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Fredericton North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada from 1973 to 2006,and was contested again in the 2014 New Brunswick general election. It was split between the ridings of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2006 until 2014.
Kent is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was created for the 1995 election,taking in most of Kent Centre and parts of Kent North. Its boundaries were expanded southward in 2006,while losing some territory to its north.
Fredericton-Silverwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first created using the name Fredericton South in the 1973 redrawing of electoral districts by splitting the two-member district of Fredericton and was first used in the 1974 general election. Its name was changed to Fredericton-Silverwood in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts. The riding was split in two along Smythe Street in the 2013 redistribution,with half of the riding going to Fredericton South and half to Fredericton West-Hanwell.
Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its last MLA was Pam Lynch of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.
The 2006 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was undertaken as a result of legislation introduced by Bernard Lord,the Premier of New Brunswick,Canada,on June 9,2005. The legislation establishes a statutory requirement for redistribution of electoral districts after every decennial Canadian census.
The history of Fredericton stretches from prehistory to the modern day. Fredericton,New Brunswick was first inhabited by the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet peoples. European settlement of the area began with the construction of Fort Nashwaak by the French in 1692. In 1783,the United Empire Loyalists settled Ste. Anne's Point,and in the next year,renamed the settlement Frederick's Town. The name was later shorted to Fredericton in April 1785.
Fredericton-Lincoln was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its last MLA was Craig Leonard who served in the cabinet as Minister of Government Services.
Fredericton-Nashwaaksis was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year.
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Greg Byrne,K.C. is a lawyer and former MLA in the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
Jack MacDougall is a former politician in New Brunswick,Canada.
The Green Party of New Brunswick was formed in November 2008 to run in provincial elections. It is a registered Green political party in New Brunswick,Canada. A founding convention was held on November 15,2008,in Moncton where the membership adopted a constitution,and a charter of principles to guide the development of policies and platforms. A 12-member Executive Committee was elected.
Douglas is a civil parish in York County,New Brunswick,Canada.
Nashwaak or Nashwaaksis may refer to:
The People's Alliance of New Brunswick (PANB) is a provincial political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the 2018 election,the party won three seats in the provincial legislature for the first time since its founding. The party advocated for "common sense" government and the abolition of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages,with a transfer of that office's responsibilities to the office of the provincial ombudsman. The party's platform has been described as "a mixture of economic conservatism,rural populism and opposition to some aspects of official bilingualism and duality".
Craig Leonard is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Fredericton-Lincoln as a member of the Progressive Conservatives until the 2014 provincial election,when he was defeated by David Coon in the redistributed riding of Fredericton South.
David Charles Coon is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election to represent the provincial electoral district of Fredericton South.
Fredericton-York 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 from portions of the former districts of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and York North.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Brunswick:
References
- ↑ Fredericton North
- ↑ New Brunswick Votes 2010: Fredericton-Nashwaaksis. cbc.ca, September 27, 2010.
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