Queens North
Queens North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 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 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Queens | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Wilfred Bishop | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Doug Tyler | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Grand Lake | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Doug Tyler | 1,740 | 46.47 | -11.91 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Constance Melissa Webber | 1,654 | 44.18 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Chase | 256 | 6.84 | -31.22 | ||||
| New Democratic | Susan Barton | 94 | 2.51 | -1.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,744 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -28.04 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions candidate Constance Webber gained 6.12 percentage points from her performance in 1987 running as a Progressive Conservative. | ||||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Doug Tyler | 2,212 | 58.38 | +20.87 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Constance M. Webber | 1,442 | 38.06 | -15.83 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ruth Nightingale | 135 | 3.56 | -2.42 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,789 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +18.35 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred G. Bishop | 1,911 | 53.89 | -10.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Cyril MacDonald | 1,330 | 37.51 | +1.77 | ||||
| New Democratic | Frank Wuhr | 212 | 5.98 | – | ||||
| Independent | William Taylor | 93 | 2.62 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,546 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.07 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred George Bishop | 2,059 | 64.26 | +2.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Eva Andries | 1,145 | 35.74 | -2.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,204 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.65 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred G. Bishop | 1,961 | 61.61 | |||||
| Liberal | Mike Jardine | 1,222 | 38.39 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,183 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Queens elected one Progressive Conservative and one Liberal in the previous election. Wilfred Bishop was one of two incumbents. | ||||||||
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