Gagetown-Petitcodiac

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Gagetown-Petitcodiac
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
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The riding of Gagetown-Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates: 45°55′44″N65°39′14″W / 45.929°N 65.654°W / 45.929; -65.654
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 2013
District abolished2023
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 was 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.

Contents

The district ran from the 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown,
Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings
58th  2014–2018   Ross Wetmore Progressive Conservative
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–2024
Riding dissolved into Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills, Fredericton-Grand Lake,
Sussex-Three Rivers, Oromocto-Sunbury and Albert-Riverview

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Wetmore 4,77359.09+13.38
People's Alliance Craig Dykeman1,30316.13-7.41
Green Marilyn Merritt-Gray1,00312.42-1.23
Liberal Jake Urquhart86710.73-3.61
New Democratic Ryan Jewkes1311.62-0.43
Total valid votes8,077
Total rejected ballots170.21+0.15
Turnout8,09469.03+1.16
Eligible voters11,725
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.39
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Wetmore 3,67445.71+1.24
People's Alliance Craig Dykeman1,89223.54--
Liberal Brigitte Noel1,15314.35-18.80
Green Marilyn Merritt-Gray1,09713.64+4.23
New Democratic Anne Marie F. Richardson1652.05-10.92
KISS Carolyn MacDonald560.70--
Total valid votes8,037100.0  
Total rejected ballots50.06
Turnout8,04267.88
Eligible voters11,848
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Ross Wetmore 3,35244.47
Liberal Barak Stevens2,49933.15
New Democratic Anthony Crandall97812.97
Green Fred Harrison7099.41
Total valid votes7,538100.0  
Total rejected ballots340.45
Turnout7,57263.74
Eligible voters11,879
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]

References

  1. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.


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