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Bathurst West-Beresford

Bathurst West-Beresford (French: Bathurst-Ouest-Beresford) was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the Bathurst and Nigadoo-Chaleur electoral districts.

It included the city of Bathurst west of the Middle River, the town of Beresford and rural communities south of the Tetagouche River.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur
and Nepisiguit
58th  2014–2018     Brian Kenny Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2024 René Legacy
Riding dissolved into Bathurst and Belle-Baie-Belledune

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal René Legacy 3,730 55.84 -11.69
Progressive Conservative Anne Bard-Lavigne 1,985 29.72 +12.92
Green Pierre Duguay-Boudreau 965 14.45 +6.64
Total valid votes 6,680 100.00
Total rejected ballots 28 0.42 -0.23
Turnout 6,708 61.74 +2.60
Eligible voters 10,865
Liberal hold Swing -12.31
Source: Elections New Brunswick
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brian Kenny 4,351 67.53 +4.80
Progressive Conservative Yvon Landry 1,082 16.79 -8.75
Green Mike Rau 503 7.81 +4.19
New Democratic Anne-Renée Thomas 443 6.88 -1.23
KISS James Risdon 64 0.99 --
Total valid votes 6,443 99.35
Total rejected ballots 42 0.65 +0.32
Turnout 6,485 59.14 -3.66
Eligible voters 10,966
Liberal hold Swing +6.77
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Brian Kenny 4,367 62.74
Progressive Conservative Anne Bard-Lavigne 1,778 25.54
New Democratic Etienne Arseneau 564 8.10
Green Catherine Doucet 252 3.62
Total valid votes 6,961 99.67
Total rejected ballots 23 0.33
Turnout 6,984 62.79
Eligible voters 11,122
This riding was created from parts of Bathurst, Nigadoo-Chaleur and Nepisiguit, they elected two Liberals and one Progressive Conservative (Nepisiguit) in the previous election. Brian Kenny was the incumbent from Bathurst.
Source: Elections New Brunswick

References

  1. ^ "Unofficial Results". Elections NB. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.