Kent (New Brunswick electoral district)

Kent
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census divisions	Kent

Kent was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

It consisted of the County of Kent. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Northumberland—Miramichi and Westmorland—Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kent
1st	1867–1872		Auguste Renaud	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Robert Barry Cutler	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878		George McLeod	Independent
4th	1878–1882		Gilbert Anselme Girouard	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1883		Gilbert Anselme Girouard	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1883–1887		Pierre-Amand Landry	Conservative
6th	1887–1890		Pierre-Amand Landry
6th	1890–1891		Édouard-H. Léger
7th	1891–1892		Édouard-H. Léger
7th	1892–1896		George Valentine McInerney
8th	1896–1900		George Valentine McInerney
9th	1900–1904		Olivier J. Leblanc	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Auguste Théophile Léger	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1923		Auguste Théophile Léger	Liberal
14th	1923–1925		Alexandre-Joseph Doucet	Conservative
15th	1925–1926		Alexandre-Joseph Doucet	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Alfred Edmond Bourgeois	Liberal
17th	1930–1935		Télésphore Arsenault	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Aurel Léger
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957		Hervé Michaud
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Guy Crossman
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Westmorland—Kent and Northumberland—Miramichi

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,713	59.9	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Bourgeois	2,306	24.2	-6.8
	New Democratic	George Robertson	1,512	15.9	+13.6

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,971	59.7	+8.6
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	3,095	31.0	-9.5
	Social Credit	Langis Robichaud	705	7.1	+2.8
	New Democratic	Antoine Leger	226	2.3	*

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,514	51.1	-4.3
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	4,366	40.5	-4.1
	Social Credit	George Robichaud	464	4.3	*
	Independent	Edmond Bourgeois	441	4.1	*

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	6,118	55.4	-2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	4,988	44.6	+2.4

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	6,424	57.8	-8.3
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	4,682	42.2	+8.3

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	7,039	66.1	+17.1
	Progressive Conservative	Emile Verret	3,603	33.9	+12.6

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	5,754	49.0	-16.0
	Independent	Alfred Bourgeois	3,084	26.3	*
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Bourgeois	2,496	21.3	-8.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Cormier	406	3.5	-2.1

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	6,835	65.0	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,032	29.4	-5.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alcide LeBlanc	584	5.6	*

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	5,582	64.8	-3.4
	National Government	Telesphore Arsenault	3,032	35.2	+18.5

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis P. Robichaud	6,504	68.2	+20.2
	Conservative	Telesphore Arsenault	4,884	16.7	-35.3
	Independent	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	1,442	15.1	*

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Telesphore Arsenault	4,884	52.0	+5.4
	Liberal	Alfred Bourgeois	4,504	48.0	-5.4

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Edmond Bourgeois	4,799	53.5	+9.1
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	4,173	46.5	-9.1

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	4,427	55.6	+4.1
	Liberal	Louis P. Robichaud	3,534	44.4	-4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on December 20, 1923
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,643	51.5	+11.4
	Liberal	Alfred Bourgeois	3,435	48.5	-11.4

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Auguste Théophile Léger	4,626	59.9	-13.0
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,103	40.1	+13.0

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Auguste Théophile Léger	3,563	72.9	+25.2
	Government (Unionist)	Ferdinand Robidoux	1,323	27.1	-25.2

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ferdinand Robidoux	2,334	52.3	+10.4
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,129	47.7	-10.4

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,580	58.1	+8.6
	Conservative	Ferdinand Robidoux	1,860	41.9	-5.3

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,078	49.5	-7.9
	Conservative	George McInerney	1,979	47.2	+4.6
	Independent Liberal	Pascal Herbert	138	3.3	*

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,447	57.4	+14.8
	Conservative	George McInerney	1,816	42.6	-14.8

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George McInerney	2,041	57.4	-5.6
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	1,514	42.6	+5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on December 6, 1892
	Conservative	George McInerney	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edouard Leger	1,722	63.0	+7.5
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	1,011	37.0	-7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on July 31, 1890
	Conservative	Edouard Leger	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pierre-Amand Landry	1,765	55.5	-4.3
	Liberal	George McInerney	1,100	44.5	+4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on September 22, 1883
	Conservative	Pierre-Amand Landry	1,638	59.8	-4.8
	Liberal	George McInerney	1,100	40.2	+4.8

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Girouard	1,412	64.6
	Liberal	George McInerney	773	35.4

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilbert Girouard	810	29.9
	Liberal	Robert Barry Cutler	726	26.8
	Independent	George McLeod	510	18.8
	Unknown	H. O'Leary	382	14.1
	Liberal	George McInerney	280	10.3

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George McLeod	1,570	59.4
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	1,256	40.6

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Barry Cutler	1,381	52.4
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	1,256	47.6

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	2,225	64.1
	Unknown	? DesBrisay	757	21.8
	Unknown	Owen McInerney	485	14.0
	Unknown	Robert Barry Cutler	4	0.2

See also

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada
Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal ridings in New Brunswick
Liberal	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac

Historical federal ridings in New Brunswick

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