Fredericton South-Silverwood

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Fredericton South-Silverwood
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Fredericton South-Silverwood (2023-).png
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 		 
Susan Holt
Liberal
District created2023
First contested 2024
Demographics
Census division(s) York
Census subdivision(s) Fredericton, Hanwell

Fredericton South-Silverwood (French : Fredericton-Sud-Silverwood) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created when the Fredericton South district was split into two, creating this district and Fredericton-Lincoln. The remainder of the district was carved out of Fredericton West-Hanwell. It was first contested during the 2024 New Brunswick general election. [1]

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Fredericton South-Silverwood was proposed in 2022 and created in 2023, though it received opposing reactions from residents and members of the Green Party. [2] [3] [4]

Fredericton South-Silverwood (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding Fredericton South-Silverwood Roads Map.png
Fredericton South-Silverwood (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fredericton West-Hanwell and Fredericton South
61st  2024–Present   Susan Holt Liberal

Election results

2024 New Brunswick general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Susan Holt 4,60451.64+37.5
Progressive Conservative Nicolle Carlin2,28725.65-14.6
Green Simon Ouellette1,86020.86-18.0
New Democratic Nicki Lyons-MacFarlane1651.85+0.3
Total valid votes8,91699.89
Total rejected ballots100.11
Turnout8,92671.28
Eligible voters11,522
Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +26.1
This district was created by splitting Fredericton South, which elected a Green Party member in the previous election, into two new districts. David Coon was the incumbent from Fredericton South, and will be running in the other district, Fredericton-Lincoln.
2020 provincial election redistributed results [5]
Party%
  Progressive Conservative 40.3
  Green 38.9
  Liberal 14.1
  People's Alliance 5.1
  New Democratic 1.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rudderham, Hannah (October 5, 2023). "Liberal Leader Susan Holt says she'll run in Fredericton South-Silverwood". CBC News . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  2. ↑ Lothian, Robert (December 13, 2022). "Officials unhappy with proposed boundary changes to Fredericton's provincial ridings". Global News . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  3. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (March 13, 2023). "Commission sticks with plan to split Green leader's riding on new election map". CBC News . Yahoo News. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ Poitras, Jacques (September 11, 2023). "Coon's riding pick means no election showdown with Holt". CBC News . Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Fredericton South-Silverwood". 338Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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