2014 New Brunswick general election

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2014 New Brunswick general election
Flag of New Brunswick.svg
  2010 September 22, 2014 (2014-09-22) 2018  

49 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.65% [1]
 Majority partyMinority party
  Premier Brian Gallant.jpg David Alward, premier of New Brunswick, Canada.png
Leader Brian Gallant David Alward
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since October 27, 2012 October 18, 2008
Leader's seat Shediac Bay-Dieppe Carleton
Last election13 seats, 34.42%42 seats, 48.84%
Seats before1341
Seats won2721
Seat changeIncrease2.svg14Decrease2.svg20
Percentage42.73%34.65%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.31pp Decrease2.svg14.19pp

 Third partyFourth party
  David Coon Cropped.jpg Dominic Cardy crop.jpg
Leader David Coon Dominic Cardy
Party Green New Democratic
Leader since September 22, 2012 March 2, 2011
Leader's seat Fredericton South ran in Fredericton West-Hanwell (lost)
Last election0 seats, 4.54%0 seats, 10.41%
Seats before00
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Percentage6.61%12.98%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.07pp Increase2.svg2.57pp

New Brunswick 2014 Election Results.svg
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.

Premier before election

David Alward
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Brian Gallant
Liberal

The 2014 New Brunswick general election was held on September 22, 2014, to elect 49 members to the 58th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Contents

The 2013 redistribution reduced the size of the legislature from 55 seats to 49.

The New Brunswick Liberal Association, led by Brian Gallant, won a majority government, defeating Incumbent Premier David Alward's Progressive Conservatives, which became the second single-term government in New Brunswick's history. [2] The New Democratic Party, led by Dominic Cardy won the highest support in its history, though failed to win any seats. As a result of these losses, both Alward and Cardy resigned as leaders of their respective parties. [2] [3] The Green Party of New Brunswick improved on its results from the previous election, with party leader David Coon winning the party's first seat, and becoming only the second Green politician (after British Columbia MLA Andrew J. Weaver) elected to a provincial legislature. [2]

Fracking was a major issue in the election as a whole. Most commentators described the election as a referendum on it. [4] [5]

Polling in the weeks leading up to the campaign gave the Liberals a wide lead over the governing Progressive Conservatives. Some commentators openly speculated about whether the Liberals were on track to repeat the 1987 provincial election, when they won every seat in the Legislative Assembly. [6] As the campaign progressed, however, the gap in popular support between the two parties narrowed significantly. Some attributed this in part to a television interview with CBC New Brunswick anchor Harry Forestell in which Gallant gave inaccurate numbers relating to his proposal for a tax increase on the province's wealthiest residents. [7] In the final poll of the campaign, the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives were tied at 40 per cent support each. [8]

Timeline

Results

Summary of the 2014 Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick election [a 1]
2014 NB Legislative Assembly.svg
PartyLeaderCandidatesVotesSeats
#± %Change (pp) 2010 2014±
Liberal Brian Gallant 49158,85230,774Increase2.svg42.738.288.28
 
13
27 / 49
14Increase2.svg
Progressive Conservative David Alward 49128,79952,598Decrease2.svg34.65-14.15
 
42
21 / 49
21Decrease2.svg
New Democratic Dominic Cardy 4948,2599,573Increase2.svg12.982.582.58
 
Green David Coon 4624,5727,629Increase2.svg6.612.052.05
 
1 / 49
1Increase2.svg
People's Alliance Kris Austin 187,9643,601Increase2.svg2.140.970.97
 
Independent 83,2931,018Increase2.svg0.890.27
Total219371,739100.00%
Rejected ballots1,6221,538Decrease2.svg
Turnout373,3611,541Decrease2.svg64.65%4.91Decrease2.svg
Registered voters577,52938,564Increase2.svg
  1. "Recapitulation". Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Thirty-Eighth General Election September 22, 2014 (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. 2019. pp. 19–21. ISBN   978-1-4605-1946-2.


Synopsis of results

2014 New Brunswick general election - synopsis of riding results [a 1]
RidingWinning partyTurnout
[a 2]
Votes
2010 1st placeVotesShareMargin
#
Margin
%
2nd place Lib PC NDP Green PA IndTotal
 
Albert  PC PC3,16340.78%97312.55% Lib62.20%2,1903,1638809295947,756
Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore New Lib4,43161.56%2,53735.25% PC63.71%4,4311,8945593147,198
Bathurst West-Beresford New Lib4,36762.74%2,58937.19% PC62.79%4,3671,7785642526,961
Campbellton-Dalhousie New Lib4,82062.25%2,94137.98% PC66.43%4,8201,8797622827,743
Caraquet  Lib Lib4,71656.82%2,90234.96% PC73.99%4,7161,8141,5791918,300
Carleton New PC4,06156.77%2,47334.57% Lib62.63%1,5884,0615807501747,153
Carleton-Victoria New Lib3,13140.83%821.07% PC64.14%3,1313,0496834643417,668
Carleton-York New PC3,66246.53%1,45918.54% Lib64.06%2,2033,6628166025877,870
Charlotte-Campobello  PC Lib3,17641.73%1942.55% PC60.96%3,1762,9825154534847,610
Dieppe  Lib Lib4,86665.97%3,50647.53% PC65.37%4,8661,3607364147,376
Edmundston-Madawaska Centre  PC PC3,66648.16%2433.19% Lib67.29%3,4233,6665237,612
Fredericton-Grand Lake New PC2,40328.79%260.31% PA69.52%2,3302,4038793582,3778,347
Fredericton North New Lib2,58933.60%1441.87% PC66.14%2,5892,4451,5607913207,705
Fredericton South New Green2,27230.68%3344.51% PC67.89%1,6011,9381,4652,2721307,406
Fredericton West-Hanwell New PC2,97135.21%4695.56% NDP68.67%2,3842,9712,5025828,439
Fredericton-York New PC2,88735.43%5226.41% Lib66.71%2,3652,8871,6955833792408,149
Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West  Lib Lib4,49862.47%2,67037.08% PC62.15%4,4981,8285583167,200
Gagetown-Petitcodiac New PC3,35244.47%85311.32% Lib63.32%2,4993,3529787097,538
Hampton New PC2,67938.74%88312.77% NDP58.47%1,6182,6791,7965542696,916
Kent North New Lib4,69950.02%2,99231.85% Green75.00%4,6991,5591,2941,7071359,394
Kent South New Lib4,63748.66%1,42114.91% PC76.07%4,6373,2165359531889,529
Kings Centre New PC2,43135.66%3214.71% Lib59.61%2,1102,4311,6423113236,817
Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston  PC Lib4,10656.39%1,49020.46% PC62.68%4,1062,6165607,282
Memramcook-Tantramar  PC Lib3,51545.64%1,47819.19% PC65.57%3,5152,0379721,1787,702
Miramichi New Lib3,97450.00%1,23115.49% PC70.29%3,9742,7433283075967,948
Miramichi Bay-Neguac  PC Lib4,19949.22%89210.46% PC71.25%4,1993,3077852408,531
Moncton Centre New Lib3,33952.98%1,75027.77% PC58.13%3,3391,5898665086,302
Moncton East New Lib3,44345.09%92212.07% PC62.23%3,4432,5211,1055677,636
Moncton Northwest  PC PC3,01242.15%2393.34% Lib59.11%2,7733,0127834361427,146
Moncton South  PC Lib2,90345.10%65610.19% PC54.70%2,9032,2477575306,437
Moncton Southwest New PC2,52338.80%2493.83% Lib54.38%2,2742,5231,1293921846,502
New Maryland-Sunbury  PC PC3,39140.95%7969.61% Lib65.96%2,5953,3911,7875088,281
Oromocto-Lincoln New PC2,82741.97%4737.02% Lib59.07%2,3542,8278573793186,735
Portland-Simonds  PC PC2,78248.90%87715.42% Lib50.83%1,9052,7827432595,689
Quispamsis  PC PC3,88451.35%1,49419.75% Lib64.19%2,3903,8849382381147,564
Restigouche-Chaleur  Lib Lib4,06953.92%1,87124.79% NDP66.23%4,0691,1202,1981607,547
Restigouche West New Lib4,94058.02%3,23037.93% PC72.11%4,9401,7103511,5148,515
Riverview  PC PC3,75152.73%1,65423.25% Lib61.18%2,0973,7517235427,113
Rothesay  PC PC3,03445.20%1,19617.82% Lib60.87%1,8383,0341,5592826,713
Saint John East New Lib2,33237.02%90.14% PC54.92%2,3322,3231,1673531246,299
Saint John Harbour  Lib Lib1,68632.19%711.36% PC46.78%1,6861,6151,1207011155,237
Saint John Lancaster  PC PC2,61939.18%4576.84% Lib62.09%2,1622,6191,535283856,684
Shediac Bay-Dieppe New Lib5,66164.61%3,98345.46% PC68.63%5,6611,6788036208,762
Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé  Lib Lib5,49660.18%3,77841.37% PC72.21%5,4961,7181,1757439,132
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou  PC Lib4,01446.10%440.51% PC76.65%4,0143,9704972268,707
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin  PC PC3,83747.62%88611.00% Lib70.23%2,9513,8373612146948,057
Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins  PC PC3,67749.86%1,96726.67% Lib61.05%1,7103,6776525707667,375
Tracadie-Sheila  PC Lib5,91664.61%3,72140.64% PC76.60%5,9162,195861121649,157
Victoria-la-Vallée  PC Lib3,96949.62%91311.41% PC68.72%3,9693,0565464287,999
  = Open seat
  = Turnout is above provincial average
  = Winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = Incumbent had switched allegiance
  = Previously incumbent in another riding
  = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = Incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = Other incumbents renominated
  = Previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = Multiple candidates

Tabulator problem and manual recount demand

The election marked the first time that the province used electronic vote tabulation machines from Dominion Voting in a provincial election. They had previously been used in New Brunswick municipal elections. [2] On election night, the machines displayed vote totals which were verified by Elections New Brunswick officials and entered into a province-wide database for the media. By 11:45 PM, these unverified numbers were to have been replaced by totally machine-reported numbers from the tabulators themselves with no human interventions or errors possible to distort results. It was "a program processing the initial results that had a glitch", not the tabulators themselves, according to officials. [20]

Elections New Brunswick grew uncomfortable with the human involvement and influence of the unevenly tabulated results. It brought the results reporting to a standstill as counts were reverified by hand before further resignations or concessions were triggered.

At 10:45 p.m. Atlantic time, Elections New Brunswick officially suspended the results reporting count, with 17 ridings still undeclared, while it investigated the delay. [21] It called for over sixty tabulator count devices to be brought to central locations for verification without relying on the reporting program. At no time was there an allegation of fraud by any party or public official.

As a result of the controversy, both the Progressive Conservatives and the People's Alliance Party called for a hand count of all ballots, with the former refusing to concede the election until the following day. [2] Michael Quinn, the province's chief electoral officer determined no total recount was necessary. [2] Recounts were held in 7 of 49 ridings and the results were upheld with variations of no more than 1 vote per candidate per riding. [22]

Results by region

Party NameNorthernMiramichiSoutheasternSouthernCapital RegionUpper River ValleyTotal
  Liberal Seats82941327
 Popular Vote58.12%45.34%46.52%34.30%29.27%43.00%42.72%
  Progressive
Conservative
Seats01576221
 Popular Vote25.51%40.30%31.13%40.29%35.79%43.61%34.65%
  New Democratic Seats0000000
 Popular Vote11.49%6.01%11.76%16.50%18.37%7.67%12.98%
  Green Seats0000101
 Popular Vote2.42%3.10%9.44%5.83%9.65%4.35%6.61%
  People's Alliance Seats0000000
 Popular Vote0.00%2.83%1.15%2.53%6.33%0.46%2.14%
 IndependentSeats0000000
 Popular Vote2.46%2.43%0.00%0.55%0.59%0.90%0.89%
Total seats8314118549

Results by place

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
  Liberal 27184
  Progressive Conservative 21262
  Green 114346
  New Democratic 33511
  People's Alliance 12114
  Independent 214

Opinion polls

Polling FirmLast Day of PollingLink PC Liberal NDP Green PA
Forum ResearchSeptember 21, 2014 PDF 4040126
Corporate Research AssociatesSeptember 18, 2014 HTML 36451162
Forum ResearchSeptember 11, 2014 PDF 3242136
Corporate Research AssociatesAugust 31, 2014 HTML 28481742
Forum ResearchAugust 25, 2014 HTML 3146157
Nordic Research GroupAugust 21, 2014 HTML [usurped] 2634135
Corporate Research AssociatesMay 31, 2014 HTML 2853163
Corporate Research AssociatesFebruary 28, 2014 PDF 3143214
Corporate Research AssociatesNovember 28, 2013 HTML 2547244
Corporate Research AssociatesSeptember 1, 2013 PDF 23472443
Corporate Research AssociatesMay 30, 2013 PDF 29412731
Corporate Research AssociatesMarch 8, 2013 PDF Archived 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine 3235265
Corporate Research AssociatesDecember 1, 2012 PDF 38381941
Corporate Research AssociatesAugust 31, 2012 PDF 3832246
Corporate Research AssociatesMay 30, 2012 PDF 4432195
Corporate Research AssociatesFebruary 29, 2012 PDF 4531223
Corporate Research AssociatesNovember 29, 2011 PDF 45282331
Corporate Research AssociatesAugust 31, 2011 PDF 4134232
Corporate Research AssociatesMay 31, 2011 PDF 56202013
Corporate Research AssociatesFebruary 28, 2011 PDF 582786
Corporate Research AssociatesNovember 30, 2010 PDF 6125104
Election 2010 September 27, 2010 HTML 48.834.510.44.61.2

Retiring incumbents

The following sitting members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) had announced that they would not re-offer at this election:

Progressive Conservatives

Liberals

Candidates

New boundaries were in effect as a result of an electoral redistribution replacing the districts used in the 2006 and 2010 elections. Candidates had to file their nomination papers by September 2, 2014 to appear on the ballot. [31]

Legend

Northern

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Restigouche West Martine Coulombe *
1,710
20.08%
Gilles LePage
4,940
58.02%
Gilles Cyr
351
4.12%
[32] Charles Thériault (Independent)
1,514
17.78%
new district
Campbellton-Dalhousie Joseph Elias
1,879
24.27%
Donald Arseneault
4,820
62.25%
Jamie O'Rourke
762
9.84%
Heather Wood
282
3.64%
Donald Arseneault
merged district
Greg Davis [25]
Restigouche-Chaleur Gilberte Boudreau
1,120
14.84%
Daniel Guitard
4,069
53.92%
Ray Godin
2,198
29.12%
Mario Comeau
160
2.12%
Roland Haché [30]
Bathurst West-Beresford Anne Bard-Lavigne
1,778
25.54%
Brian Kenny *
4,367
62.74%
Etienne Arseneau
564
8.10%
Catherine Doucet
252
3.62%
new district
Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Ryan Riordon *
1,894
26.31%
Denis Landry *
4,431
61.56%
Benjamin Kalenda
559
7.77%
Gerry Aubie
314
4.36%
new district
Caraquet Suzanne Morais-Vienneau
1,814
21.86%
Hédard Albert
4,716
56.82%
Mathieu Chayer
1,579
19.02%
Sophie Chiasson-Gould
191
2.30%
Hédard Albert
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Paul Robichaud
3,970
45.60%
Wilfred Roussel
4,014
46.10%
Juliette Paulin
497
5.71%
Tony Mallet
226
2.60%
Paul Robichaud
Tracadie-Sheila Claude Landry
2,195
23.97%
Serge Rousselle
5,916
64.61%
François Rousselle
861
9.40%
Nancy Benoit
121
1.32%
Donald Thomas (Independent)
64
0.70%
Claude Landry

Miramichi

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Miramichi Bay-Neguac Serge Robichaud
3,307
38.76%
Lisa Harris
4,199
49.22%
Curtis Bartibogue
785
9.20%
Filip Vanicek
240
2.81%
Serge Robichaud
Miramichi Robert Trevors
2,743
34.51%
Bill Fraser
3,974
50.00%
Roger Vautour
328
4.13%
Patty Deitch
307
3.86%
Michael "Tanker" Malley (Independent)
596
7.50%
Bill Fraser
merged district
Robert Trevors
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Jake Stewart
3,837
47.62%
Norma Smith
2,951
36.63%
Douglas Mullin
361
4.48%
Kevin Matthews
214
2.66%
Wes Gullison (PANB)
694
8.61%
Jake Stewart

Southeastern

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Kent North Nancy Blanchard
1,559
16.60%
Bertrand LeBlanc
4,699
50.02%
Allan Marsh
1,294
13.77%
Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson
1,707
18.17%
Raven-Chanelle Arsenault-Augustine (PANB)
135
1.44%
Bertrand LeBlanc
Kent South Claude Williams
3,216
33.75%
Benoît Bourque
4,637
48.66%
Paul Musgrave
535
5.61%
Tina Beers
953
10.00%
Joël MacIntosh (PANB)
188
1.97%
Brian Gallant [A]
merged district
Claude Williams
Shediac Bay-Dieppe Dolorès Poirier
1,678
19.15%
Brian Gallant *
5,661
64.61%
Agathe Lapointe
803
9.16%
Stephanie Matthews
620
7.08%
new district
Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé Carmel Brun
1,718
18.81%
Victor Boudreau
5,496
60.18%
Bernice Boudreau
1,175
12.87%
Charles Thibodeau
743
8.14%
Victor Boudreau
Memramcook-Tantramar Mike Olscamp
2,037
26.45%
Bernard LeBlanc *
3,515
45.64%
Hélène Boudreau
972
12.62%
Megan Mitton
1,178
15.29%
Mike Olscamp
Dieppe Normand Léger
1,360
18.44%
Roger Melanson
4,866
65.97%
Sandy Harquail
736
9.98%
Françoise Aubin
414
5.61%
Roger Melanson
Moncton East Jane Mitton-MacLean
2,521
33.01%
Monique LeBlanc
3,443
45.09%
Roy MacMullin
1,105
14.47%
Matthew Clark
567
7.43%
new district
Moncton Centre Marie-Claude Blais *
1,589
25.21%
Chris Collins *
3,339
52.98%
Luc Leblanc
866
13.74%
Jeffrey McCluskey
508
8.06%
new district
Moncton South Sue Stultz
2,247
34.91%
Cathy Rogers
2,903
45.10%
Elisabeth French
757
11.76%
Rish McGlynn
530
8.23%
Sue Stultz
Moncton Northwest Ernie Steeves
3,012
42.15%
Brian Hicks
2,773
38.80%
Jason Purdy
783
10.96%
Mike Milligan
436
6.10%
Carl Bainbridge (PANB)
142
1.99%
John Betts
Moncton Southwest Sherry Wilson *
2,523
38.80%
Tyson Milner
2,274
34.97%
Charles Doucet
1,129
17.36%
Mathieu LaPlante
392
6.03%
Lucy Goguen (PANB)
184
2.83%
new district
Riverview Bruce Fitch
3,751
52.73%
Tammy Rampersaud
2,097
29.48%
Danie Pitre
723
10.16%
Linda Hardwick
542
7.62%
Bruce Fitch
Albert Brian Keirstead
3,163
40.78%
Terry Keating
2,190
28.24%
Kelly-Sue O'Connor
880
11.35%
Ira Wilbur
929
11.98%
Bill Brewer (PANB)
594
7.66%
Wayne Steeves
Gagetown-Petitcodiac Ross Wetmore *
3,352
44.47%
Barak Stevens
2,499
33.15%
Anthony Crandall
978
12.97%
Fred Harrison
709
9.41%
new district

Southern

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins Bruce Northrup
3,677
49.86%
Heike MacGregor
1,710
23.19%
Billy Carter
652
8.84%
Stephanie Coburn
570
7.73%
LeRoy Armstrong (PANB)
766
10.39%
Bruce Northrup
Hampton Gary Crossman
2,679
38.74%
John Cairns
1,618
23.40%
Bev Harrison *
1,796
25.97%
John Sabine
554
8.01%
Joan K. Seeley (PANB)
269
3.89%
new district
Quispamsis Blaine Higgs
3,884
51.35%
Mary Schryer
2,390
31.60%
Angela-Jo Griffin
938
12.40%
Patrick Kemp
238
3.15%
Brandon Gardner (PANB)
114
1.51%
Blaine Higgs
Rothesay Ted Flemming
3,039
45.24%
Stephanie Tomilson
1,838
27.36%
John Wilcox
1,559
23.21%
Ann McAllister
282
4.20%
Ted Flemming [B]
Saint John East Glen Savoie
2,323
36.88%
Gary Keating
2,332
37.02%
Phil Comeau
1,167
18.53%
Sharon Murphy
353
5.60%
Jason Inness (PANB)
124
1.97%
Glen Savoie
merged district
Glen Tait [29]
Portland-Simonds Trevor Holder
2,782
48.90%
Michael Butler
1,905
33.49%
Tony Sekulich
743
13.06%
Sheila Croteau
259
4.55%
Trevor Holder
Saint John Harbour Carl Killen
1,615
30.84%
Ed Doherty
1,686
32.19%
Gary Stackhouse
1,120
21.39%
Wayne Dryer
701
13.39%
Arthur Watson (PANB)
115
2.20%
Carl Killen
Saint John Lancaster Dorothy Shephard
2,619
39.18%
Peter McGuire
2,162
32.35%
Abel LeBlanc
1,535
22.97%
Ashley Durdle
283
4.23%
Mary Ellen Carpenter (Independent)
85
1.27%
Dorothy Shephard
Kings Centre Bill Oliver
2,431
35.66%
Shannon Merrifield
2,110
30.95%
Daniel Anderson
1,642
24.09%
Mark Connell
311
4.56%
Colby Fraser (Independent)
323
4.74%
new district
Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Jim Parrott *
1,828
25.39%
Rick Doucet
4,498
62.47%
Terry James
558
7.75%
Krysta Oland
316
4.39%
Rick Doucet
Charlotte-Campobello Curtis Malloch
2,982
39.19%
John Ames
3,176
41.73%
June Greenlaw
515
6.77%
Derek Simon
453
5.95%
Joyce Wright (PANB)
484
6.36%
Curtis Malloch

Capital Region

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Oromocto-Lincoln Jody Carr
2,827
41.97%
Trisha Hoyt
2,354
34.95%
Amanda Diggins
857
12.72%
Jean Louis Deveau
379
5.63%
Jeff Langille (PANB)
318
4.72%
Jody Carr
merged district
Craig Leonard
Fredericton-Grand Lake Pam Lynch
2,403
28.79%
Sheri Shannon
2,330
27.91%
Bronwen Mosher
879
10.53%
Dan Weston
358
4.29%
Kris Austin(PANB)
2,377
28.48%
Pam Lynch
merged district
Ross Wetmore
New Maryland-Sunbury Jeff Carr
3,391
40.95%
Michael Pearson
2,595
31.34%
Aimee Foreman
1,787
21.58%
Kelsey Adams
508
6.13%
Jack Carr
Fredericton South Craig Leonard *
1,938
26.17%
Roy Wiggins
1,601
21.62%
Kelly Lamrock
1,465
19.78%
David Coon
2,272
30.68%
Courtney Mills (Independent)
130
1.76%
new district
Fredericton North Troy Lifford *
2,445
31.73%
Stephen Horsman
2,589
33.60%
Brian Duplessis
1,560
20.25%
Madeleine Berrevoets
791
10.27%
Patricia Wilkins (PANB)
320
4.15%
new district
Fredericton-York Kirk MacDonald *
2,886
35.42%
Randy McKeen
2,365
29.03%
Sharon Scott-Levesque
1,695
20.80%
Dorothy Diamond
583
7.16%
Rick Wilkins (PANB)
379
4.65%
Gerald Bourque (Independent)
240
2.95%
new district
Fredericton West-Hanwell Brian Macdonald
2,971
35.21%
Bernadine Gibson
2,384
28.25%
Dominic Cardy
2,502
29.65%
Gayla MacIntosh
582
6.90%
Brian Macdonald
merged district
Carl Urquhart
Carleton-York Carl Urquhart *
3,662
46.53%
Ashley Cummings
2,203
27.99%
Jacob Elsinga
816
10.37%
Terry Wishart
602
7.65%
David Graham (PANB)
587
7.46%
new district

Upper River Valley

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
Progressive ConservativesLiberalNDPGreenOther
Carleton David Alward *
4,061
56.77%
Thomas Reid
1,588
22.20%
Jeremiah Clark
580
8.11%
Andrew Clark
750
10.49%
Steven Love (PANB)
174
2.43%
new district
Carleton-Victoria Colin Lockhart
3,049
39.76%
Andrew Harvey
3,131
40.83%
Joe Gee
683
8.91%
Garth Farquhar
464
6.05%
Carter Edgar (Independent)
216
2.82%
Terry Ritchie (Independent)
125
1.63%
Dale Graham [26]
merged district
Wes McLean [27]
Victoria-la-Vallée Danny Soucy
3,056
38.20%
Chuck Chiasson
3,969
49.62%
Joe Berube
546
6.83%
Daniel Zolondek
428
5.35%
Danny Soucy
Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madeleine Dubé
3,666
48.16%
Michel LeBlond
3,423
44.97%
Alain Martel
523
6.87%
Madeleine Dubé
Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston Yvon Bonenfant
2,616
35.92%
Francine Landry
4,106
56.39%
Widler Jules
560
7.69%
Yvon Bonenfant

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