Kings Centre

Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada

45°30′25″N 66°02′56″W / 45.507°N 66.049°W / 45.507; -66.049Provincial electoral districtLegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick MLA

Bill Oliver
Progressive ConservativeDistrict created2013First contested2014Last contested2020DemographicsPopulation (2011)14,727Electors (2013)10,952Census division(s)Kings, Queens, Charlotte

Kings Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It drew most of its population the former districts of Fundy-River Valley and Hampton-Kings, as well as from a small part of Kings East.

The district includes the western and north-central parts of Kings County, including the Kingston Peninsula and Village of Valley Waters, as well as the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield and small parts of Queens and Charlotte Counties to its north and west.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years		Party
Riding created from Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Kings East
58th	2014–2018	Bill Oliver	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Oliver	4,583	61.54	+18.43
	Green	Bruce Dryer	1,006	13.51	+3.86
	Liberal	Paul Adams	911	12.23	-11.32
	People's Alliance	William Edgett	693	9.31	-9.87
	New Democratic	Margaret Anderson Kilfoil	254	3.41	-1.10
Total valid votes			7,447	100.0
Total rejected ballots			8	0.11
Turnout			7,455	65.96
Eligible voters			11,302
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.29

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Oliver	3,267	43.11	+7.45
	Liberal	Bill Merrifield	1,785	23.55	-7.40
	People's Alliance	Dave Peters	1,454	19.18	--
	Green	Bruce Dryer	731	9.65	+5.09
	New Democratic	Susan Jane Shedd	342	4.51	-19.58
Total valid votes			7,579	100.0
Total rejected ballots			10
Turnout			7,589	66.70
Eligible voters			11,378

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Oliver	2,431	35.66
	Liberal	Shannon Merrifield	2,110	30.95
	New Democratic	Daniel Anderson	1,642	24.09
	Independent	Colby Fraser	323	4.74
	Green	Mark Connell	311	4.56
Total valid votes			6,817	100.0
Total rejected ballots			18	0.26
Turnout			6,835	60.18
Eligible voters			11,357
This riding was created from parts of Fundy-River Valley, Hampton-Kings and Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Neither of the three incumbents ran in this election.
Source: Elections New Brunswick^[1]

References

^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.