Joan MacAlpine-Stiles explained

L. Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
Birth Place:Rexton, New Brunswick
Office1:MLA for Moncton South
Term Start1:1999
Term End1:2006
Predecessor1:James E. Lockyer
Successor1:district abolished
Office2:MLA for Moncton West
Term Start2:2006
Term End2:2010
Predecessor2:new district
Successor2:Susan Stultz
Party:Progressive Conservative (1999–2007)
Liberal (2007–present)
Spouse:Wally Stiles
Nationality:Canadian

L. Joan MacAlpine-Stiles (known earlier in her career as Joan MacAlpine) is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. She served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Moncton West from 1999 until 2010. She is the wife of fellow MLA Wally Stiles; they were married while in office in 2005.

She previously served in the province's cabinet from 1999 to 2006.

MacAlpine was elected to the Moncton City Council in 1992, 1995 and 1998 before resigning to accept her seat in the legislature.

On April 17, 2007, she announced that she would cross the floor to join the Liberal party, along with her husband and fellow MLA Wally Stiles.[1] She did not stand for reelection in 2010.[2]

Election results

2006 election

|Progressive Conservative|Joan MacAlpine-Stiles||align=right|3317||align=right|52.40||align=right|+4.69||align=right|$23,231|-|Liberal|Gene Joseph Devereaux||align=right|3013||align=right|47.60||align=right|+6.46||align=right|$15,604|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total valid votes/expense limit||align=right|6330||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$30,367|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total rejected ballots||align=right|61||align=right|0.54||colspan=2||-|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|6391||align=right|56.96||align=right|+1.00||||-|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on list||align=right|11,221||colspan=3||-|bgcolor="#9999FF"|   |style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative hold|align=right|Swing||align=right|-0.89||colspan=2||}

2003 election

|Progressive Conservative|Joan MacAlpine||align=right|3143||align=right|47.71||align=right|-6.20||align=right|$21,525|-|Liberal|Norman Branch||align=right|2710||align=right|41.14||align=right|+4.56||align=right|$14,473|-|NDP|Stéphane Drysdale||align=right|437||align=right|6.63||align=right|-2.87||align=right|$0|-|Independent|John Gallant||align=right|226||align=right|3.43||align=right|*||align=right|not filed|-|Grey Party|Jean-Marc (Diggit) Dugas||align=right|72||align=right|1.09||align=right|*||align=right|not filed|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total valid votes/expense limit||align=right|6588||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$30,801|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total rejected ballots||align=right|41||align=right|0.35||colspan=2||-|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|6629||align=right|55.96||align=right|-11.57||||-|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on list||align=right|11,847||colspan=3||-|bgcolor="#9999FF"|   |style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative hold|align=right|Swing||align=right|-5.38||colspan=2||}

1999 election

|Progressive Conservative|Joan MacAlpine||align=right|3898||align=right|53.91||align=right|+36.27||align=right|$19,681|-|Liberal|Jim Lockyer||align=right|2645||align=right|36.58||align=right|-25.25||align=right|$17,326|-|NDP|Teresa Sullivan||align=right|687||align=right|9.50||align=right|+1.26||align=right|$2,650|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total valid votes/expense limit||align=right|7230||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$24,708|-|colspan=3 align=right|Total rejected ballots||align=right|22||align=right|0.20||colspan=2||-|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|7252||align=right|67.53||align=right|+4.81||||-|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on list||align=right|10,739||colspan=3||-|bgcolor="#9999FF"|   |style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal|align=right|Swing||align=right|+30.76||colspan=2||}

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stiles, MacAlpine-Stiles cross the floor. CBC News. April 17, 2007. October 20, 2023.
  2. Web site: 3 N.B. MLAs bid farewell before election. CBC News. April 16, 2010. October 20, 2023.