Hampton (electoral district)
 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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.png) The riding of Hampton in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John. | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
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| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 15,300 | ||
| Electors (2013) | 10,989 | ||
| Census divisions | Kings, Saint John | ||
| Census subdivisions | Hampton, Mispec, Quispamsis, Saint John | ||
Hampton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.
The district includes the Town of Hampton and a small part of the Town of Quispamsis, from which it runs southwesterly to Mispec, including parts of the City of Saint John south of the Mispec River and rural and suburban communities in between. It drew significant population the former districts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East and Quispamsis as well as a small part of Rothesay.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay |
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| 58th | 2014–Present | Gary Crossman | Progressive Conservative | |
Election results
| New Brunswick general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Crossman | 2,679 | 38.74 | |||||
| New Democratic | Bev Harrison | 1,796 | 25.97 | |||||
| Liberal | John D. Cairns | 1,618 | 23.40 | |||||
| Green | John Sabine | 554 | 8.01 | |||||
| People's Alliance | Joan K. Seeley | 269 | 3.89 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,916 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 22 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,938 | 58.97 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,767 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Bev Harrison was the Progressive Conservative incumbent from Hampton-Kings, but ran as a New Democrat in this election. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.
External links
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