Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (1995–2006)

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Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Fredericton-fortnashwaak.PNG
A map depicting the boundaries of the former district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (1995-2006) in red with the new boundaries (2006 to present) in blue
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1994
District abolished 2006
First contested 1995
Last contested 2003

Fredericton-Fort Naswaak was an electoral district returning members to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for three elections: 1995, 1999, and 2003.

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It was created in the 1994 electoral redistribution taking in the easternmost portions of the City of Fredericton taking about half of its territory from each of Fredericton North and Fredericton South on either side of the Saint John River.

It elected Liberals Greg Byrne and Kelly Lamrock in the 1995 and 2003 elections respectively but elected Progressive Conservative Eric MacKenzie by a narrow margin in 1999 when his party swept the province winning 80% of the seats. [1]

The district was abolished in the 2006 electoral redistribution when the Boundary Commission expressed a desire to use the Saint John River as a natural boundary between districts. Somewhat confusingly though, the commission re-used the name Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak for a new district wholly on the north side of the Saint John River using all of the territories from that side of the river from this district as well as substantial portions of Fredericton North and Grand Lake.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fredericton North and Fredericton South
53rd  1995–1999   Greg Byrne Liberal
54th  1999–2003   Eric MacKenzie Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006   Kelly Lamrock Liberal
Riding dissolved into Fredericton-Lincoln
and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (2006–2013)

Election results

2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kelly Lamrock 2,92542.89+1.43
Progressive Conservative Eric MacKenzie 2,36434.66-10.88
New Democratic Penny Ericson1,53122.45+11.41
Total valid votes6,820100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +6.16
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Eric MacKenzie 2,94945.54+22.99
Liberal Greg Byrne 2,68541.46-8.47
New Democratic Pat A. Kennedy71511.04-3.27
Confederation of Regions David Alexander Brown961.48-11.72
Natural Law Andie Haché310.48
Total valid votes6,476100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.73
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Greg Byrne 3,24149.93
Progressive Conservative Brent Bishop1,46422.55
New Democratic Patricia Kennedy92914.31
Confederation of Regions Nancy Curtis85713.20
Total valid votes6,491100.0  
Liberal notional gain Swing  

  1. "The Legislative Library of New Brunswick - New Brunswick Elections Database - Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak". www1.gnb.ca. Retrieved November 26, 2022.

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