Fredericton South (electoral district)

Coordinates: 45°57′11″N 66°38′49″W / 45.953°N 66.647°W / 45.953; -66.647
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Fredericton South
New Brunswick
2013
First contested2014
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)15,380[1]
Electors (2013)11,178[2]
Census division(s)York
Census subdivision(s)Fredericton

Fredericton South (

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

Saint Thomas University
.

Green Party leader David Coon was elected MLA in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and 2020.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Fredericton-Silverwood
and Fredericton-Lincoln
58th  2014–2018     David Coon Green
59th  2018–2020
60th  2020–Present

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Coon 4,213 54.01 -2.70
Progressive Conservative Brian MacKinnon 2,342 30.02 +16.71
Liberal Nicole Picot 895 11.47 -8.91
People's Alliance Wendell Betts 234 3.00 -4.83
New Democratic Geoffrey Noseworthy 117 1.50 -0.25
Total valid votes 7,801 100.0
Total rejected ballots 18 0.23
Turnout 7,819 71.04
Eligible voters 11,006
Green hold Swing -9.71
2018 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Coon 4,273 56.31 +25.63
Liberal Susan Holt 1,525 20.10 -1.52
Progressive Conservative Scott Smith 1,042 13.73 -12.44
People's Alliance Bonnie Clark 616 8.12 --
New Democratic Chris Durrant 132 1.74 -18.04
Total valid votes 7,588 100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Green hold Swing +13.6
2014 New Brunswick general election
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 created 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

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Elections New Brunswick (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Fredericton South - New Brunswick Votes 2014 - Ridings". Archived from the original on September 23, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2014.