour was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre 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 Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     John Turnbull Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Louis Murphy Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Lancaster
and Saint John Harbour (1995–)

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLouis Murphy 1,779 43.53 -19.33
New DemocraticAl Maund 968 23.68 +5.83
Confederation of RegionsMarie Gerrior 844 20.65
Progressive ConservativeNargis Kheraj 496 12.14 -7.15
Total valid votes 4,087100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -12.58
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLouis Murphy 2,705 62.86 +18.59
Progressive ConservativeGay Wittrien 830 19.29 -21.47
New DemocraticKenneth Wilcox 768 17.85 +2.88
Total valid votes 4,303100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +20.03
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLouis Edward Murphy 2,055 44.27 +0.81
Progressive ConservativeFoster Hammond 1,892 40.76 -0.45
New DemocraticDee Dee M.A. Daigle 695 14.97 -0.36
Total valid votes 4,642100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +0.63
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalLouis E. Murphy 1,772 43.46 -9.91
Progressive ConservativeE. Lorne Richardson 1,680 41.21 -1.12
New DemocraticHarrison G. Harvey 625 15.33 +11.03
Total valid votes 4,077100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -4.40
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJohn W. Turnbull 2,544 53.37
Progressive ConservativeEric L. Teed 2,018 42.33
New DemocraticWilliam Gray 205 4.30
Total valid votes 4,767100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election, with one of the PC seats won by a Liberal in a by-election. Both John Turnbull and Eric Teed were among the four incumbents.


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