Kent (New Brunswick electoral district)

Kent was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

It consisted of the County of Kent. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Northumberland—Miramichi and Westmorland—Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Auguste Renaud
Auguste Renaud
Auguste Renaud was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Kent in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member and was the first Acadian elected to the House of Commons....

, Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

(1867–1872)
Robert Barry Cutler
Robert Barry Cutler
Robert Barry Cutler was a Canadian Liberal politician who represented the riding of Kent, New Brunswick, for one term from 1872 to 1874. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1856....

, Liberal (1872–1874)
George McLeod, Independent (1874–1878)
Gilbert A. Girouard, Liberal-Conservative (1878–1883)
Pierre-Amand Landry
Pierre-Amand Landry
Sir Pierre-Amand Landry was an Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883...

, Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

(1883–1890)
Édouard-H. Léger, Conservative (1890–1892)
George Valentine McInerney
George Valentine McInerney
George Valentine McInerney, QC was a lawyer and politician in New Brunswick. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1900 as a Liberal-Conservative member....

, Conservative (1892–1900)
Olivier J. Leblanc
Olivier J. Leblanc
Olivier J. LeBlanc was a Canadian politician of Acadian descent.Born in Memramcook, New Brunswick, the son of Joseph LeBlanc and Victorie B. Girouard, LeBlanc was educated at Common Schools. A farmer, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1882...

, Liberal (1900–1911)
Ferdinand Joseph Robidoux
Ferdinand Joseph Robidoux
Ferdinand-Joseph Robidoux was a lawyer and political figure of Acadian descent in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative....

, Conservative (1911–1917)
Auguste Théophile Léger
Auguste Théophile Léger
Auguste Théophile Léger was a Canadian politician from the province of New Brunswick.Born in Cocagne, Kent County, New Brunswick, the son of Francois Auguste and Sophia Eleanore Léger, Léger was educated in public schools in Cocagne...

, Liberal (1917–1923)
Alexandre Joseph Doucet
Alexandre Joseph Doucet
Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

, Conservative (1923–1926)
Alfred Edmond Bourgeois
Alfred Edmond Bourgeois
Alfred Edmond Bourgeois was a politician, clerk, landlord and merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1926 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Kent. He ran in the Kent by-election in 1923 and 1930 but was defeated in both....

, Liberal (1926–1930)
Télésphore Arsenault
Télésphore Arsenault
Télésphore Arsenault was a Canadian politician, business manager and farmer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 election in the riding of Kent as a Member of the Conservative Party and defeated in the 1935 election. He ran in the 1940 election as a Nationalist but lost.-...

, Conservative (1930–1935)
Louis Prudent Alexandre Robichaud, Liberal (1935–1940)
Aurel D. Léger, Liberal (1940–1953)
Hervé J. Michaud, Liberal (1953–1962)
Guy F. Crossman, Liberal (1962–1968)

Election results

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|Guy F. Crossman
|align="right"| 5,713
|align="right"| 59.9
|align="right"| +0.2
|-

|Wilfred Bourgeois
|align="right"| 2,306
|align="right"| 24.2
|align="right"| -6.8
|-

|George Robertson
|align="right"| 1,512
|align="right"| 15.9
|align="right"| +13.6
|-

|Guy F. Crossman
|align="right"| 5,971
|align="right"| 59.7
|align="right"| +8.6
|-

|Lionel Mills
|align="right"| 3,095
|align="right"| 31.0
|align="right"| -9.5
|-

|Langis Robichaud
|align="right"| 705
|align="right"| 7.1
|align="right"| +2.8
|-

|Antoine Leger
|align="right"| 226
|align="right"| 2.3
|align="right"| *
|-

|Guy F. Crossman
|align="right"| 5,514
|align="right"| 51.1
|align="right"| -4.3
|-

|Lionel Mills
|align="right"| 4,366
|align="right"| 40.5
|align="right"| -4.1
|-

|George Robichaud
|align="right"| 464
|align="right"| 4.3
|align="right"| *
|-

|Edmond Bourgeois
|align="right"| 441
|align="right"| 4.1
|align="right"| *
|-

|Hervé Michaud

Hervé Michaud

Hervé J. Michaud was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Senate. He was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and became a farmer and salesman by career....

|align="right"| 6,118
|align="right"| 55.4
|align="right"| -2.4
|-

|Louis LeBlanc
|align="right"| 4,988
|align="right"| 44.6
|align="right"| +2.4
|-

|Hervé Michaud

Hervé Michaud

Hervé J. Michaud was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Senate. He was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and became a farmer and salesman by career....

|align="right"| 6,424
|align="right"| 57.8
|align="right"| -8.3
|-

|Louis LeBlanc
|align="right"| 4,682
|align="right"| 42.2
|align="right"| +8.3
|-

|Hervé Michaud

Hervé Michaud

Hervé J. Michaud was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Senate. He was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and became a farmer and salesman by career....

|align="right"| 7,039
|align="right"| 66.1
|align="right"| +17.1
|-

|Emile Verret
|align="right"| 3,603
|align="right"| 33.9
|align="right"| +12.6
|-

|Aurel Leger

Aurel Léger

Aurel D. Léger was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick and became a businessman, contractor and farmer by career....

|align="right"| 5,754
|align="right"| 49.0
|align="right"| -16.0
|-

|Alfred Bourgeois
|align="right"| 3,084
|align="right"| 26.3
|align="right"| *
|-

|Wilfred Bourgeois
|align="right"| 2,496
|align="right"| 21.3
|align="right"| -8.1
|-

|Ernest Cormier
|align="right"| 406
|align="right"| 3.5
|align="right"| -2.1
|-

|Aurel Leger

Aurel Léger

Aurel D. Léger was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick and became a businessman, contractor and farmer by career....

|align="right"| 6,835
|align="right"| 65.0
|align="right"| +0.2
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

|align="right"| 3,032
|align="right"| 29.4
|align="right"| -5.8
|-

|Alcide LeBlanc
|align="right"| 584
|align="right"| 5.6
|align="right"| *
|-

|Aurel Leger

Aurel Léger

Aurel D. Léger was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick and became a businessman, contractor and farmer by career....

|align="right"| 5,582
|align="right"| 64.8
|align="right"| -3.4
|-

|Telesphore Arsenault

Télésphore Arsenault

Télésphore Arsenault was a Canadian politician, business manager and farmer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 election in the riding of Kent as a Member of the Conservative Party and defeated in the 1935 election. He ran in the 1940 election as a Nationalist but lost.-...

|align="right"| 3,032
|align="right"| 35.2
|align="right"| +18.5
|-

|Louis P. Robichaud
|align="right"| 6,504
|align="right"| 68.2
|align="right"| +20.2
|-

|Telesphore Arsenault

Télésphore Arsenault

|align="right"| 4,884
|align="right"| 16.7
|align="right"| -35.3
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

|align="right"| 1,442
|align="right"| 15.1
|align="right"| *
|-

|Telesphore Arsenault

Télésphore Arsenault

|align="right"| 4,884
|align="right"| 52.0
|align="right"| +5.4
|-

|Alfred Bourgeois
|align="right"| 4,504
|align="right"| 48.0
|align="right"| -5.4
|-

|Alfred Edmond Bourgeois

Alfred Edmond Bourgeois

Alfred Edmond Bourgeois was a politician, clerk, landlord and merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1926 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Kent. He ran in the Kent by-election in 1923 and 1930 but was defeated in both....

|align="right"| 4,799
|align="right"| 53.5
|align="right"| +9.1
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

|align="right"| 4,173
|align="right"| 46.5
|align="right"| -9.1
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

|align="right"| 4,427
|align="right"| 55.6
|align="right"| +4.1
|-

|Louis P. Robichaud
|align="right"| 3,534
|align="right"| 44.4
|align="right"| -4.1
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre Joseph Doucet

Alexandre-Joseph Doucet was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative....

|align="right"| 3,643
|align="right"| 51.5
|align="right"| +11.4
|-

|Alfred Bourgeois
|align="right"| 3,435
|align="right"| 48.5
|align="right"| -11.4
|-

|Auguste Théophile Léger

Auguste Théophile Léger

Auguste Théophile Léger was a Canadian politician from the province of New Brunswick.Born in Cocagne, Kent County, New Brunswick, the son of Francois Auguste and Sophia Eleanore Léger, Léger was educated in public schools in Cocagne...

|align="right"| 4,626
|align="right"| 59.9
|align="right"| -13.0
|-

|Alexandre Joseph Doucet
|align="right"| 3,103
|align="right"| 40.1
|align="right"| +13.0
|-

|Auguste Théophile Léger

Auguste Théophile Léger

|align="right"| 3,563
|align="right"| 72.9
|align="right"| +25.2
|-

|Ferdinand Robidoux
|align="right"| 1,323
|align="right"| 27.1
|align="right"| -25.2
|-

|Ferdinand Robidoux
|align="right"| 2,334
|align="right"| 52.3
|align="right"| +10.4
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

Olivier J. LeBlanc was a Canadian politician of Acadian descent.Born in Memramcook, New Brunswick, the son of Joseph LeBlanc and Victorie B. Girouard, LeBlanc was educated at Common Schools. A farmer, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1882...

|align="right"| 2,129
|align="right"| 47.7
|align="right"| -10.4
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

|align="right"| 2,580
|align="right"| 58.1
|align="right"| +8.6
|-

|Ferdinand Robidoux
|align="right"| 1,860
|align="right"| 41.9
|align="right"| -5.3
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

|align="right"| 2,078
|align="right"| 49.5
|align="right"| -7.9
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 1,979
|align="right"| 47.2
|align="right"| +4.6
|-

|Pascal Herbert
|align="right"| 138
|align="right"| 3.3
|align="right"| *
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

|align="right"| 2,447
|align="right"| 57.4
|align="right"| +14.8
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 1,816
|align="right"| 42.6
|align="right"| -14.8
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 2,041
|align="right"| 57.4
|align="right"| -5.6
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

|align="right"| 1,514
|align="right"| 42.6
|align="right"| +5.6
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| acclaimed
|-

|Edouard Leger
|align="right"| 1,722
|align="right"| 63.0
|align="right"| +7.5
|-

|Olivier J. LeBlanc

Olivier J. Leblanc

|align="right"| 1,011
|align="right"| 37.0
|align="right"| -7.5
|-

|Edouard Leger
|align="right"| acclaimed
|-

|Pierre-Amand Landry

Pierre-Amand Landry

Sir Pierre-Amand Landry was an Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883...

|align="right"| 1,765
|align="right"| 55.5
|align="right"| -4.3
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 1,100
|align="right"| 44.5
|align="right"| +4.3
|-

|Pierre-Amand Landry

Pierre-Amand Landry

|align="right"| 1,638
|align="right"| 59.8
|align="right"| -4.8
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 1,100
|align="right"| 40.2
|align="right"| +4.8
|-

|Gilbert Girouard
|align="right"| 1,412
|align="right"| 64.6
|align="right"|
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 773
|align="right"| 35.4
|align="right"|
|-

|Gilbert Girouard
|align="right"| 810
|align="right"| 29.9
|align="right"|
|-

|Robert Barry Cutler

Robert Barry Cutler

Robert Barry Cutler was a Canadian Liberal politician who represented the riding of Kent, New Brunswick, for one term from 1872 to 1874. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1856....

|align="right"| 726
|align="right"| 26.8
|align="right"|
|-

|George McLeod
|align="right"| 510
|align="right"| 18.8
|align="right"|
|-

|H. O'Leary
|align="right"| 382
|align="right"| 14.1
|align="right"|
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 280
|align="right"| 10.3
|align="right"|
|-

|George McLeod
|align="right"| 1,570
|align="right"| 59.4
|align="right"|
|-

|Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Kent in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member and was the first Acadian elected to the House of Commons....

|align="right"| 1,256
|align="right"| 40.6
|align="right"|
|-

|Robert Barry Cutler

Robert Barry Cutler

|align="right"| 1,381
|align="right"| 52.4
|align="right"|
|-

|Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Kent in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member and was the first Acadian elected to the House of Commons....

|align="right"| 1,256
|align="right"| 47.6
|align="right"|
|-

|Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud

Auguste Renaud was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Kent in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member and was the first Acadian elected to the House of Commons....

|align="right"| 2,225
|align="right"| 64.1
|align="right"|
|-

|? DesBrisay
|align="right"| 757
|align="right"| 21.8
|align="right"|
|-

|George McInerney
|align="right"| 485
|align="right"| 14.0
|align="right"|
|-

|Robert Barry Cutler
|align="right"| 4
|align="right"| 0.2
|align="right"|

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See also

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