Hampton (electoral district)

Hampton
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Hampton in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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Gary Crossman
Progressive Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 15,300
Electors (2013) 10,989
Census divisions Kings, Saint John
Census subdivisions Hampton, Mispec, Quispamsis, Saint John

Hampton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.

The district includes the Town of Hampton and a small part of the Town of Quispamsis, from which it runs southwesterly to Mispec, including parts of the City of Saint John south of the Mispec River and rural and suburban communities in between. It drew significant population the former districts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East and Quispamsis as well as a small part of Rothesay.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy,
Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay
58th  2014–Present     Gary Crossman Progressive Conservative

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeGary Crossman 2,679 38.74
New DemocraticBev Harrison 1,796 25.97
LiberalJohn D. Cairns 1,618 23.40
GreenJohn Sabine 554 8.01
People's AllianceJoan K. Seeley 269 3.89
Total valid votes 6,916100.0  
Total rejected ballots 220.32
Turnout 6,93858.97
Eligible voters 11,767
This riding was created from parts of Hampton-Kings, Saint John-Fundy, Saint John East, Quispamsis and Rothesay, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Bev Harrison was the Progressive Conservative incumbent from Hampton-Kings, but ran as a New Democrat in this election.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]

References

  1. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 16 Oct 2014.


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