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2024 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake

Rick DeSaulniers
Leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick
In office April 22, 2022 –June 30, 2025
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Austin	4,456	54.0%	+22.7
	Liberal	Kevin Dignam	2,277	27.6%	+18.4
	Green	Ken Washburn	862	10.4%	-3.0
	People's Alliance	Rick DeSaulniers	461	5.6%	-39.2
	New Democratic	Arthur Taylor	195	2.4%	+1.4
Total valid votes			8,251
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections New Brunswick [6]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ryan Cullins	3,730	42.41	+11.53
	Green	Melissa Fraser	2,110	23.99	+8.50
	People's Alliance	Rick DeSaulniers	1,991	22.64	-11.09
	Liberal	Randy McKeen	872	9.91	-8.46
	New Democratic	Steven J. LaForest	68	0.77	-0.38
	KISS	Gerald Bourque	24	0.27	-0.11
Total valid votes			8,795	100.0
Total rejected ballots			36	0.41
Turnout			8,831	70.41
Eligible voters			12,542
	Progressive Conservative gain from People's Alliance		Swing		+1.52

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Alliance	Rick DeSaulniers	3,033	33.7
	Progressive Conservative	Kirk MacDonald	2,777	30.9
	Liberal	Amber Bishop	1,652	18.4
	Green	Amanda Wildeman	1,393	15.5
	New Democratic	Evelyne Godfrey	103	1.1
	KISS	Sandra Bourque	34	0.3
Total valid votes			8,992	100.0
Total rejected ballots			18
Turnout			9,010	72.40%
Eligible voters			12,444

References

1. "Fredericton area awash in colours as 4 parties send MLAs to legislature". CBC News New Brunswick, September 24, 2018.
2. "Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election". Global News. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
3. Poitras, Jacques (22 April 2022). "People's Alliance supporters push to resurrect party ahead of June byelections". CBC. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
4. Poitras, Jacques (31 May 2022). "People's Alliance lives on, chooses new leader". CBC. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
5. Huras, Adam. "It's over: People's Alliance deregisters as party, this time for good". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
6. "2024 results".