Fredericton South (electoral district)
For the district used from 1974-2014 originally called Fredericton South and later Fredericton-Silverwood, see Fredericton-Silverwood.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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.png) 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 | ||
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| 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 will first be 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 | |
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| Riding created from Fredericton-Silverwood and Fredericton-Lincoln |
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| 58th | 2014–Present | David Coon | Green | |
Election results
| New Brunswick general election, 2014 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Green | David Coon | 2,272 | 30.68 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Leonard | 1,938 | 26.17 | |||||
| Liberal | Roy Wiggins | 1,601 | 21.62 | |||||
| New Democratic | Kelly Lamrock | 1,465 | 19.78 | |||||
| Independent | Courtney Mills | 130 | 1.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,406 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,424 | 71.27 | ||||||
| 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] | ||||||||
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
- ↑ http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
- ↑ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/ridings/fredericton-south-1.2721414
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