Fredericton North

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Fredericton North (2014-present)
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
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The riding of Fredericton North in relation to other Fredericton electoral districts. The riding is red, other parts of the city of Fredericton are gold.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Jill Green
Progressive Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2014
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,511 [1]
Electors (2013)11,366 [2]
Census division(s) York
Census subdivision(s) Fredericton
Fredericton North (1974-2006)
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 2006
First contested 1974
Last contested 2003
Demographics
Electors (2003)14,096 [3]
Census division(s) York

Fredericton North (French : Fredericton-Nord) 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.

Contents

From 1974 to 2003, the riding consisted of the whole of the northside of the city of Fredericton. From 2014, it contained only a subset of that former territory, namely the former towns of Devon and Nashwaaksis (excluding parts north of the Ring Road).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Fredericton
48th  1974–1978   Lawrence Garvie Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982 Ed Allen
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Jim Wilson Liberal
52nd  1991–1995   Ed Allen Confederation of Regions
53rd  1995–1999   Jim Wilson Liberal
54th  1999–2003   D. Peter Forbes Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006   Thomas J. Burke Liberal
Riding dissolved into Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
Riding re-created from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
58th  2014–2018   Stephen Horsman Liberal
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present   Jill Green Progressive Conservative

Election results

2020–present

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jill Green 3,22641.12+12.89
Green Luke Randall2,46431.41+14.42
Liberal Stephen Horsman 1,46418.66-12.95
People's Alliance Allen Price5917.53-13.83
New Democratic Mackenzie Thomason 1001.27-0.53
Total valid votes7,845100.0
Total rejected ballots420.53
Turnout7,88767.87
Eligible voters11,620
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -0.77
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stephen Horsman 2,44331.61-1.99
Progressive Conservative Jill Green 2,18228.23-3.50
People's Alliance Lynn King1,65121.36+17.21
Green Tamara White1,31316.99+6.72
New Democratic Scarlett Tays1391.80-18.45
Total valid votes7,728100.0
Total rejected ballots160.21-0.03
Turnout7,74466.48+0.34
Eligible voters11,648
Liberal hold Swing +0.75
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Stephen Horsman 2,58933.60
Progressive Conservative Troy Lifford 2,44531.73
New Democratic Brian Duplessis1,56020.25
Green Madeleine Berrevoets79110.27
People's Alliance Patricia Wilkins3204.15
Total valid votes7,705100.0
Total rejected ballots180.23
Turnout7,72366.14
Eligible voters11,676
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Troy Lifford was the incumbent from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [4]

1974–2006

2003 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal T.J. Burke 4,16347.35+4.59
Progressive Conservative D. Peter Forbes 3,21136.52-10.67
New Democratic Dennis Atchison1,41816.13+8.82
Total valid votes8,792100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +7.63
1999 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative D. Peter Forbes 4,08147.19+26.65
Liberal Brad Woodside 3,69842.76-6.17
New Democratic Todd Joseph Tingley6327.31-5.10
Confederation of Regions Ronald Rubar2032.35-15.78
Natural Law William Parker340.39
Total valid votes8,648100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +16.41
1995 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Wilson 4,23548.93+17.46
Progressive Conservative Walter Brown1,77820.54+5.80
Confederation of Regions Ross Ingram1,56918.13-31.16
New Democratic Elaine Perkins1,07412.41+7.91
Total valid votes8,656100.0  
Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions Swing +5.83
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Confederation of Regions Ed Allen 6,05249.29
Liberal Jim Wilson 3,86431.47-26.54
Progressive Conservative Donald H. Parent1,81014.74-16.44
New Democratic Richard Stephen DeSaulniers5534.50-3.23
Total valid votes12,279100.0  
Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal Swing +37.92
Confederation of Regions candidate Ed Allen gained 18.11 percentage points from his performance in the 1987 election running as a Progressive Conservative.
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jim Wilson 6,66758.01+26.48
Progressive Conservative Ed Allen 3,58431.18-28.37
New Democratic Carman J. Burns8887.73-1.19
Independent Gordon "Brian" King3543.08
Total valid votes11,493100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +27.42
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Edwin G. Allen 6,39259.55+3.68
Liberal Bob C. Chase3,38431.53-5.63
New Democratic Nancy MacFarland9588.92+1.95
Total valid votes10,734100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.66
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Edwin G. Allen 5,30455.87+3.22
Liberal Carl Edward Howe3,52837.16-7.58
New Democratic Christopher Devlin Hicks6626.97+4.36
Total valid votes9,494100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.40
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Garvie 4,79252.65
Liberal Carl Edward Howe4,07244.74
New Democratic Michel Goudreau2382.61
Total valid votes9,102100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Fredericton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Lawrence Garvie being one of two incumbents.

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