Grand Lake-Gagetown

Grand Lake-Gagetown

New Brunswick electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Ross Wetmore Progressive Conservative
District created	2006 redistribution
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population (2001)	12,442
Electors	9,894
Pop. density (per km²)	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".
Census divisions	Kent County, Sunbury County, Queens County
Census subdivisions	Village of Cambridge Narrows, Village of Chipman, Village of Gagetown, Village of Minto, Parish of Cambridge, Parish of Gagetown, Parish of Hampstead, Parish of Johnston, Parish of Wickham

Grand Lake-Gagetown is 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 current MLA is Eugene McGuinley who serves as Speaker of the Legislature.

History

It was created in 2006 from parts of Grand Lake and Oromocto-Gagetown. From Grand Lake, it took Chipman, Minto and other communities around the Grand Lake area, however large portions of the district—both in terms of geographics with large forested areas in the west of the district and in terms of population with suburban areas just out side of Fredericton—were lost to the district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak. From Oromocto-Gagetown it took all portions of the district north of the St. John River, including the Village of Gagetown.

Its first (and to date only) representative is Liberal Eugene McGuinley, the incumbent from the old Grand Lake district. One of McGuinley's challengers in 2006 was Jack Carr, the twin brother of Jody Carr, the incumbent from the old Oromocto-Gagetown district.

MLAs

• Doug Harrison, Liberal (1987–1991)
• Max White, Confederation of Regions (1991–1995)
• Doug Tyler, Liberal (1995–1999)
• David Charles Jordan, Progressive Conservative (1999–2003)
• Eugene McGinley, Liberal (2003–2010)
• Ross Wetmore, Progressive Conservative (2010–present)

Results

* This was a new district being contested for the first time, being made up in parts from the former districts of Oromocto-Gagetown and Grand Lake. The majority of the district came from Grand Lake, which had been held by the Liberals, while Oromocto-Gagetown had been held by the Progressive Conservatives. McGuinley was the incumbent from Grand Lake.

See also

• New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006

References

• "An Electoral Map for New Brunswick: Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission"
• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. "2006 Provincial Election Results"

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick