Kent (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1827–1974) explained

Kent
Province:New Brunswick
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1827
Prov-Abolished:1973
Prov-Election-First:1827
Prov-Election-Last:1972

Kent was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
Riding created from Northumberland
9th1827 – 1830   John W. WeldonInd.
10th1831 – 1834
11th1835 – 1837   John P. FordInd.
12th1837 – 1842   David McAlmonInd.
13th1843 – 1846   David WarkInd.
14th1847 – 1850
15th1851 – 1854   Robert B. CutlerInd.   Francis McPhelimInd.
16th1854 – 1856
17th1856 – 1857   Lestock P. W. DesBrisayInd.
18th1857 – 1861
19th1862 – 1865
20th1865 – 1866   William S. Caie[1] Ind.
21st1866 – 1869   Owen McInerney[2] Ind.
1869 – 1870   Urbain JohnsonLib.
22nd1870 – 1873   Antoine GirouardCons.
1873 – 1874   Henry O'LearyInd.
23rd1875 – 1878   Urbain JohnsonLib.
24th1879 – 1882   Charles T. SayreInd.
25th1883 – 1886   William Wheaton[3] Ind.   Olivier J. Leblanc[4] Lib.
26th1886 – 1887
1887 – 1890   James D. PhinneyLib.-Con.
27th1890 – 1891
1891 – 1892   Auguste Théophile LégerLib.
28th1892 – 1895   Jean-Baptiste GoguenLib.-Con.
29th1896 – 1899   Urbain JohnsonLib.   Pierre H. LégerCons.   James BarnesLib.
30th1899 – 1900
1901 – 1903   Richard A. PoirierInd.
31st1903 – 1908   Jean-Baptiste GoguenLib.-Con.
32nd1908 – 1912   Thomas-Jean BourqueCons.   David-Vital LandryCons.   John SheridanInd.
33rd1912 – 1917
34th1917 – 1920   Philias J. MelansonInd.   Auguste BordageLib.   Allison Dysart[5] Lib.
35th1921 – 1925
36th1925 – 1930   François G. RichardLib.
37th1931 – 1935
38th1935 – 1939
39th1939 – 1940   Isaie MelansonLib.
1940 – 1944   J. Killeen McKeeLib.
40th1944 – 1948   Armand RichardLib.
41st1948 – 1952
42nd1952 – 1956   Hugh A. DysartLib.   Louis RobichaudLib.
43rd1957 – 1960   André F. RichardLib.
44th1960 – 1963
45th1963 – 1964
1964 – 1967   Camille BordageLib.
46th1967 – 1970   Alan R. GrahamLib.
47th1970 – 1971
1971 – 1974   Omer LégerPC
Riding dissolved into Kent Centre, Kent North and Kent South

Notes and References

  1. died in office
  2. named to the Legislative Council
  3. resigned
  4. ran for federal seat
  5. resigned to accept appointment as judge