Kings (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

Kings 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.

For the former federal electoral district in New Brunswick, see King's (New Brunswick electoral district).
Kings
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1785
District abolished1973
First contested1785
Last contested1970

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party
1st 1786 – 1792     John Coffin[1] Ind.     Ebenezer Foster Ind.
2nd 1793 – 1795     David Fanning Ind.
3rd 1795 – 1802
4th 1802 – 1809     George Leonard, Jr. Ind.
5th 1809     George Pitfield[1] Ind.
1810 – 1816     Jasper Belding Ind.     George Leonard, Jr. Ind.
6th 1817 – 1819     James Brittain Ind.     David B. Wetmore Ind.
7th 1820     Samuel Freeze Ind.
8th 1821 – 1827     John C. Vail Ind.
9th 1827 – 1830     Samuel Freeze Ind.     John Humbert Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834     John C. Vail Ind.
11th 1835 – 1837     William McLeod Ind.     Samuel Freeze[2] Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842
13th 1843 – 1846     Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850     William McLeod Ind.     John C. Vail Ind.
15th 1851 – 1854     Matthew McLeod Ind.     George Ryan Ind.     Henry W. Purdy Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856
17th 1856 – 1857     Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. Ind.     Hugh McMonagle Ind.     Walter Scovil Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861     Matthew McLeod Ind.     Edwin Arnold Vail Ind.
19th 1862 – 1865     George Ryan Ind.
20th 1865 – 1866     George Otty Ind.
21st 1866 – 1870     George Ryan Ind.     William P. Flewelling Ind.     John Flewelling Ind.
22nd 1870 – 1873     George Otty[3] Ind.     Edwin Arnold Vail Ind.     John Herbert Crawford[4] Lib.
1873 – 1874     James William Nowlan Lib.
23rd 1875 – 1878     John Flewelling Ind.     Robert E. McLeod Ind.
24th 1879 – 1882     Finnemore E. Morton Ind.     Edwin Arnold Vail[5] Ind.
25th 1883
1883 – 1885     Gabriel Flewelling Lib.-Con.
1885 – 1886     William Pugsley Lib.
26th 1886 – 1890     Albert Scott White Lib.-Con.     George L. Taylor Lib.-Con.
27th 1890 – 1892
28th 1892 – 1895     George G. Scovil Lib.     Gabriel Flewelling Lib.-Con.
29th 1896 – 1899     George William Fowler Lib.-Con.
30th 1899 – 1902     William Pugsley Lib.
1902 – 1903     Ora P. King Ind.
31st 1903 – 1908
32nd 1908 – 1912     George Burpee Jones[6] Cons.     Frederick M. Sproule Ind.     James Alexander Murray Cons.
33rd 1912 – 1917     Hedley V. Dickson Cons.
34th 1917 – 1920
35th 1921 – 1922     Ormond W. Wetmore Lib.
1922 – 1925     James D. McKenna Lib.
36th 1925 – 1930     Alfred Johnson Brooks Cons.     J. W. Smith Cons.
37th 1931 – 1935     Jack Fairweather Cons.
38th 1935 – 1939     Walter W. V. Foster Lib.     Colin C. McDonald Lib.     W. A. Jeffries Lib.
39th 1939 – 1944     Elmore T. Kennedy[7] Cons.     Hugh Mackay Cons.     Harry A. McMackin Cons.
40th 1944 – 1948     PC     PC     John Woods PC
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Cyril Sherwood PC     Gordon Fairweather[6] PC
43rd 1957 – 1960     Harry N. Jonah[3] PC
44th 1960 – 1962
1962 – 1963     John B. M. Baxter, Jr. PC     George E. Horton PC
45th 1963 – 1967
46th 1967 – 1970
47th 1970 – 1974
Riding dissolved into Kings Centre, Kings East and Kings West

Election results
1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate VotesElected
Progressive ConservativeJohn B. M. Baxter7,995Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeC. B. Sherwood7,695Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Horton7,593Green tickY
LiberalRalph H. London4,185
LiberalEdward W. B. McLean4,079
LiberalMichael J. Leclair3,885
New DemocraticAllan Hermitage740
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate VotesElected
Progressive ConservativeCyril Sherwood7,485Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeJohn B. M. Baxter, Jr.7,288Green tickY
Progressive ConservativeGeorge E. Horton7,162Green tickY
Liberal ? Alward4,472
Liberal ? Dearborn4,435
Liberal ? Nibbet4,334


References
  1. unseated after an appeal
  2. died in 1844
  3. resigned after being named judge
  4. died in 1882
  5. died in 1885
  6. elected to federal seat
  7. died in 1953

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