1982 New Brunswick general election
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The 1982 New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. (Bernard Lord beat this record in 1999.)
Background
The Opposition Liberal Party had changed leaders four times since the eve of the 1978 election. It chose Doug Young just months before the vote in a divisive contest that came down to a final ballot against Joseph A. Day.
Campaign
The PCs ran two separate campaigns - one in English and one in French. The francophone campaign, which was mostly run by Hatfield's French lieutenant Jean-Maurice Simard, began with the Grand Ralliement, a symposium on language rights which took place in Shippagan ten days before the election call. Over 400 notable Acadians and other francophones attended. The dual campaigns were remarkably separate from each other, and in some cases contradictory: the English campaign revolved around attacking Doug Young's economic record, while the French campaign pointed out Hatfield's role working with Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in enshrining francophone rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Liberals, divided by their recent leadership contest, ran a lackluster campaign which allowed Hatfield's and Simard's overtures to the Acadian population to carry many seats that had been Liberal strongholds for generations, including 10 of 21 Acadian ridings. The Parti Acadien made its last appearance, as the Conservatives adopted several key points of their former platform.
The New Democratic Party of New Brunswick elected Bob Hall as its first ever Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was later joined by a second NDP MLA, Peter Trites, in a by-election.
Results
| 1982 New Brunswick Election Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Leader | Results | ||
| Seats | % of votes cast | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Hatfield | 39 | 47.45 | |
| Liberal | Doug Young | 18 | 41.30 | |
| New Democratic | George Little | 1 | 10.20 | |
| Parti Acadien | Louise Blanchard | 0 | 0.87 | |
| Independents | 0 | 0.18 | ||
| Total | 58 | 100.00 | ||
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Results by riding
North
Consisting of Victoria, Madawaska, Restigouche and Gloucester county ridings.
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-Tobique
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|J. Douglas Moore 3,015
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|Maurice A. Dionne 2,556
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|Earl W. Christensen 333
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|J. Douglas Moore
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls
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|Bessie Cote 2,017
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|Everard H. Daigle 3,129
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|Patricia Morrell 155
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|Everard H. Daigle
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska-les-Lacs
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|Jean-Pierre Ouellet 3,071
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|Luc Daigle 2,545
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|Rino Pelletier 176
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|Jean-Pierre Ouellet
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska Centre
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|Jacques Tremblay 1,152
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|Gérald Clavette 2,774
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|Rodolphe Martin 241
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|Gérald Clavette
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmundston
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|Jean-Maurice Simard 3,393
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|Laurier Levesque 2,572
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|Louise Winchester 426
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|Jean-Maurice Simard
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska South
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|Percy Mockler 2,561
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|Héliodore Côté 2,108
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|Paul Murphy 87
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|Héliodore Côté
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Restigouche West
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|Yvon Poitras 2,885
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|Alfred J. Roussel 2,680
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|Armand Ploudre (Parti acadien) 1,195
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|Alfred J. Roussel
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Campbellton
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|Fernand G. Dubé 3,917
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|Lumina Senechal 2,467
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|John F. "Lofty" MacMillan 556
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|Fernand G. Dubé
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dalhousie
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|A.R. Sandy MacLean 1,866
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|Allan Maher 3,179
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|Bertha Huard 621
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|Réal Gendron (Parti acadien) 91
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|Allan Maher
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Restigouche East
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|Aurèle Desrosiers 2,012
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|Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,418
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|Wayne Lapointe 507
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|Rayburn Donald Doucett
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nigadoo-Chaleur
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|Daniel Comeau 2,601
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|Pierre Godin 4,057
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|Rhéal Boudreau 996
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|André Blanchard (Parti acadien) 174
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|Pierre Godin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nepisiguit-Chaleur
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|Patrice Battah 1,502
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|Frank Branch 3,510
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|Sherwood Scott 634
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|Léon Losier (Parti acadien) 205
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|Frank Branch
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bathurst
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|Jim MacLaggan 2,820
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|Paul Kenny 3,406
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|Kevin Mann, Jr. 2,352
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|Paul Kenny
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Caraquet
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|Emery Robichaud 4,619
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|Onil Doiron 3,733
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|Yvon Roy 271
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|Louise Blanchard (Parti acadien) 966
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|Onil Doiron
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shippagan-les-Îles
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|Jean Gauvin 5,238
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|André Robichaud 3,487
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|Laval Auclair (Parti acadien) 113
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|Jean Gauvin
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tracadie
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|Henri Thomas 3,440
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|Doug Young 5,308
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|Michael Blanchard (Parti acadien) 301
Fernand Losier (Ind.) 193
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|Doug Young
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Central
Consisting of Carleton, York, Sunbury and Northumberland county ridings.
Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Charles G. Gallagher 2,189 | |Robert D. MacElwain 1,725 | |Larry Lamont 240 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Charles G. Gallagher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton Centre |Template:Canadian party colour| |Richard B. Hatfield 2,266 | |David E. Crouse 1,976 | |L. William Maxon 128 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Richard B. Hatfield |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Steven P. Porter 2,811 | |Stephen A.R. "Steve" Paget 1,534 | |Arthur L. Slipp 451 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Steven P. Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|York North |Template:Canadian party colour| |David Bishop 4,278 | |John Hildebrand 3,667 | |Elizabeth Weir 1,115 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |David Bishop |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|York South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Les Hull 5,289 | |Ralph Annis 3,933 | |Dan Weston 664 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Les Hull |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fredericton South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Dave Clark 5,507 | |Steve Patterson 4,369 | |Tom Good 1,716 | |Harry John Marshall (Ind.) 87 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bud Bird† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fredericton North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Edwin G. Allen 6,392 | |Bob C. Chase 3,384 | |Nancy MacFarland 958 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Edwin G. Allen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sunbury |Template:Canadian party colour| |Horace Smith 3,192 | |Michael Edward McTiernan 2,680 | |Anna Trefry 401 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Horace Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Oromocto |Template:Canadian party colour| |Joe Mombourquette 2,583 | |LeRoy Washburn 2,534 | | | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |LeRoy Washburn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Southwest Miramichi | |Sterling Hambrook 2,343 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Morris Green 3,225 | |John Barry 244 | |Floyd Wilson (Ind.) 183 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Morris Green |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Miramichi-Newcastle |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Dawson 3,461 | |John McKay 2,988 | |Jerry Dunnett 761 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |John McKay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chatham | |John J. Barry 2,537 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Frank J. McKenna 2,618 | |John T. McLaughlin 633 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Frank Kane† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay du Vin |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roger "Butch" Wedge 2,579 | |Reg MacDonald 2,462 | |Harold J. Manual 155 | |Robert Wilfred Melanson (Parti acadien) 35 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Norbert Thériault† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Miramichi Bay |Template:Canadian party colour| |James K. "Jim" Gordon 3,263 | |Alcide Léger 3,051 | |J. Albert Richardson 275 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Edgar LeGresley† |}
South West
Consisting of Queens, Kings, Saint John and Charlotte county ridings.
Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wilfred G. Bishop 1,911 | |Cyril MacDonald 1,330 | |Frank Wuhr 212 | |William Taylor (Ind.) 93 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Wilfred G. Bishop |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Robert B. McCready 1,799 | |Dawn Bremner 1,437 | |Mike Gormley 212 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Robert B. McCready |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |Template:Canadian party colour| |John B. M. Baxter 5,226 | |Malcolm A. Barry 3,219 | |George Little 3,034 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |John B. M. Baxter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings Centre |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harold Fanjoy 4,012 | |Edward Kelly 2,165 | |Marian Jefferies 1,283 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harold Fanjoy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings East |Template:Canadian party colour| |Hazen Elmer Myers 3,808 | |Gordon A. Lewis 2,161 | |Mark Connell 1,011 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Hazen Elmer Myers |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Fundy |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bev Harrison 3,064 | |Fred Fuller 1,746 | |Lawrence D. Hanley 1,585 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bev Harrison |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|East Saint John |Template:Canadian party colour| |G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew 4,246 | |Brian Fraser Hurley 2,359 | |Peter Trites 2,254 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gerry Merrithew |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Harbour | |Foster Hammond 1,892 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Louis Edward Murphy 2,055 | |Dee Dee M.A. Daigle 695 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Louis Edward Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Nancy Clark Teed 1,890 | |Brian McCarthy 1,521 | |David Brown 1,012 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Nancy Clark Teed |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Park | |Twyla Hartt 1,920 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Shirley Dysart 2,247 | |David T. Pye 727 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Shirley Dysart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eric J. Kipping 2,223 | |Joseph A. Day 2,078 | |Erik Kraglund 1,079 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eric J. Kipping |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John West |Template:Canadian party colour| |G. M. Keith Dow 4,590 | |Al Brien 2,701 | |Barry Robson 1,167 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Rodman Logan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte-Fundy |Template:Canadian party colour| |James Tucker 2,291 | |Eric Allaby 1,272 | |Jim Aucoin 260 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |James Tucker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte Centre | |Gregory F. Thompson 1,384 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sheldon A. Lee 1,471 | |Wayne Townsend 217 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sheldon A. Lee |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte West |Template:Canadian party colour| |Leland W. McGaw 1,992 | |Dave E. Lively 1,237 | |Joseph N. Hansen 330 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Leland W. McGaw |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Stephen-Milltown |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bob Jackson 2,155 | |Joel Hansen 1,372 | |Judy Olsen 243 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bill Cockburn† |}
South East
Consisting of Kent, Westmorland and Albert county ridings.
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent North
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|Elzée Thebeau 2,129
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|Conrad Landry 2,750
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|Charles R. Richard 357
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|Joseph Daigle†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent Centre
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|Fernand Savoie 1,244
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|Alan R. Graham 2,691
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|Derrold H. Barnes 216
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|Ronald S. MacDonald (Ind.) 77
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|Alan R. Graham
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent South
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|Omer Léger 4,829
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|Bertin LeBlanc 3,732
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|Gérald Mazerolle 236
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|Bertin LeBlanc
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shediac
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|Alfred Landry 4,842
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|Azor LeBlanc 5,135
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|Henri-Eugène Duguay 273
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|Omer Bourque (Parti acadien) 86
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|Azor LeBlanc
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tantramar
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|Irvin D. Robinson 2,063
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|John Gideon Carter 1,334
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|Robert Arthur Hall 2,503
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|Lloyd Folkins†
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Memramcook
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|Clarence Cormier 4,032
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|William "Bill" Malenfant 3,951
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|Ulysse Bastarache 438
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|Bill Malenfant
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton East
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|Norman H. Crossman 2,688
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|Ray Frenette 3,817
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|Raymond Boucher 687
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|Gilles Frenette (Parti acadien) 165
Raymond Leger (Ind.) 75
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|Ray Frenette
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton North
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|Kathryn Barnes 3,032
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|Mike McKee 4,768
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|Thomas F. Wilson 802
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|Mike McKee
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton West
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|Mabel DeWare 4,242
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|Wayne Patterson 2,892
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|Brian Harvey 601
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|Mabel DeWare
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Petitcodiac
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|C.W. "Bill" Harmer 6,388
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|Hollis Stanley Steeves 3,813
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|Charles B. Sullivan 1,474
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|Bill Harmer
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverview
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|Brenda M. Robertson 4,949
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|Jim Anderson 2,151
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|Ed Foley 582
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|Brenda M. Robertson
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|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Albert
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|Malcolm MacLeod 2,827
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|Gordon L. Rattray 1,360
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|Gary Wayne Bannister 605
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|Malcolm MacLeod
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