Fredericton South-Silverwood (French: Fredericton-Sud-Silverwood) is an upcoming provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. It was created when the Fredericton South district was split into two, creating this district and Fredericton-Lincoln. The remainder of the district was carved out of Fredericton West-Hanwell. It will first be contested during the 2024 New Brunswick general election.[1]
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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| Provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 2023 |
| First contested | 2024 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | York |
| Census subdivision(s) | Fredericton |
Fredericton South-Silverwood was proposed in 2022 and created in 2023, though it received opposing reactions from residents and members of the Green Party.[2][3][4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Fredericton South | ||||
| 61st | 2024–TBD | TBD | TBD | |
Election results
edit| 2024 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Nicolle Carlin | |||||||
| Green | Simon Ouellette | |||||||
| Liberal | Susan Holt | |||||||
| New Democratic | Nicki Lyons-MacFarlane | |||||||
| This district was created by splitting Fredericton South, which elected a Green Party member in the previous election, into two new districts. David Coon was the incumbent from Fredericton South, and will be running in the other district, Fredericton-Lincoln. | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[5] | |||
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| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 40.3 | ||
| Green | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal | 14.1 | ||
| People's Alliance | 5.1 | ||
| New Democratic | 1.6 | ||
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Rudderham, Hannah (October 5, 2023). "Liberal Leader Susan Holt says she'll run in Fredericton South-Silverwood". CBC News. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ Lothian, Robert (December 13, 2022). "Officials unhappy with proposed boundary changes to Fredericton's provincial ridings". Global News. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ Poitras, Jacques (March 13, 2023). "Commission sticks with plan to split Green leader's riding on new election map". CBC News. Yahoo News. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ Poitras, Jacques (September 11, 2023). "Coon's riding pick means no election showdown with Holt". CBC News. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Fredericton South-Silverwood". 338Canada. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
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