Oromocto-Sunbury

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Oromocto-Sunbury
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Mary Wilson
Progressive Conservative
District created2023
First contested 2024

Oromocto-Sunbury is an upcoming provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. It was created largely out of Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton, while also including eastern portions of New Maryland-Sunbury, and a part of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West.

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District created

The district was created in 2023 and will be first contested in the 2024 New Brunswick general election. It covers the municipalities of Oromocto with the eastern half of Sunbury-York South, southeastern areas in the Capital Region Rural District, and northwestern parts of the Fundy Rural District. The riding also holds the Oromocto First Nation. [1]

Oromocto-Sunbury (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding Oromocto-Sunbury Roads Map.png
Oromocto-Sunbury (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Election results

2020 provincial election redistributed results [2]
Party %
  Progressive Conservative 56.1
  Liberal 14.5
  People's Alliance 14.2
  Green 13.4
  New Democratic 1.7

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References

  1. "37 Oromocto-Sunbury" (PDF).
  2. "Oromocto—Sunbury". 338Canada. Retrieved 30 September 2024.