Saint John Portland-Simonds

{{short description|Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name = Saint John Portland-Simonds

| province = New Brunswick

| image = File:Saint John Portland-Simonds (2023-).png

| caption = The riding of Saint John Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts

| prov-status = active

| prov-created = 1994

| prov-abolished =

| prov-election-first = 1995

| prov-election-last = 2024

| prov-rep = John Dornan

| prov-rep-link =

| prov-rep-party =Liberal

| prov-rep-party-link =

| demo-census-date = 2011

| demo-pop = 17032{{cite web |url=http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf |title=Final Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005155101/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |publisher=Electoral Boundaries & Representation Commission |date=April 2013}}

| demo-electors = 11175

| demo-electors-date = 2013

| demo-area =

| demo-cd =

| demo-csd =

}}

Saint John Portland-Simonds (fr Saint-Jean Portland-Simonds) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds.{{cite web |url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2014.06.0713.html |title = Names of three electoral districts changed| date=June 19, 2014 }} The riding name refers to Portland and Simonds Parish in Saint John County.

The riding was renamed Saint John Portland-Simonds following the 2023 redistribution.

File:Saint John Portland-Simonds Roads Map.png

Members of the Legislative Assembly

{{NB-MLA}}

{{NB-MLA nodata|Saint John Portland
Riding created from Saint John North and Saint John Park}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 1995

| ToYr = 1999

| Assembly# = 53

| NBParty = Liberal

| RepName = Leo McAdam

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 1999

| ToYr = 2003

| Assembly# = 54

| NBParty = PC

| RepName = Trevor Holder

| PartyTerms# = 4

| RepTerms# = 4

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2003

| ToYr = 2006

| Assembly# = 55

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2006

| ToYr = 2010

| Assembly# = 56

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2010

| ToYr = 2014

| Assembly# = 57

}}

{{NB-MLA nodata|Portland-Simonds}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2014

| ToYr = 2018

| Assembly# = 58

| NBParty = PC

| RepName = Trevor Holder

| PartyTerms# = 3

| RepTerms# = 3

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2018

| ToYr = 2020

| Assembly# = 59

}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2020

| ToYr = 2024

| Assembly# = 60

}}

{{NB-MLA nodata|Saint John Portland-Simonds}}

{{NB-MLA row

| FromYr = 2024

| ToYr =

| Assembly# = 61

| NBParty = Liberal

| RepName = John Dornan

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{NB-MLA end}}

Election results

=Saint John Portland-Simonds=

{{2024 New Brunswick general election/Saint John Portland-Simonds}}

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2020 provincial election redistributed results{{cite web |title=Saint John Portland-Simonds |url=https://338canada.com/nb/1041e.htm |website=338Canada |access-date=9 October 2024}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|background}} |  

| Progressive Conservative

align=right| 54.8
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 28.6
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 8.6
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PANB|background}} |  

| People's Alliance

align=right| 5.2
{{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 2.7
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Independent|background}} |  

| Independents

align=right| 0.1

=Portland-Simonds=

{{CANelec/top|NB|2020|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|3,170|55.10|+1.82}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Tim Jones|1,654|28.75|+0.11}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Stefan Warner|483|8.40|+1.08}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Lindsay Jackson|282|4.90|–}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Erik Heinze-Milne|164|2.85|-4.70}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,753|99.62}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|22|0.38|-0.12}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|5,775|52.05|-1.71}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,095}}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|PC|+0.86}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2018|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|3,168|53.28|+4.38}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|John MacKenzie|1,703|28.64|-4.85}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Kim Blue|449|7.55|-5.51}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Sheila Croteau|435|7.32|+2.77}}

{{CANelec|NB|Independent|Artie Watson|191|3.21|--}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,946|99.50}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|30|0.50}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|5,976|54.53}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|10,959}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor A. Holder|2,782|48.90|-1.28}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Michael Butler|1,905|33.49|-1.88}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Tony Sekulich|743|13.06|+3.23}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Sheila Croteau|259|4.55|+1.31}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,689|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|16|0.28}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|5,705|51.43}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,093}}

{{CANelec/nothold|NB|PC|+0.30}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2014-09-22/2014-09-22-results-e.asp|title=Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election|author=Elections New Brunswick|date=2014|access-date=17 Oct 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014112536/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2014-09-22/2014-09-22-results-e.asp|archive-date=2014-10-14}}}}

{{end}}

=Saint John Portland=

{{CANelec/top|NB|2010|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Arthur Holder|2,925|50.18|+0.21}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Dan Joyce|2,062|35.37|-9.96}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Jeremy Higgins|573|9.83|+5.13}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Stefan Warner|189|3.24|–}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Lisa Cromwell|80|1.37|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,829|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|30|0.51}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|5,859|62.31}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|9,403}}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|PC|+5.08}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2010ProvRpt.pdf|title=Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer|author=Elections New Brunswick|date=2010|access-date=2 January 2015}}}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|2,987|49.97|+8.92}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Colleen Knudson|2,710|45.33|+6.45}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Clare Mudge|281|4.70|-15.37}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,978|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|PC|+1.24}}

{{CANelec/source|[http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2006/riding/035/ New Brunswick Votes 2006]. CBC News. Retrieved May 22, 2009.}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|2003|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|2,436|41.05|-18.56}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Colleen Knudson|2,307|38.88|+12.53}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Mary Arseneau|1,191|20.07|+6.74}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|5,934|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|PC|-15.54}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|1999|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|3,773|59.61|+25.98}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Leo McAdam|1,668|26.35|-12.74}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Pam F. Coates|844|13.33|-10.66}}

{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Miville Couture|45|0.71|–}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,330|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/gain|NB|PC|Liberal|+19.36}}

{{end}}

{{CANelec/top|NB|1995|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Leo McAdam|2,454|39.06|}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Trevor Holder|2,113|33.63|}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Greg Barry|1,507|23.99|}}

{{CANelec|NB|CoR|Terry Van Duzee|209|3.33|}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|6,283|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/nothold|NB|Liberal| }}

{{end}}

References

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