Fredericton-Grand Lake

Summary

Fredericton-Grand Lake (French: Fredericton-Grand Lac) 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.

Fredericton-Grand Lake
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Fredericton-Grand Lake in relation to other Fredericton electoral districts. The parts of the riding within Fredericton are gold, and the balance of the riding is red.
Coordinates:46°04′01″N 66°10′05″W / 46.067°N 66.168°W / 46.067; -66.168
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
Kris Austin
Progressive Conservative
District created2013
First contested2014
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,201
Electors (2013)11,509
Census division(s)Sunbury, York, Queens
Census subdivision(s)Fredericton, Maugerville, Noonan

The district includes the northeastern part of the City of Fredericton (most of Marysville and all of Barkers Point), the communities surrounding Grand Lake, and points in between including Noonan and Maugerville.

Members of the Legislative Assembly edit

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Grand Lake-Gagetown
and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
58th  2014–2018     Pam Lynch Progressive Conservative
59th  2018–2020     Kris Austin People's Alliance
60th  2020–2022
 2022–Present     Progressive Conservative

Election results edit

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Alliance Kris Austin 3,759 46.42 -8.16
Progressive Conservative Roy Wiggins 2,479 30.62 +2.95
Green Ken Washburn 1,005 12.41 +7.04
Liberal Eldon Hunter 749 9.25 -1.61
New Democratic Greg Cook 87 1.07 -0.22
KISS Grenville Woollacott 18 0.22 +0.01
Total valid votes 8,097 100.0
Total rejected ballots 25 0.31
Turnout 8,122 70.17
Eligible voters 11,575
People's Alliance hold Swing -5.56
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Alliance Kris Austin 4,799 54.58 +25.79
Progressive Conservative Pam Lynch 2,433 27.67 -1.12
Liberal Wendy Tremblay 955 10.86 -17.05
Green Dan Weston 472 5.37 +1.08
New Democratic Glenna Hanley 114 1.29 -9.24
KISS Gerald Bourque 19 0.21 --
Total valid votes 8,792 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 10
Turnout 8,802 75.08
Eligible voters 11,724
People's Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.5
2014 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Pam Lynch 2,403 28.79
People's Alliance Kris Austin 2,377 28.48
Liberal Sheri Shannon 2,330 27.91
New Democratic Bronwen Mosher 879 10.53
Green Dan Weston 358 4.29
Total valid votes 8,347 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 16 0.19
Turnout 8,363 70.66
Eligible voters 11,835
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Grand Lake-Gagetown and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Pam Lynch was the incumbent from Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]

References edit

  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.

External links edit

  • Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • Map of riding as of 2018