Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin

Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin (French: Miramichi-Sud-Ouest-Baie-du-Vin) was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created as Southwest Miramichi in 1973, by which name it was known until 2014, and was largely unchanged in the 1994 and 2006 redistributions. In the 2013 redistribution, it moved eastward absorbing those parts of the former district of Miramichi-Bay du Vin which were outside the city of Miramichi.

Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	2023
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,379[1]
Electors (2013)	11,003[1]
Census division(s)	Northumberland, York
Census subdivision(s)	Blackville (parish), Miramichi River Valley, Blissfield, Chatham, Derby, Doaktown, Glenelg, Hardwick, Nelson, Southesk, Stanley, Upper Miramichi

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Southwest Miramichi Riding created from Northumberland
48th	1974–1978		Sterling Hambrook	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982		Morris Green	Liberal
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991
52nd	1991–1994		Brent Taylor	Confederation of Regions
	1994–1995			Independent
53rd	1995–1999		Reg MacDonald	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		Norm Betts	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Rick Brewer	Liberal
56th	2006–2010
57th	2010–2014		Jake Stewart	Progressive Conservative
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin
58th	2014–2018		Jake Stewart	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2021
	2022–2024		Mike Dawson
Riding dissolved into Miramichi West, Miramichi East, Kent North, Fredericton-York

Election results

Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin

New Brunswick provincial by-election, June 20, 2022 Resignation of Jake Stewart
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Dawson	2,542	52.25	+4.28
	Liberal	Hannah Fulton Johnston	1,737	35.70	+13.98
	People's Alliance	Larry Lynch	363	7.46	-20.53
	Green	Julie Guillemet-Ackerman	223	4.58
Total valid votes			4,865	99.75
Total rejected ballots			12	0.25	-0.00
Turnout			4,877	43.78	-28.09
Eligible voters			11,140
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.85
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Stewart	3,887	47.97	+12.55
	People's Alliance	Art O'Donnell	2,268	27.99	-7.01
	Liberal	Josh McCormack	1,760	21.72	-1.12
	New Democratic	Glenna Hanley	188	2.32	+1.16
Total valid votes			8,103	99.75
Total rejected ballots			20	0.25	-0.04
Turnout			8,123	71.87	-2.28
Eligible voters			11,303
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.78
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Stewart	2,960	35.42	-12.20
	People's Alliance	Art O'Donnell	2,925	35.00	+26.39
	Liberal	Andy Hardy	1,909	22.84	-13.78
	Green	Byron J. Connors	447	5.35	+2.69
	New Democratic	Roger Vautour	97	1.16	-3.32
	KISS	Dawson Brideau	19	0.23	--
Total valid votes			8,357	99.71
Total rejected ballots			24	0.29	-0.06
Turnout			8,381	74.15	+3.92
Eligible voters			11,303
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-19.30

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Stewart	3,837	47.62	-10.95
	Liberal	Norma Smith	2,951	36.63	+6.44
	People's Alliance	Wes Gullison	694	8.61	+3.62
	New Democratic	Douglas Mullin	361	4.48	+1.37
	Green	Kevin W. Matthews	214	2.66	-0.48
Total valid votes			8,057	99.65
Total rejected ballots			28	0.35	-0.27
Turnout			8,085	70.23	-5.38
Eligible voters			11,512
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		-8.70
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Southwest Miramichi

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jake Stewart	3,786	58.57	+14.05
	Liberal	Rick Brewer	1,951	30.18	-21.90
	People's Alliance	Wes Gullison	323	5.00	–
	Green	Jimmy D. Lawlor	203	3.14	–
	New Democratic	Jason Robar	201	3.11	-0.29
Total valid votes			6,464	99.38
Total rejected ballots			40	0.62	-0.01
Turnout			6,504	75.61	+3.93
Eligible voters			8,602
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.97
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2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Brewer	3,327	52.08	+0.25
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Taylor	2,844	44.52	+1.42
	New Democratic	Lydia Calhoun	217	3.40	-1.67
Total valid votes			6,388	99.38
Total rejected ballots			40	0.62	-0.38
Turnout			6,428	71.68	-6.11
Eligible voters			8,968
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		-0.59
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2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Brewer	3,395	51.83	+11.82
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Betts	2,823	43.10	-13.32
	New Democratic	Chris Ashford	332	5.07	+1.50
Total valid votes			6,550	99.00
Total rejected ballots			66	1.00	+0.63
Turnout			6,616	77.79	-3.84
Eligible voters			8,505
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+12.57
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1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Norm Betts	4,019	56.42	+23.63
	Liberal	Reg MacDonald	2,850	40.01	-5.49
	New Democratic	Terry Carter	254	3.57	-1.19
Total valid votes			7,123	99.64
Total rejected ballots			26	0.36	-0.32
Turnout			7,149	81.63	-0.01
Eligible voters			8,758
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.56
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1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Reg MacDonald	3,227	45.50	+3.40
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Dawson	2,326	32.80	+22.25
	Confederation of Regions	Gerald Stewart	1,055	14.88	-29.57
	New Democratic	Allan Goodfellow	337	4.75	+1.85
	Independent	G. D. Holmes	147	2.07	–
Total valid votes			7,092	99.31
Total rejected ballots			49	0.69	+0.18
Turnout			7,141	81.64	-6.24
Eligible voters			8,747
	Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions		Swing		-16.49
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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Confederation of Regions	Brent Taylor	2,954	44.45	–
	Liberal	Claude Stewart	2,798	42.10	-31.93
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Long	701	10.55	-11.46
	New Democratic	Larry Lynch	193	2.90	+0.05
Total valid votes			6,646	99.49
Total rejected ballots			34	0.51	+0.08
Turnout			6,680	87.88	+1.76
Eligible voters			7,601
	Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal		Swing		+38.19
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1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Green	4,676	74.03	+20.24
	Progressive Conservative	Kevin Price	1,390	22.01	-17.07
	New Democratic	Patrick Kelly	180	2.85	-1.22
	Independent	Burton Joseph Kehoe	70	1.11	–
Total valid votes			6,316	99.57
Total rejected ballots			27	0.43	-0.32
Turnout			6,343	86.12	-0.72
Eligible voters			7,365
	Liberal hold		Swing		+18.66
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1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Green	3,225	53.79	+2.41
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Hambrook	2,343	39.08	-9.53
	New Democratic	John Barry	244	4.07	–
	Independent	Floyd Wilson	183	3.05	–
Total valid votes			5,995	99.25
Total rejected ballots			45	0.75	-1.05
Turnout			6,040	86.84	+4.76
Eligible voters			6,955
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.97
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1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Morris Green	2,725	51.39	+8.46
	Progressive Conservative	John Munn	2,578	48.61	-0.77
Total valid votes			5,303	98.20
Total rejected ballots			97	1.80	+0.98
Turnout			5,400	82.08	+1.39
Eligible voters			6,579
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.62
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1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sterling Hambrook	2,454	49.39
	Liberal	Roland "Doad" Walls	2,133	42.93
	New Democratic	Floyd Wilson	382	7.69
Total valid votes			4,969	99.18
Total rejected ballots			41	0.82
Turnout			5,010	80.69
Eligible voters			6,209
The previous multi-member riding of Northumberland went totally Liberal in the last election. None of the five incumbents ran in this riding.
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