null | Posted: July 29, 2014 1:05 PM | Last Updated: August 18, 2014
Riding 32
Riding profile
Saint John Harbour is located in the south end of the city and the eastern portion of Lancaster. The riding includes parts of Saint John east of Reversing Falls, Cedar Street and Harrington Street; west of Marsh Creek and Gooderich Street; south of the intersection of Thornbrough Street and Somerset Street and the Sandy Point Road. The riding also includes the part of the city on the south side of the Reversing Falls Bridge northeast of City Line.
Saint John is New Brunswick’s largest city. The city had 70,063 people in the 2011 census, an increase of three per cent over 2006.
The city has several large employers including Irving Oil Ltd.’s oil refinery and two mills owned by J.D. Irving Ltd. There are other large employers such as the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Moosehead Breweries and the Horizon Health Network.
About these charts
This demographic information is from Statistics Canada's 2011 census. The New Brunswick provincial average for mother tongue is 34 per cent French, 63 per cent English, and three per cent other. On average, the New Brunswick electorate is distributed in four different kinds of areas. Thirty-six per cent live in a city, 32 per cent in a non-municipality, 30 per cent in a municipality, and two per cent in a rural area.
Political history
Voters in Saint John Harbour have elected MLAs from the Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and the NDP in recent elections.
Former NDP Leader Elizabeth Weir represented the riding from 1991 to 2004. Weir was elected by a margin of 78 votes in 1991.
Liberal Ed Doherty won a byelection in Saint John Harbour in 2005 and he was re-elected in 2006. Doherty was named to cabinet in 2006 and served as the post-secondary education, training and labour minister and minister of supply and services.
In 2010, Progressive Conservative Carl Killen defeated Doherty by 97 votes in a tight three-way race.
Killen and Doherty are both running again in 2014.
2010 Provincial election results
Saint John Harbour
| Party | Candidate | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ed Doherty | 1,326 |
| Progressive Conservative | Carl Killen | 1,333 |
| NDP | Wayne Dryer | 1,203 |
| Green Party | Patty Higgins | 236 |
| Independent | John Campbell | 247 |
2014 Candidates
| Party | Candidate |
|---|---|
| Liberal | Ed Doherty |
| Progressive Conservative | Carl Killen |
| NDP | Gary Stackhouse |
| Green Party | Wayne Dryer |
| People's Alliance | Arthur Watson |