Saint John Park

Saint John Park
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

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

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

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalShirley Dysart1,74342.74-16.33
Confederation of RegionsRichard Condon Sullivan Kinsella82520.23
New DemocraticJudith Meinert77719.05-3.23
Progressive ConservativeShirley McAlary73317.97-0.69
Total valid votes 4,078100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -18.28
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalShirley Dysart2,59659.07+13.16
New DemocraticPaul Allen Maccovour97922.28+7.43
Progressive ConservativeJean Porter82018.66-20.57
Total valid votes 4,395100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +2.86
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalShirley Dysart2,24745.91-1.09
Progressive ConservativeTwyla Hartt1,92039.23-0.66
New DemocraticDavid T. Pye72714.85+1.74
Total valid votes 4,894100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -0.22
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalShirley Dysart1,97647.00-15.14
Progressive ConservativeGarry Bona1,67739.89+5.97
New DemocraticDavid T. Pye55113.11+9.16
Total valid votes 4,204100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -10.56
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRobert Higgins3,30762.14
Progressive ConservativeDonald S. Greenlaw1,80533.92
New DemocraticGary Donald Nesbit2103.95
Total valid votes 5,322100.0  
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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