Fredericton West-Hanwell

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Fredericton West-Hanwell
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
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The riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell in relation to other Fredericton electoral districts. The parts of the riding within Fredericton are gold, the balance of the riding is red.
Coordinates: 45°51′11″N66°51′14″W / 45.853°N 66.854°W / 45.853; -66.854
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Dominic Cardy
Progressive Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2014
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Population (2011)16,147
Electors (2013)11,127
Census division(s) York
Census subdivision(s) Fredericton, Hanwell, Kingsclear

Fredericton West-Hanwell (French : Fredericton-Ouest-Hanwell) 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 by combining portions of the Fredericton-Silverwood and York electoral districts.

Contents

The district includes the southwestern part of the City of Fredericton as well as two adjacent communities: Hanwell and Kingsclear, and the Kingsclear First Nation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from York (1995–2014) and Fredericton-Silverwood
58th  2014–2018   Brian Macdonald Progressive Conservative
59th  2018–2020 Dominic Cardy
60th  2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dominic Cardy 4,72652.88+21.06
Green Susan Jonah1,74519.53+2.22
Liberal Chris Duffie1,51016.90-11.03
People's Alliance Mel Keeling8259.23-11.72
New Democratic Armand Cormier1311.47-0.52
Total valid votes8,937100.0
Total rejected ballots140.16
Turnout8,95172.26
Eligible voters12,387
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.42
2018 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dominic Cardy 2,73931.82-3.38*
Liberal Cindy Miles2,40427.93-0.32
People's Alliance Jason Paull1,80320.95--
Green Susan Jonah1,49017.31+10.41
New Democratic Olivier Hébert1711.99-27.66
Total valid votes8,607100.0
Total rejected ballots190.22-0.05
Turnout8,62669.10+0.43
Eligible voters12,483
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.53
*Progressive Conservative vote share change is in comparison to that of PC candidate in 2014. Dominic Cardy's personal vote share change in comparison to his share as NDP candidate in 2014 was +2.17%.
2014 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Brian Macdonald 2,97135.21
New Democratic Dominic Cardy 2,50229.65
Liberal Bernadine Gibson2,38428.25
Green Gayla MacIntosh5826.90
Total valid votes8,439100.0
Total rejected ballots230.27
Turnout8,46268.67
Eligible voters12,323
This riding was created from parts of the former riding of York and Fredericton-Silverwood, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Brian Macdonald was the incumbent from Fredericton-Silverwood.
Source: Elections New Brunswick [1]

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References

  1. Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.