Fredericton South (electoral district)

Fredericton South
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Fredericton South 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
 
 		 

David Coon
Green

District created 2013
First contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 15,380[1]
Electors (2013) 11,178[2]
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Fredericton

Fredericton South 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 former districts of Fredericton-Lincoln and Fredericton-Silverwood.

The district includes the downtown and uptown areas of the southside of the City of Fredericton, including Fredericton City Hall, the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, the University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Fredericton-Silverwood
and Fredericton-Lincoln
58th  2014–Present     David Coon Green

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%
GreenDavid Coon 2,272 30.68
Progressive ConservativeCraig Leonard 1,938 26.17
LiberalRoy Wiggins 1,601 21.62
New DemocraticKelly Lamrock 1,465 19.78
IndependentCourtney Mills 130 1.76
Total valid votes 7,406100.0  
Total rejected ballots 180.24
Turnout 7,42471.27
Eligible voters 10,417
This district was createf from parts of Fredericton-Silverwood and Fredericton-Lincoln, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Craig Leonard was the incumbent from Fredericton-Lincoln.
Source: Elections New Brunswick,[3] CBC News[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  3. ↑ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/ridings/fredericton-south-1.2721414


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.