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.