District Profiles

DISTRICT: RIVERVIEW
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
R. Bruce Fitch	PC	4326	63.34%	X
Ward White	LIB	2302	33.7%
Richard Grant	NDP	202	2.96%
September 20, 1:55:00 PM ADT		33 of 33 polls reporting

Riverview (26)

Candidates:

PC:	Bruce Fitch (incumbent)
LIB:	Ward White
NDP:	Richard Grant

District Profile:

This is primarily an anglophone suburb of Moncton. It includes the town of Riverview. The district's population is 14,093.

District Map:

From Elections New Brunswick:

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District History:

New district in 1974.

PC: 2003.
PC: 1999.
LIB: 1995.
COR: 1991.
LIB: 1987, 1985 byelection.
PC: 1982, 1978, 1974.

Redistribution:

Redistribution in 2006 excludes the part of the town known as Gunningsville, and adds part of Riverview that was previously part of the electoral district of Albert.

Political History:

RIVERVIEW
2003:	PC BRUCE FITCH defeated LIBERAL WARD WHITE by 507 votes.
1999:	PC PAT CROSSMAN defeated LIB AL KAVANAUGH by 2,288 votes. 2002: Crossman died after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. District was left vacant until next election in 2003.
1995:	KAVANAUGH defeated PC SCOTT MacGREGOR by 2,378 votes.
1991:	COR GORDON WILLDEN defeated LIB HUBERT SEAMANS by 24 votes.
1987:	SEAMANS defeated PC DAVE RICHARDSON by 3,355 votes. June 15, 1989: SEAMANS appointed minister of municipal affairs.
1982:	PC BRENDA ROBERTSON defeated LIB JIM ANDERSON by 2,798 votes. Oct. 30: ROBERTSON appointed minister of social program reform. Dec. 21, 1984: ROBERTSON appointed to the Senate; April 29, 1985: Byelection held and SEAMANS defeated MacGREGOR by 2,250 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