Fredericton North

Fredericton North (French: Fredericton-Nord) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from 1973 to 2006, and was contested again in the 2014 New Brunswick general election. It was split between the ridings of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2006 until 2014.

Fredericton North (2014-present)

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Fredericton North 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	Stephen Horsman Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,511[1]
Electors (2013)	11,366[2]
Census divisions	York
Census subdivisions	Fredericton

Fredericton North (1974-2006)

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	2006
First contested	1974
Last contested	2003
Demographics
Electors (2003)	14,096[3]
Census divisions	York

From 1974 to 2003, the riding consisted of the whole of the northside of the city of Fredericton. From 2014, it contained only a subset of that former territory, namely the former towns of Devon and Nashwaaksis (excluding parts north of the Ring Road).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Fredericton
48th	1974–1978		Lawrence Garvie	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982		Ed Allen
50th	1982–1987
51st	1987–1991		Jim Wilson	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995		Ed Allen	Confederation of Regions
53rd	1995–1999		Jim Wilson	Liberal
54th	1999–2003		D. Peter Forbes	Progressive Conservative
55th	2003–2006		Thomas J. Burke	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
Riding re-created from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
58th	2014–2018		Stephen Horsman	Liberal
59th	2018–present

Election results

2014–present

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stephen Horsman	2,443	31.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Green	2,182	28.2%
	People's Alliance	Lynn King	1,651	21.4%
	Green	Tamara White	1,313	17.0%
	New Democratic	Scarlett Tays	139	1.8%
Total valid votes			7,728	100.0
Total rejected ballots			16
Turnout			7,744	67.67%
Eligible voters			11,444

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Stephen Horsman	2,589	33.60
	Progressive Conservative	Troy Lifford	2,445	31.73
	New Democratic	Brian Duplessis	1,560	20.25
	Green	Madeleine Berrevoets	791	10.27
	People's Alliance	Patricia Wilkins	320	4.15
Total valid votes			7,705	100.0
Total rejected ballots			18	0.23
Turnout			7,723	67.17
Eligible voters			11,511
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Troy Lifford was the incumbent from Fredericton-Nashwaaksis.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

1974–2006

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T.J. Burke	4,163	47.35	+4.59
	Progressive Conservative	D. Peter Forbes	3,211	36.52	-10.67
	New Democratic	Dennis Atchison	1,418	16.13	+8.82
Total valid votes			8,792	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+7.63

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	D. Peter Forbes	4,081	47.19	+26.65
	Liberal	Brad Woodside	3,698	42.76	-6.17
	New Democratic	Todd Joseph Tingley	632	7.31	-5.10
	Confederation of Regions	Ronald Rubar	203	2.35	-15.78
	Natural Law	William Parker	34	0.39	–
Total valid votes			8,648	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.41

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Wilson	4,235	48.93	+17.46
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Brown	1,778	20.54	+5.80
	Confederation of Regions	Ross Ingram	1,569	18.13	-31.16
	New Democratic	Elaine Perkins	1,074	12.41	+7.91
Total valid votes			8,656	100.0
	Liberal gain from Confederation of Regions		Swing		+5.83

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Confederation of Regions	Ed Allen	6,052	49.29	–
	Liberal	Jim Wilson	3,864	31.47	-26.54
	Progressive Conservative	Donald H. Parent	1,810	14.74	-16.44
	New Democratic	Richard Stephen DeSaulniers	553	4.50	-3.23
Total valid votes			12,279	100.0
	Confederation of Regions gain from Liberal		Swing		+37.92
Confederation of Regions candidate Ed Allen gained 18.11 percentage points from his performance in the 1987 election running as a Progressive Conservative.

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Wilson	6,667	58.01	+26.48
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Allen	3,584	31.18	-28.37
	New Democratic	Carman J. Burns	888	7.73	-1.19
	Independent	Gordon "Brian" King	354	3.08	–
Total valid votes			11,493	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+27.42

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin G. Allen	6,392	59.55	+3.68
	Liberal	Bob C. Chase	3,384	31.53	-5.63
	New Democratic	Nancy MacFarland	958	8.92	+1.95
Total valid votes			10,734	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.66

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edwin G. Allen	5,304	55.87	+3.22
	Liberal	Carl Edward Howe	3,528	37.16	-7.58
	New Democratic	Christopher Devlin Hicks	662	6.97	+4.36
Total valid votes			9,494	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.40

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Garvie	4,792	52.65
	Liberal	Carl Edward Howe	4,072	44.74
	New Democratic	Michel Goudreau	238	2.61
Total valid votes			9,102	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Fredericton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Lawrence Garvie being one of two incumbents.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.