October 23 1978 (NB)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1978-10-23
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction
Provincial Jurisdiction
Province New Brunswick
By-Election

Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 3,269
Invalid Votes 3,269
Total Electors 441,454
Turnout Rate 75
Valid Ballots 330,492
Valid Votes 330,492

Notes

  • Sources: Elections in New Brunswick: 1784-1984. 1984. New Brunswick Legislative Library: Fredericton, N.B. Report of the Chief Electoral Office:Pursuant to Subsection 1 of Section 97 of the New Brunswick Elections Act. Province of New Brunswick Twenty-nineth General Election, 1978.

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Independent 6 0 0.00% 1.27%
New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick 58 28 48.28% 44.33%
New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick 36 0 0.00% 6.48%
Parti Acadien 23 0 0.00% 3.50%
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 58 30 51.72% 44.42%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
John Williston Bird Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Fredericton-South/Fredericton-Sud 5,525
Azor LeBlanc New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Shediac 5,342
Edwin G Allen Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Fredericton-North/Fredericton-Nord 5,304
C W Harmer Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Petitcodiac 4,911
William Malenfant New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Memramcook 4,605
Brenda M Robertson Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Riverview 4,443
Leslie I Hull Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick York South (NB) 4,440
M Douglas Young New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Tracadie 4,374
Mike McKee New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton North / Moncton-Nord 4,362
Bertin LeBlanc New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kent South/Kent-Sud 4,276
Stephen Patterson New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Fredericton-South/Fredericton-Sud 4,252
Mabel Deware Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Moncton West / Moncton-Ouest 4,211
John B M Baxter Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kings West (NB) 4,047
Rodman E Logan Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John West 3,935
Onil Doiron New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Caraquet 3,925
Raymond Frenette New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton East / Moncton-Est 3,921
Adelbert David Bishop Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick York North /York-Nord (NB) 3,681
Gerry S Merrithew Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John East / Saint John-Est 3,626
Carl Edward Howe New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Fredericton-North/Fredericton-Nord 3,528
Harold Alward New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Petitcodiac 3,420
Harold Fanjoy Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kings Centre 3,284
Omer Léger Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kent South/Kent-Sud 3,279
Hazen Elmer Myers Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kings East / Kings-Est 3,251
Jean-Maurice Simard Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Edmundston 3,228
John McKay New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Miramichi-Newcastle 3,200
Joseph Z Daigle New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kent North/Kent-Nord 3,156
Frank Branch New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Nepisiguit-Chaleur 3,156
Richard Albert Carr New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick York North /York-Nord (NB) 3,137
Douglas R Woods Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Miramichi-Newcastle 3,127
Horace B Smith Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Sunbury (NB) 3,045
Blaine E Hatt New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick York South (NB) 3,036
Jack J Stevens New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings West (NB) 3,023
Albert J Galbraith Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Moncton North / Moncton-Nord 3,023
Jean L Gauvin Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Shippegan-les-Iles 3,023
Pierre Godin New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Nigadoo-Chaleur 2,960
Frank E Kane New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Chatham 2,920
Jean-Pierre Ouellet Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Madawaska-les-Lacs 2,876
Donald A Canning New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton West / Moncton-Ouest 2,831
Beatrice Doiron Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Caraquet 2,809
Everard Daigle New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Grand Falls 2,779
J Douglas Moore Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Victoria-Tobique 2,763
Fernand G Dubé Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Campbellton 2,734
Allan E Maher New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Dalhousie 2,726
Morris Vernon Green New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Southwest Miramichi / Miramichi-Sud-Ouest 2,725
Malcolm MacLeod Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Albert (NB) 2,669
Paul Kenny New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Bathurst 2,667
John Frederick Munn Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Southwest Miramichi / Miramichi-Sud-Ouest 2,578
LeRoy Washburn New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Oromocto 2,522
L Norbert Thériault New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Bay-du-Vin 2,515
George McLaughlin Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Tracadie 2,490
André Robichaud (NB) New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Shippegan-les-Iles 2,476
Donald D'Amours New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Edmundston 2,470
Joseph Henry Wilfred Senechal New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Campbellton 2,467
John Edward McKee Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Oromocto 2,467
Delvan G O'Brien New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John West 2,411
Charles Gallagher Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Carleton North 2,397
Alan Graham New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kent Centre 2,352
Roland Boudreau Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Nigadoo-Chaleur 2,346
P Steven Porter Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Carleton South 2,317
Ted Rogers New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Sunbury (NB) 2,233
Edgar LeGresley New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Miramichi Bay 2,232
Régis Cormier Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Shediac 2,230
George Creary New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John East / Saint John-Est 2,220
Gérald H Clavette New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Madawaska Centre 2,208
Aubrey Brownie Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Dalhousie 2,201
Beverly John Harrison Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John-Fundy 2,196
Kevin Mann New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Bathurst 2,176
J Alfred Roussel New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Restigouche West / Restigouche-Ouest 2,174
Gordon A Lewis New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings East / Kings-Est 2,135
David L Nice New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings Centre 2,130
John A Duffy Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Bathurst 2,075
Nelson Bellefleur New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Madawaska-les-Lacs 2,071
Wilfred G Bishop Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Queens North 2,059
Richard B Hatfield Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Carleton Centre 2,043
Rayburn D Doucett New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Restigouche East 2,035
Bruce Hoyt New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Victoria-Tobique 2,032
Greg Barry Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Chatham 2,019
Lloyd Folkins Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Tantramar 2,019
Raymond J Thibodeau Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Moncton East / Moncton-Est 2,006
Armand Plourde Parti Acadien Restigouche West / Restigouche-Ouest 2,003
Bill Cockburn Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick St. Stephen-Milltown 1,986
Shirley Dysart New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John Park 1,976
A Payne New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Riverview 1,967
Robert Arthur Hall New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Tantramar 1,924
Eric J Kipping Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John North 1,906
Héliodore Coté New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Madawaska South 1,832
Robert S Lamkey Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Bay-du-Vin 1,816
Leland W McGaw Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Charlotte West 1,815
Pat Saunders New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Carleton South 1,776
Louis E Murphy New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John Harbour 1,772
James Kenneth Gordon Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Miramichi Bay 1,750
James Tucker Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Charlotte Fundy 1,741
David Crouse New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Carleton Centre 1,734
Samuel J Perkins New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Carleton North 1,694
E Lorne Richardson Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John Harbour 1,680
Garry Bona Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John Park 1,677
Nancy Clark Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Saint John South 1,622
Robert McCready New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Queens South 1,577
Jean Guy Raymond Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Restigouche West / Restigouche-Ouest 1,576
Harry G Colwell New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John North 1,569
John Mooney New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John South 1,543
Michel Blanchard Parti Acadien Caraquet 1,534
Curry Solomon Independent Miramichi Bay 1,524
A P Hetherington Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Queens South 1,446
Sheldon Lee New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Charlotte Centre 1,404
Guy Laviolette Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Restigouche East 1,402
Jean-Marc Violette Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Madawaska South 1,398
Kevin Kilfoil New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John-Fundy 1,370
Léonard Plourde Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Madawaska Centre 1,352
Euclide Daigle Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Memramcook 1,348
Bernard Moses New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Charlotte Fundy 1,311
Grant Winston Colpitts New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Albert (NB) 1,289
Michel Haché Independent Shippegan-les-Iles 1,280
Sydney Holmes New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick St. Stephen-Milltown 1,238
James G Purdy New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Tantramar 1,232
Robert D Lee Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Charlotte Centre 1,210
Claude Giruan Warren Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kent Centre 1,171
Eva Andries New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Queens North 1,145
Douglas Justason New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John East / Saint John-Est 1,143
George Little New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings West (NB) 1,132
Jean-Pierre Lanteigne Parti Acadien Nigadoo-Chaleur 1,103
Hilaire Brideau Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Nepisiguit-Chaleur 1,102
Philip Earl Johnson New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick Charlotte West 1,074
Louis Arsenault Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Kent North/Kent-Nord 1,070
Joseph H Rideout Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Grand Falls 1,063
Lawrence D Hanley New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John-Fundy 932
James William Orr New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John West 886
Paul-Emile Mourant Parti Acadien Nepisiguit-Chaleur 858
Alyre Morais Parti Acadien Tracadie 806
R Harvey Watson New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings Centre 745
Albert Fraser MacDonald New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick York North /York-Nord (NB) 741
Earl W Christensen New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Victoria-Tobique 727
Christopher Devlin Hicks New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Fredericton-North/Fredericton-Nord 662
Léo Thériault Independent Madawaska South 659
Margo Dunn New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Fredericton-South/Fredericton-Sud 643
Donatien Gaudet Parti Acadien Memramcook 643
Harrison G Harvey New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John Harbour 625
Guildor Pelletier New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Grand Falls 621
Ronald McGrath New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Petitcodiac 621
Henri-Eugéne Duguay Parti Acadien Shediac 603
John William Kingston New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton East / Moncton-Est 592
Lucie Losier Parti Acadien Bathurst 560
C Edward Pickett Independent Petitcodiac 556
David T Pye New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John Park 551
Gail Walsh New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Restigouche East 509
David Britton New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Moncton North / Moncton-Nord 477
Simone LeBlanc-Rainville Parti Acadien Moncton East / Moncton-Est 469
Laval Auclair Parti Acadien Shippegan-les-Iles 466
Mark Allen Canning New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick York South (NB) 444
Henry Thomas Watts New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John North 430
David M Brown New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Saint John South 416
Garth Brewer New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Carleton South 389
Kevin W O'Connell New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Nigadoo-Chaleur 387
Lloyd Vienneau New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Chatham 379
Randy E Brodeur New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Sunbury (NB) 373
Phillippe Ouellett Parti Acadien Kent North/Kent-Nord 359
Robert J Candy New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Albert (NB) 351
Joseph Eugene LeBlanc New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Memramcook 345
Ernest A Seedhouse New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Kings East / Kings-Est 342
Paul Aubin Parti Acadien Campbellton 337
Bryce Andrew New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Campbellton 331
James H Aucoin New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Oromocto 283
Léopold Arsenault New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Dalhousie 274
John LaBossière New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Kent Centre 249
Real Gendron Parti Acadien Dalhousie 246
Paul Hebert Parti Acadien Moncton West / Moncton-Ouest 230
Guy J Richard Parti Acadien Moncton North / Moncton-Nord 225
Roland Godin Parti Acadien Restigouche East 217
Charles Vigar New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Queens South 202
William C Mosher New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Charlotte West 201
Céline Couturier Parti Acadien Edmundston 194
George Robertson New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick Charlotte Fundy 164
Dolan Surette Parti Acadien Kent South/Kent-Sud 138
Jacques LaPointe Parti Acadien Madawaska South 137
Charles Ronald Campbell New Brunswick New Democratic Party/Nouveau parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick St. Stephen-Milltown 136
Pierrette LeBlanc Parti Acadien Kent Centre 121
Patrick D Clarke Parti Acadien Petitcodiac 117
Aline Théresa Gagnon Parti Acadien Madawaska Centre 106
Joseph Alban Mazerolle Independent Bay-du-Vin 101
Harry John Marshall Independent Fredericton-South/Fredericton-Sud 92
Yves C LeClerc Parti Acadien Madawaska-les-Lacs 90

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