New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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Coordinates: | 45°55′44″N65°39′14″W / 45.929°N 65.654°W | ||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2014 | ||
Last contested | 2020 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 15,948 | ||
Electors (2013) | 11,131 | ||
Census division(s) | Albert, Westmorland, Kings, Queens, Sunbury | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Brunswick, Burton, Cambridge, Cardwell, Coverdale, Elgin, Gagetown (parish), Arcadia, Hampstead, Havelock, Johnston, Kars, Moncton (parish), Three Rivers, Salisbury (parish), Springfield, Studholm, Waterborough |
Gagetown-Petitcodiac is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.
The district runs from boundaries of the town of Oromocto to those of the city of Moncton along New Brunswick Highway 2, and includes only small municipalities and unincorporated communities. It drew significant population the former districts of Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings.
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings | ||||
58th | 2014–2018 | Ross Wetmore | Progressive Conservative | |
59th | 2018–2020 | |||
60th | 2020–Present |
2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ross Wetmore | 4,773 | 59.09 | +13.38 | ||||
People's Alliance | Craig Dykeman | 1,303 | 16.13 | -7.41 | ||||
Green | Marilyn Merritt-Gray | 1,003 | 12.42 | -1.23 | ||||
Liberal | Jake Urquhart | 867 | 10.73 | -3.61 | ||||
New Democratic | Ryan Jewkes | 131 | 1.62 | -0.43 | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,077 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 17 | 0.21 | +0.15 | |||||
Turnout | 8,094 | 69.03 | +1.16 | |||||
Eligible voters | 11,725 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +10.39 |
2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ross Wetmore | 3,674 | 45.71 | +1.24 | ||||
People's Alliance | Craig Dykeman | 1,892 | 23.54 | -- | ||||
Liberal | Brigitte Noel | 1,153 | 14.35 | -18.80 | ||||
Green | Marilyn Merritt-Gray | 1,097 | 13.64 | +4.23 | ||||
New Democratic | Anne Marie F. Richardson | 165 | 2.05 | -10.92 | ||||
KISS | Carolyn MacDonald | 56 | 0.70 | -- | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,037 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 5 | 0.06 | ||||||
Turnout | 8,042 | 67.88 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,848 |
2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Ross Wetmore | 3,352 | 44.47 | |||||
Liberal | Barak Stevens | 2,499 | 33.15 | |||||
New Democratic | Anthony Crandall | 978 | 12.97 | |||||
Green | Fred Harrison | 709 | 9.41 | |||||
Total valid votes | 7,538 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.45 | ||||||
Turnout | 7,572 | 63.74 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 11,879 | |||||||
This riding was created from parts of Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings, all of which elected Progressive Conservatives in the previous election. Ross Wetmore was the incumbent from Grand Lake-Gagetown. | ||||||||
Source: Elections New Brunswick [1] |
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