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1870 New Brunswick Election

Overview

The 1870 New Brunswick Election was held on June 1st, 1870.

Result

New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick won the most seats in the election

Held on

June 1st, 1870

Writ day

January 1st, 1800

Number of Electoral Districts

Fixed Date

Election Notes

Sources : Elections in New Brunswick: 1784-1984. 1984. New Brunswick Legislative Library: Fredericton, N.B.

Note : Writ date is not correct. Unknown at this time.

Note : The voting rules for selecting two candidates are not known at this time. Valid ballots calculated as valid votes/2.

Results
Districts
Charts
Legislature

Result

Total Electors	Valid Ballots	Valid Votes	Invalid Votes	Turnout Rate
Unavailable	75,399	76,673	Unavailable	Unavailable

Total Electors

Valid Ballots

Valid Votes

Invalid Votes

Turnout Rate

Unavailable

75,399

76,673

Unavailable

Party	Candidates	Seats Won	% of Seats Won	% of Vote
New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick	2	2	100.00%	2.02%

Party

Candidates

Seats Won

% of Seats Won

% of Vote

New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick

100.00%

2.02%

Additional information for New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick

Party Founding : Founded in 1883

Note : New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick

First election as Party : 1883

Legislature Composition

Vote Share by Political Parties

Seats Won by Political Parties

Seats Share by Political Parties

Albert (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
2547		1273

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

2547

1273

Party Name	Candidate	Votes
	J Beattie	357
New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick	Rufus Palmer	846
	Charles Peck	283
New Brunswick Liberal Association/Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick	James Ryan	699
	Edward Steeves	259
	Reuben Stiles	103

Election Result Notes

Note : The voting rules for selecting candidates are not known at this time. Valid ballots calculated as valid votes/2.

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Carleton (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
4416		4416

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

4416

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Leonard Harding		384
	James Jacques		371
	Ivory Kilburn		489
	William Lindsay		860
	Samuel Shaw		518
	Samuel Watts		595
	George White		1199

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Charlotte

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
8700		8700

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

8700

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Joseph Donald		1300
	Francis Hibbard		1530
	James Lynott		730
	John McAdam		1067
	James McKay		751
	Walter McLaughlin		879
	J Robinson		893
	Benjamin Stevenson		1550

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude

Gloucester

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
2584		2584

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

2584

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Théotime Blanchard		557
	Rufus Cole		139
	John Meahan		451
	Samuel Napier		620
	John O Brien		146
	Julian Savoy		157
	William Taylor		514

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Kent (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
3993		3993

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

3993

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	J Bellevieu		848
	William Caie		1127
	Antoine Girouard		1063
	J James		85
	Reuben Johnson		870

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Kings (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
7152		7152

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

7152

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	John Crawford		1138
	William Flewelling		743
	Gideon McLeod		869
	James Nowlan		989
	George Otty		1375
	Philo Raymond		466
	Edward Vail		1572

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	3

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude

Northumberland (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
6497		6497

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

6497

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Michael Adams		976
	Allan Davidson		757
	Thomas Gillespie		902
	Jacob Gough		1301
	William Kelly		1334
	Richard Sutton		751
	William Wilkinson		476

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude

Queens (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
3126		3126

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

3126

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Robert Babbitt		795
	Gideon Bailey		866
	Walter Butler		458
	C Harding		457
	Samuel Peters		125
	A Strong		410
	Vincent Wiggens		15

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Restigouche

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Alexander Desbrisay		0
	William Montgomery		0

Attributes

Acclamation	Yes
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Yes

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Saint John

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
9117		9117

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

9117

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Joseph Coram		1279
	T Crookshank		792
	Abraham Esterbrooks		741
	James Forbes		766
	George King		1614
	Michael Maher		1319
	James Quinton		1148
	Edward Willis		1458

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude

Saint John City

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
4285		4285

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

4285

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Aaron Alward		1080
	William Keans		595
	Joseph Lawrence		787
	A Palmer		844
	William Wedderburn		979

Election Result Notes

Note : Reporting discrepancy:
Aaron Alward 1080; William Wedderburn 988; A. L. Palmer 842; Joseph Lawrence 728; Williams Keans 590;
Reported in MN, July 4, 1870;

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Sunbury (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
2141		2141

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

2141

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	John Covert		559
	Archibald Harrison		647
	Reuben Hoben		381
	William Perley		554

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Victoria (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
2205		2205

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

2205

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	P Byram		42
	Charles Hammond		415
	Elijah Larlee		176
	Lévite Thériault		948
	James Tibbitts		624

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	DMP
District Magnitude	2

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

DMP

District Magnitude

Westmoreland (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
9212		9212

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

9212

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	Bliss Botsford		1216
	John Fawcett		800
	William Gilbert		796
	Daniel Hanington		1097
	Pierre Landry		1681
	Angus McQueen		1384
	Joseph Moore		1182
	Charles Palmer		448
	Charles Ward		255
	Edward Welch		353

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude

York (NB)

Valid Vote	Invalid Votes	Valid Ballots	Invalid Ballots	Electors
10698		10698

Valid Vote

Invalid Votes

Valid Ballots

Invalid Ballots

Electors

10698

Party Name	Candidate	Elected	Votes
	John Beckwith		1538
	Andrew Blair		1221
	Thomas Doohan		0
	Hiram Dow		1397
	J Gunter		0
	George Hatheway		1811
	Charles Macpherson		1524
	W Needham		1228
	Robert Robinson		1979
	James Wetmore		0

Attributes

Acclamation	No
Incomplete Data	Yes
Electorial Formula	PSTV
District Magnitude	4

Acclamation

Incomplete Data

Yes

Electorial Formula

PSTV

District Magnitude