Kings Centre
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Kings Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kings in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Kings
48th  1974–1978     Harold Fanjoy Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Kal Seaman Liberal
52nd  1991–1995     Georgie Day Liberal
Riding dissolved into Grand Bay-Westfield and Hampton-Belleisle

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorgie Day3,01132.04-18.92
Confederation of RegionsColby Fraser2,88230.67
Progressive ConservativeCharles Edward Murray2,37125.23-2.75
New DemocraticMarian Jefferies1,13312.06-3.99
Total valid votes 9,397100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -24.80
Confederation of Regions candidate Colby Fraser gained 26.02 percentage points from his performance in 1987 running as an Independent.
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDr. Kal Seaman4,41950.96+21.94
Progressive ConservativeHarold Newton Fanjoy2,42627.98-25.80
New DemocraticMarian G. Jefferies1,39216.05-1.15
IndependentCalvert M. "Colby" Fraser4034.65
IndependentEdward Freeman Gaunce310.36
Total valid votes 8,671100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +23.87
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHarold Fanjoy4,01253.78+0.46
LiberalEdward Kelly2,16529.02-5.56
New DemocraticMarian Jefferies1,28317.20+5.10
Total valid votes 7,460100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.01
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHarold N. Fanjoy3,28453.32+0.37
LiberalDavid L. Nice2,13034.58-6.66
New DemocraticR. Harvey Watson74512.10+8.79
Total valid votes 6,159100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.52
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeHarold Fanjoy2,93952.95
LiberalMurray F. Gault2,28941.24
New DemocraticEdward F. Gaunce1843.31
IndependentS. Grant Lyon1392.50
Total valid votes 5,551100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Kings went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election. None of the three incumbents ran in this riding.


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