Kings Centre 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. It drew most of its population the former districts of Fundy-River Valley and Hampton-Kings, as well as from a small part of Kings East.
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Coordinates: | 45.507°N 66.049°W / 45.507; -66.049 | ||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2014 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 14,727 | ||
Electors (2013) | 10,952 | ||
Census division(s) | Kings, Queens, Charlotte |
The district includes the western and north-central parts of Kings County, including the Kingston Peninsula and Village of Norton, as well as the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield and small parts of Queens and Charlotte Counties to its north and west.
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Kings East | ||||
58th | 2014–2018 | Bill Oliver | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2018–2020 | |||
60th | 2020–present |
2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 4,583 | 61.54 | +18.43 | ||||
Green | Bruce Dryer | 1,006 | 13.51 | +3.86 | ||||
Liberal | Paul Adams | 911 | 12.23 | -11.32 | ||||
People's Alliance | William Edgett | 693 | 9.31 | -9.87 | ||||
New Democratic | Margaret Anderson Kilfoil | 254 | 3.41 | -1.10 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,447 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.11 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,455 | 65.96 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,302 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.29 |
2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 3,267 | 43.11 | +7.45 | ||||
Liberal | Bill Merrifield | 1,785 | 23.55 | -7.40 | ||||
People's Alliance | Dave Peters | 1,454 | 19.18 | -- | ||||
Green | Bruce Dryer | 731 | 9.65 | +5.09 | ||||
New Democratic | Susan Jane Shedd | 342 | 4.51 | -19.58 | ||||
Total valid votes | 7,579 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 10 | |||||||
Turnout | 7,589 | 66.70 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,378 |
2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Oliver | 2,431 | 35.66 | |||||
Liberal | Shannon Merrifield | 2,110 | 30.95 | |||||
New Democratic | Daniel Anderson | 1,642 | 24.09 | |||||
Independent | Colby Fraser | 323 | 4.74 | |||||
Green | Mark Connell | 311 | 4.56 | |||||
Total valid votes | 6,817 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.26 | ||||||
Turnout | 6,835 | 60.18 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,357 | |||||||
This riding was created from parts of Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Neither of the three incumbents ran in this election. | ||||||||
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] |
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