# Saint John Centre (electoral district)

Saint John Centre was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created from Saint John in 1795 as Saint John City. It was renamed Saint John Centre in 1967.
It elected multiple members through the bloc voting system -- two members prior to 1892 and four members from 1892 to 1973.
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 | Member | Party |
| Saint John City Riding created from Saint John ||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 1795 – 1802 | George Younghusband | Ind. | Nathan Smith | Ind. |
| 4th | 1802 – 1809 | George Younghusband | Ind. | John Robinson | Ind. |
| 5th | 1809 – 1810 | John Garrison | Ind. | Stephen Humbert | Ind. |
| 5th | 1810 – 1816 | John Robinson | Ind. | Stephen Humbert | Ind. |
| 6th | 1817 – 1819 | Harry Peters | Ind. | Stephen Humbert | Ind. |
| 7th | 1820 | Harry Peters | Ind. | Stephen Humbert | Ind. |
| 8th | 1821 – 1827 | Harry Peters | Ind. | Hugh Johnston, Jr. | Ind. |
| 9th | 1827 – 1830 | Gregory Van Horne | Ind. | Hugh Johnston, Jr. | Ind. |
| 10th | 1831 – 1834 | Thomas Barlow | Ind. | William Boyd Kinnear | Ind. |
| 11th | 1835 – 1837 | Lewis Burns | Ind. | Isaac Woodward | Ind. |
| 12th | 1837 – 1842 | Thomas Barlow | Ind. | Isaac Woodward | Ind. |
| 13th | 1843 – 1846 | Robert Leonard Hazen | Cons. | Lewis Burns | Ind. |
| 14th | 1847 – 1850 | Robert Leonard Hazen | Cons. | Isaac Woodward | Ind. |
| 15th | 1851 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Cons. | William Hayden Needham | Ind. |
| 15th | 1851 – 1854 | James A. Harding | Ind. | William Hayden Needham | Ind. |
| 16th | 1854 – 1856 | James A. Harding | Ind. | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Cons. |
| 17th | 1856 – 1857 | James A. Harding | Ind. | Joseph Wilson Lawrence | Ind. |
| 18th | 1857 – 1861 | James A. Harding | Ind. | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Cons. |
| 19th | 1862 – 1865 | Charles Watters | Ind. | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Cons. |
| 20th | 1865 – 1866 | Andrew Rainsford Wetmore | Cons. | Jacob Valentine Troop | Ind. |
| 21st | 1866 – 1867 | Andrew Rainsford Wetmore | Cons. | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Cons. |
| 21st | 1867 – 1870 | Andrew Rainsford Wetmore | Cons. | William H.A. Keans | Ind. |
| 22nd | 1870 – 1874 | Aaron Alward | Ind. | William Wedderburn | Ind. |
| 23rd | 1875 – 1876 | William H.A. Keans | Ind. | William Wedderburn | Ind. |
| 23rd | 1876 – 1878 | Robert Marshall | Lib. | William Wedderburn | Ind. |
| 24th | 1879 – 1882 | Robert Marshall | Lib. | William Wedderburn | Ind. |
| 25th | 1883 – 1886 | John Valentine Ellis | Lib. | Ezekiel McLeod | Cons. |
| 26th | 1886 – 1887 | John Valentine Ellis | Lib. | John Berryman | Lib. |
| 26th | 1887 – 1890 | Silas Alward | Lib. | John Berryman | Lib. |
| 27th | 1890 – 1892 | Silas Alward | Lib. | A.C. Smith | Ind. |
| 28th | 1892 – 1895 | Silas Alward | Lib. | A.C. Smith | Ind. | Alfred Augustus Stockton | Cons. | William Shaw | Lib.-Con. |
| 29th | 1896 – 1899 | Silas Alward | Lib. | Charles B. Lockhart | Cons. | Alfred Augustus Stockton | Cons. | William Shaw | Lib.-Con. |
| 30th | 1899 – 1903 | George Robertson | Ind. | Harrison A. McKeown | Lib.-Con. | Daniel S. Purdy | Ind. | William Shaw | Lib.-Con. |
| 31st | 1903 – 1904 | George Robertson | Ind. | Harrison A. McKeown | Lib.-Con. | Daniel S. Purdy | Ind. | Edward Lantalum | Ind. |
| 31st | 1905 – 1908 | George Robertson | Ind. | Robert Maxwell | Ind. | Daniel S. Purdy | Ind. | Edward Lantalum | Ind. |
| 32nd | 1908 – 1912 | John Edward Wilson | Ind. | Robert Maxwell | Ind. | James P. McInerney | Ind. | Warren Franklin Hatheway | Cons. |
| 33rd | 1912 – 1917 | John Edward Wilson | Ind. | Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley | Cons. | Charles B. Lockhart | Cons. | Phillip Grammen | Ind. |
| 34th | 1917 – 1920 | John R. Campbell | Cons. | Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley | Cons. | Frank L. Potts | Cons. | William F. Roberts | Lib. |
| 35th | 1921 – 1925 | Walter Edward Foster | Lib. | Robert Thomas Hayes | Cons. | William Edward Scully | Lib. | William F. Roberts | Lib. |
| 36th | 1925 – 1930 | Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley | Cons. | James Lewis | Cons. | W. Henry Harrison | Cons. | Miles E. Agar | Cons. |
| 37th | 1931 – 1935 | Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley | Cons. | Walter W. White | Cons. | W. Henry Harrison | Cons. | Miles E. Agar | Cons. |
| 38th | 1935 – 1939 | A. P. Paterson | Lib. | William F. Roberts | Lib. | Horace A. Porter | Lib. | E. J. Henneberry | Lib. |
| 39th | 1939 – 1944 | Ralph McInerney | Cons. | W. Grant Smith | Cons. | W. J. Swanton | Cons. | J. Starr Tait | Cons. |
| 40th | 1944 – 1948 | Ralph McInerney | PC | W. Grant Smith | PC | Lawrence T. Dow | PC | J. Starr Tait | PC |
| 41st | 1948 – 1952 | James W. Brittain | Lib. | Harold Gault | Lib. | S. Roy Kelly | Lib. | Robert H. Carlin | Lib. |
| 42nd | 1952 – 1956 | Donald D. Patterson | PC | Arthur Skaling | PC | Harold S. Prince | PC | George E. McInerney | PC |
| 43rd | 1957 – 1960 | Donald D. Patterson | PC | Arthur Skaling | PC | George L. Keith | PC | George E. McInerney | PC |
| 44th | 1960 – 1963 | Donald D. Patterson | PC | R. M. Pendrigh | PC | George L. Keith | PC | George E. McInerney | PC |
| 45th | 1963 – 1966 | Donald D. Patterson | PC | Daniel Aloysius Riley | Lib. | John D. MacCallum | Lib. | George E. McInerney | PC |
| 45th | 1966 – 1967 | Donald D. Patterson | PC | Stephen Weyman | Lib. | John D. MacCallum | Lib. | George E. McInerney | PC |
| Saint John Center ||||||||||||||
| 46th | 1967 – 1970 | J. Lorne McGuigan | PC | George E. McInerney | PC | Donald D. Patterson | PC | Robert J. Higgins | Lib. |
| 47th | 1970 – 1972 | J. Lorne McGuigan | PC | George E. McInerney | PC | Eric Teed | PC | Robert J. Higgins | Lib. |
| 47th | 1973 – 1974 | J. Lorne McGuigan | PC | John W. Turnbull | Lib. | Eric Teed | PC | Robert J. Higgins | Lib. |
| Riding dissolved into Saint John Harbour, Saint John North, Saint John Park and Saint John South ||||||||||||||

## Election results
### Saint John Centre

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 25 June 1973 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| | Liberal | John W. Turnbull | 6,933 | Y |
| | Progressive Conservative | George W. Bate | 6,848 | |
1970 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Progressive Conservative | J. Lorne McGuigan | 10,435 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | Eric L. Teed | 9,943 | Y |
| Liberal | Robert J. Higgins | 9,926 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | George E. McInerney | 9,750 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | Wallace P. MacMurray | 9,533 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Weyman | 7,766 | |
| Liberal | Joseph G. Boyce | 7,726 | |
| Liberal | J. Esmonde Barry | 7,566 | |
| New Democratic | Eldon John Richardson | 996 | |
| New Democratic | David Hugh Jory | 901 | |
| New Democratic | Peter Douglas Gibson | 799 | |
| New Democratic | John Caleb Sutton | 642 | |
| Independent | Michael Ronald Landers | 134 | |
1967 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Progressive Conservative | J. Lorne McGuigan | 11,803 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | D.D. Patterson | 11,386 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | George E. McInerney | 11,255 | Y |
| Liberal | Robert Higgins | 10,671 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | H.C. "Nig" Tracy | 10,651 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Weyman | 9,992 | |
| Liberal | John MacCallum | 9,689 | |
| Liberal | Jas. W. O'Brien | 9,500 | |