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Saint John Park

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

Saint John Park 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

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Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Saint John Centre
48th  1974–1978     Robert Higgins Liberal
49th  1978–1982     Shirley Dysart Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Saint John Portland
and Saint John Champlain

Election results

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 1,743 42.74 -16.33
Confederation of Regions Richard Condon Sullivan Kinsella 825 20.23
New Democratic Judith Meinert 777 19.05 -3.23
Progressive Conservative Shirley McAlary 733 17.97 -0.69
Total valid votes 4,078 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -18.28
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 2,596 59.07 +13.16
New Democratic Paul Allen Maccovour 979 22.28 +7.43
Progressive Conservative Jean Porter 820 18.66 -20.57
Total valid votes 4,395 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.86
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 2,247 45.91 -1.09
Progressive Conservative Twyla Hartt 1,920 39.23 -0.66
New Democratic David T. Pye 727 14.85 +1.74
Total valid votes 4,894 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.22
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shirley Dysart 1,976 47.00 -15.14
Progressive Conservative Garry Bona 1,677 39.89 +5.97
New Democratic David T. Pye 551 13.11 +9.16
Total valid votes 4,204 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -10.56
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Robert Higgins 3,307 62.14
Progressive Conservative Donald S. Greenlaw 1,805 33.92
New Democratic Gary Donald Nesbit 210 3.95
Total valid votes 5,322 100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Saint John Centre elected three Progressive Conservatives and one Liberal in the previous election, one of the PC seats was won by a Liberal in a by-election. Robert J. Higgins was one of four incumbents.
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