Megan Mitton

Megan Mitton is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Memramcook-Tantramar as a member of the Green Party.

Megan Mitton MLA
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Memramcook-Tantramar
Incumbent
Assumed office September 24, 2018
Preceded by	Bernard LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	(1986-05-02) May 2, 1986 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Green
Children	1
Residence	Sackville, New Brunswick
Alma mater	McGill University

She was previously a Green Party candidate in the same district in the 2014 election, finishing third behind Bernard LeBlanc and incumbent Mike Olscamp.

Electoral record

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernard LeBlanc	3,515	45.64	+26.67
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Olscamp	2,037	26.45	-30.23
	Green	Megan Mitton	1,178	15.29	+1.64
	New Democratic	Hélène Boudreau	972	12.62	+1.92
Total valid votes			7,702	100.0
Total rejected ballots			36	0.47
Turnout			7,738	66.56
Eligible voters			11,626
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+28.45
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Megan Mitton	3,148	38.33	+23.03
	Liberal	Bernard LeBlanc	3,137	38.20	-7.44
	Progressive Conservative	Etienne Gaudet	1,518	18.48	-7.96
	New Democratic	Hélène Boudreau	410	4.99	-7.63
Total valid votes			8,213	99.71
Total rejected ballots			24	0.29	-0.17
Turnout			8,237	70.13	+3.57
Eligible voters			11,745
	Green gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.24

References

1. Kalvapalle, Rahul (24 September 2018). "David Coon retains Fredericton South as New Brunswick Greens pick up three seats - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. Global News. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
2. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.