# Kings (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

Kings was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1786 – 1792 | John Coffin | Ind. | Ebenezer Foster | Ind. |
| 2nd | 1793 – 1795 | John Coffin | Ind. | David Fanning | Ind. |
| 3rd | 1795 – 1802 | John Coffin | Ind. | David Fanning | Ind. |
| 4th | 1802 – 1809 | John Coffin | Ind. | George Leonard, Jr. | Ind. |
| 5th | 1809 | John Coffin | Ind. | George Pitfield | Ind. |
| 5th | 1810 – 1816 | Jasper Belding | Ind. | George Leonard, Jr. | Ind. |
| 6th | 1817 – 1819 | James Brittain | Ind. | David B. Wetmore | Ind. |
| 7th | 1820 | Samuel Freeze | Ind. | David B. Wetmore | Ind. |
| 8th | 1821 – 1827 | John C. Vail | Ind. | David B. Wetmore | Ind. |
| 9th | 1827 – 1830 | Samuel Freeze | Ind. | John Humbert | Ind. |
| 10th | 1831 – 1834 | John C. Vail | Ind. | John Humbert | Ind. |
| 11th | 1835 – 1837 | William McLeod | Ind. | Samuel Freeze | Ind. |
| 12th | 1837 – 1842 | William McLeod | Ind. | Samuel Freeze | Ind. |
| 13th | 1843 – 1846 | Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. | Ind. | Samuel Freeze | Ind. |
| 14th | 1847 – 1850 | Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. | Ind. | William McLeod | Ind. | John C. Vail | Ind. |
| 15th | 1851 – 1854 | Matthew McLeod | Ind. | George Ryan | Ind. | Henry W. Purdy | Ind. |
| 16th | 1854 – 1856 | Matthew McLeod | Ind. | George Ryan | Ind. | Henry W. Purdy | Ind. |
| 17th | 1856 – 1857 | Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. | Ind. | Hugh McMonagle | Ind. | Walter Scovil | Ind. |
| 18th | 1857 – 1861 | Matthew McLeod | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | Walter Scovil | Ind. |
| 19th | 1862 – 1865 | George Ryan | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | Walter Scovil | Ind. |
| 20th | 1865 – 1866 | George Otty | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | Walter Scovil | Ind. |
| 21st | 1866 – 1870 | George Ryan | Ind. | William P. Flewelling | Ind. | John Flewelling | Ind. |
| 22nd | 1870 – 1873 | George Otty | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | John Herbert Crawford | Lib. |
| 22nd | 1873 – 1874 | James William Nowlan | Lib. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | John Herbert Crawford | Lib. |
| 23rd | 1875 – 1878 | John Flewelling | Ind. | Robert E. McLeod | Ind. | John Herbert Crawford | Lib. |
| 24th | 1879 – 1882 | Finnemore E. Morton | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | John Herbert Crawford | Lib. |
| 25th | 1883 | Finnemore E. Morton | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | John Herbert Crawford | Lib. |
| 25th | 1883 – 1885 | Finnemore E. Morton | Ind. | Edwin Arnold Vail | Ind. | Gabriel Flewelling | Lib.-Con. |
| 25th | 1885 – 1886 | Finnemore E. Morton | Ind. | William Pugsley | Lib. | Gabriel Flewelling | Lib.-Con. |
| 26th | 1886 – 1890 | Albert Scott White | Lib.-Con. | William Pugsley | Lib. | George L. Taylor | Lib.-Con. |
| 27th | 1890 – 1892 | Albert Scott White | Lib.-Con. | William Pugsley | Lib. | George L. Taylor | Lib.-Con. |
| 28th | 1892 – 1895 | Albert Scott White | Lib.-Con. | George G. Scovil | Lib. | Gabriel Flewelling | Lib.-Con. |
| 29th | 1896 – 1899 | Albert Scott White | Lib.-Con. | George G. Scovil | Lib. | George William Fowler | Lib.-Con. |
| 30th | 1899 – 1902 | Albert Scott White | Lib.-Con. | George G. Scovil | Lib. | William Pugsley | Lib. |
| 30th | 1902 – 1903 | Ora P. King | Ind. | George G. Scovil | Lib. | William Pugsley | Lib. |
| 31st | 1903 – 1908 | Ora P. King | Ind. | George G. Scovil | Lib. | William Pugsley | Lib. |
| 32nd | 1908 – 1912 | George Burpee Jones | Cons. | Frederick M. Sproule | Ind. | James Alexander Murray | Cons. |
| 33rd | 1912 – 1917 | George Burpee Jones | Cons. | Hedley V. Dickson | Cons. | James Alexander Murray | Cons. |
| 34th | 1917 – 1920 | George Burpee Jones | Cons. | Hedley V. Dickson | Cons. | James Alexander Murray | Cons. |
| 35th | 1921 – 1922 | George Burpee Jones | Cons. | Hedley V. Dickson | Cons. | Ormond W. Wetmore | Lib. |
| 35th | 1922 – 1925 | James D. McKenna | Lib. | Hedley V. Dickson | Cons. | Ormond W. Wetmore | Lib. |
| 36th | 1925 – 1930 | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Cons. | Hedley V. Dickson | Cons. | J. W. Smith | Cons. |
| 37th | 1931 – 1935 | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Cons. | Jack Fairweather | Cons. | J. W. Smith | Cons. |
| 38th | 1935 – 1939 | Walter W. V. Foster | Lib. | Colin C. McDonald | Lib. | W. A. Jeffries | Lib. |
| 39th | 1939 – 1944 | Elmore T. Kennedy | Cons. | Hugh Mackay | Cons. | Harry A. McMackin | Cons. |
| 40th | 1944 – 1948 | Elmore T. Kennedy | PC | Hugh Mackay | PC | John Woods | PC |
| 41st | 1948 – 1952 | Elmore T. Kennedy | PC | Hugh Mackay | PC | John Woods | PC |
| 42nd | 1952 – 1956 | Elmore T. Kennedy | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | Gordon Fairweather | PC |
| 43rd | 1957 – 1960 | Harry N. Jonah | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | Gordon Fairweather | PC |
| 44th | 1960 – 1962 | Harry N. Jonah | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | Gordon Fairweather | PC |
| 44th | 1962 – 1963 | John B. M. Baxter, Jr. | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | George E. Horton | PC |
| 45th | 1963 – 1967 | John B. M. Baxter, Jr. | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | George E. Horton | PC |
| 46th | 1967 – 1970 | John B. M. Baxter, Jr. | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | George E. Horton | PC |
| 47th | 1970 – 1974 | John B. M. Baxter, Jr. | PC | Cyril Sherwood | PC | George E. Horton | PC |
| Riding dissolved into Kings Centre, Kings East and Kings West |||||||||||

## Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Progressive Conservative | John B. M. Baxter | 7,995 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | C. B. Sherwood | 7,695 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | George Horton | 7,593 | Y |
| Liberal | Ralph H. London | 4,185 | |
| Liberal | Edward W. B. McLean | 4,079 | |
| Liberal | Michael J. Leclair | 3,885 | |
| New Democratic | Allan Hermitage | 740 | |
1967 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Progressive Conservative | Cyril Sherwood | 7,485 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | John B. M. Baxter, Jr. | 7,288 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | George E. Horton | 7,162 | Y |
| Liberal | ? Alward | 4,472 | |
| Liberal | ? Dearborn | 4,435 | |
| Liberal | ? Nibbet | 4,334 | |