District Profiles

DISTRICT: SAINT JOHN HARBOUR
Candidate	Party	Vote Count	Vote Share	Elected
Ed Doherty	LIB	2690	60.86%	X
Idee Inyangudor	PC	1139	25.77%
Dan Robichaud	NDP	547	12.38%
David Raymond Amos	IND	44	1%
September 20, 1:55:00 PM ADT		33 of 33 polls reporting

Saint John Harbour (34)

Candidates:

PC:	Idee Inyangudor
LIB:	Dr. Ed Doherty (incumbent)
NDP:	Dan Robichaud
IND:	David Amos

District Profile:

The district, unchanged in the 2006 redistribution, contains part of Saint John, including: Saint John Centre; that part of Saint John West, east of properties fronting on east side of city line road and its prolongation northerly to St. John River; that part of Saint John North of Route 1, east of Reversing Falls including Douglas Avenue, Chesley Road (part of Indiantown) and that part of Metcalf Street between Chesley Drive and Albert Street. According to the 1991 census, 81 per cent of dwellings were rented, by far the highest in the province. District also had highest incidence of low-income families in the province.

District Map:

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District History:

Saint John Harbour was created in 1974, and was previously known as Saint John South.

LIB: 2005 byelection.
LIB: 1974 to 1991 incl.
NDP: 1999, 1995, 2003.

Redistribution:

District changed substantially in 1995 redistribution.Now consists of: Saint John South, about 6,386 voters become eastern part of this riding; Saint John Harbour, about 3,800 voters remain; that part east of Saint John Harbour in north & city line in south; small areas from Saint John Park and Saint John North. District's total population is 14,076.

Political History:

SAINT JOHN HARBOUR
2003:	ND ELIZABETH WEIR defeated PC DENNIS BOYLE by 639 votes. Oct, 15, 2005: WEIR resigned the seat to take a job with the PC government's newly formed energy conservation agency. Nov. 14, 2005 byelection: LIB ED DOHERTY won.
1999:	WEIR defeated PC TIM CLARKE by 1,049 votes. LIB MARK MCNULTY was a close third.
1995:	WEIR, NDP leader, incumbent from Saint John South, defeated LIB BOB HIGGINS by 1,088 votes.
1978-91:	1978, 1982, 1987, 1991: LIB LOUIS MURPHY won.
SAINT JOHN SOUTH
1991:	WEIR defeated LIB JOHN MOONEY by 79 votes.
1987:	MOONEY (elected 1974, defeated 1978) ran again and defeated ND DAVID BROWN by 558 votes. PC incumbent NANCY CLARK TEED was third.
1982:	TEED defeated LIB BRIAN McCARTHY by 369 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