District Profiles

DISTRICT: MIRAMICHI CENTRE
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
John Winston Foran	LIB	3747	55.62%	X
George Smith	PC	2732	40.55%
Douglas T. Mullin	NDP	258	3.83%
September 20, 1:55:00 PM ADT		33 of 33 polls reporting

Miramichi Centre (12)

Candidates:

PC:	George Smith
LIB:	John Foran (incumbent)
NDP:	Douglas Mullin

District Profile:

District, in northern New Brunswick, has western part of city of Miramichi, including former Newcastle, Douglastown, as well as parish of Nelson and part of Northesk parish. Sunny Corner is in the riding, as are Big Hole Tract 8 and Eel Grand 2 reserves.

District Map:

From Elections New Brunswick:

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District History:

New riding in 1995.

Miramichi-Newcastle:

LIB:1991, 1987.
PC: 1982.
LIB: 1978, 1974.
Miramichi Centre:

LIB: 2003.
PC: 1999.
LIB: 1995.

Redistribution:

In the 2006 redistribution, Miramichi Centre added part of the city of Miramichi know as Chatham Head and the area of Douglasfield from Miramichi-Bay du Vin. It lost part of the parish of Nelson, transferring it to Southwest Miramichi. It lost the part of Murray Settlement in the parish of Nelson, transferring it to Rogersville-Kouchibouguac. It lost part of the city of Miramichi known as part of Douglastown, transferring it to Miramichi Bay. The district's total population is 11,944.

Political History:

MIRAMICHI CENTRE
2003:	LIB JOHN WINSTON FORAN won the seat with 3,673 votes.
1999:	PC KIM JARDINE defeated LIB JOHN McKAY by 1,101 votes. June 17: JARDINE appointed minister of environment; Oct. 9, 2001: Appointed minister of environment and local government.
1995:	McKAY defeated PC PAUL DAWSON by 278 votes.
MIRAMICHI-NEWCASTLE (new riding in 1974)
1991:	McKAY again defeated DAWSON, this time by 10 votes.
1987:	McKAY defeated DAWSON by 786 votes.
1982:	DAWSON defeated McKAY by 473 votes. DAWSON appointed minister of economic development; 1985: Income assistance minister.
1978:	McKAY defeated PC DOUGLAS WOODS by 73 votes.
1974:	McKAY defeated PC EARLE McKENNA by 384 votes.

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Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	29	0	29	47.10%
PC	26	0	26	47.50%
NDP	0	0	0	5.10%
OTH	0	0	0	.20%
Last Update:September 19, 1:13:13 AM ADT