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OROMOCTO-GAGETOWN Candidates:
PC Jody Carr (incumbent)
LIB Maurice Harquail
NDP Terry Hovey
Grey James Lee
Riding History:
New riding in 1995
Oromocto:
LIB - 1974, 1978
PC - 1982
LIB - 1987
COR - 1991
OROMOCTO-GAGETOWN:
LIB - 1995
PC-1999
Profile:
This is a central New Brunswick riding.
It's a diverse riding -- a blend of rural villages and an urban township,
a military base and a native reserve.
Includes: town of Oromocto, Gagetown Village, Cambridge Narrows, Geary;
parishes of Burton, Gagetown, Hamstead, Wickham, Cambridge; parts of Blissville
and Petersville parishes.
CFB Gagetown and Oromocto 26 Reserve are in the riding.
Redistribution:
Riding created in 1995 redistribution from: all of Oromocto riding
(7787 voters); southern part of Queens South.
Political History: OROMOCTO - New riding in 1974
PC REG MABEY was elected in Sunbury in 1970.
In 1974, LIB LeROY WASHBURN defeated PC REG MABEY by 100 votes.
In 1978, LIB WASHBURN defeated PC JOHN McKEE by 55 votes.
In 1982, PC JOE MOMBOURQUETTE defeated LIB WASHBURN by 49 votes.
MOMBOURQUETTE appointed Minister of Labour and Human Resources, Oct
30/82; Min of Labour, Oct 3/85.
In 1987, LIB TOM GILBERT defeated PC MOMBOURQUETTE by 2,430 votes.
In 1991, COR ALBERT RECTOR defeated LIB GILBERT by 161 votes.
Rector became Interim Leader after resignation of Danny Cameron.
Was leader for a few days between Ewart's resignation and Hargrove
becoming leader in July 1995.
OROMOCTO-GAGETOWN
In 1995, LIB VAUGHN BLANEY defeated PC JODY CARR by 1,676 votes.
Blaney had been elected in Queens South in 1987 and 1991.
Had served as Minister of Municipal Affairs, Min of Environment, Min
of Advanced Education and Labour, Min of Education.
Min of Environment, Sept 21/95-July 21/97.
In 1999 PC JODY CARR defeated LIB RON LINDALA by 2,313 votes.
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