Kent (New Brunswick electoral district)

For other electoral districts with similar names, see Kent (disambiguation) § Electoral districts.

Kent was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

It consisted of the County of Kent. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Northumberland—Miramichi and Westmorland—Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Auguste Renaud, Liberal (1867–1872)
2. Robert Barry Cutler, Liberal (1872–1874)
3. George McLeod, Independent (1874–1878)
4. Gilbert A. Girouard, Liberal-Conservative (1878–1883)
5. Pierre-Amand Landry, Conservative (1883–1890)
6. Édouard-H. Léger, Conservative (1890–1892)
7. George Valentine McInerney, Conservative (1892–1900)
8. Olivier J. Leblanc, Liberal (1900–1911)
9. Ferdinand Joseph Robidoux, Conservative (1911–1917)
10. Auguste Théophile Léger, Liberal (1917–1923)
11. Alexandre Joseph Doucet, Conservative (1923–1926)
12. Alfred Edmond Bourgeois, Liberal (1926–1930)
13. Télésphore Arsenault, Conservative (1930–1935)
14. Louis Prudent Alexandre Robichaud, Liberal (1935–1940)
15. Aurel D. Léger, Liberal (1940–1953)
16. Hervé J. Michaud, Liberal (1953–1962)
17. Guy F. Crossman, Liberal (1962–1968)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,713	59.9	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Bourgeois	2,306	24.2	-6.8
	New Democratic	George Robertson	1,512	15.9	+13.6

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,971	59.7	+8.6
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	3,095	31.0	-9.5
	Social Credit	Langis Robichaud	705	7.1	+2.8
	New Democratic	Antoine Leger	226	2.3	*

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Guy F. Crossman	5,514	51.1	-4.3
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Mills	4,366	40.5	-4.1
	Social Credit	George Robichaud	464	4.3	*
	Independent	Edmond Bourgeois	441	4.1	*

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	6,118	55.4	-2.4
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	4,988	44.6	+2.4

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	6,424	57.8	-8.3
	Progressive Conservative	Louis LeBlanc	4,682	42.2	+8.3

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Hervé Michaud	7,039	66.1	+17.1
	Progressive Conservative	Emile Verret	3,603	33.9	+12.6

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	5,754	49.0	-16.0
	Independent	Alfred Bourgeois	3,084	26.3	*
	Progressive Conservative	Wilfred Bourgeois	2,496	21.3	-8.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Cormier	406	3.5	-2.1

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	6,835	65.0	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,032	29.4	-5.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alcide LeBlanc	584	5.6	*

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Aurel Leger	5,582	64.8	-3.4
	Conservative	Telesphore Arsenault	3,032	35.2	+18.5

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Louis P. Robichaud	6,504	68.2	+20.2
	Conservative	Telesphore Arsenault	4,884	16.7	-35.3
	Independent	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	1,442	15.1	*

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Telesphore Arsenault	4,884	52.0	+5.4
	Liberal	Alfred Bourgeois	4,504	48.0	-5.4

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Alfred Edmond Bourgeois	4,799	53.5	+9.1
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	4,173	46.5	-9.1

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	4,427	55.6	+4.1
	Liberal	Louis P. Robichaud	3,534	44.4	-4.1

By-election on December 20, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,643	51.5	+11.4
	Liberal	Alfred Bourgeois	3,435	48.5	-11.4

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Auguste Théophile Léger	4,626	59.9	-13.0
	Conservative	Alexandre Joseph Doucet	3,103	40.1	+13.0

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Ferdinand Robidoux	2,334	52.3	+10.4
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,129	47.7	-10.4

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,580	58.1	+8.6
	Conservative	Ferdinand Robidoux	1,860	41.9	-5.3

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,078	49.5	-7.9
	Conservative	George McInerney	1,979	47.2	+4.6
	Independent Liberal	Pascal Herbert	138	3.3	*

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	2,447	57.4	+14.8
	Conservative	George McInerney	1,816	42.6	-14.8

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	George McInerney	2,041	57.4	-5.6
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	1,514	42.6	+5.6

By-election on December 6, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George McInerney	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Edouard Leger	1,722	63.0	+7.5
	Liberal	Olivier J. LeBlanc	1,011	37.0	-7.5

By-election on July 31, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edouard Leger	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Pierre-Amand Landry	1,765	55.5	-4.3
	Liberal	George McInerney	1,100	44.5	+4.3

By-election on September 22, 1883
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pierre-Amand Landry	1,638	59.8	-4.8
	Liberal	George McInerney	1,100	40.2	+4.8

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Gilbert Girouard	810	29.9
	Liberal	Robert Barry Cutler	726	26.8
	Independent	George McLeod	510	18.8
	Unknown	H. O'Leary	382	14.1
	Liberal	George McInerney	280	10.3

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	George McLeod	1,570	59.4
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	1,256	40.6

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Barry Cutler	1,381	52.4
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	1,256	47.6

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Auguste Renaud	2,225	64.1
	Unknown	? DesBrisay	757	21.8
	Unknown	George McInerney	485	14.0
	Unknown	Robert Barry Cutler	4	0.2

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament