Fredericton West-Hanwell (French: Fredericton-Ouest-Hanwell) was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries by combining portions of the Fredericton-Silverwood and York electoral districts.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
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.png) The riding of Fredericton West-Hanwell in relation to other Fredericton electoral districts. The parts of the riding within Fredericton are gold, the balance of the riding is red. | |
| Coordinates: | 45°51′11″N 66°51′14″W / 45.853°N 66.854°W |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 2013 |
| First contested | 2014 |
| Last contested | 2020 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 16,147 |
| Electors (2013) | 11,127 |
| Census division(s) | York |
| Census subdivision(s) | Fredericton, Hanwell, Kingsclear |
The district included the southwestern part of the City of Fredericton as well as two adjacent communities: Hanwell and Kingsclear, and the Kingsclear First Nation.
Beginning with the 2024 New Brunswick general election, the constituency was redistributed into the new Fredericton South-Silverwood and Hanwell-New Maryland constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from York (1995–2014) and Fredericton-Silverwood | ||||
| 58th | 2014–2018 | Brian Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| 59th | 2018–2020 | Dominic Cardy | ||
| 60th | 2020–2022 | |||
| 2022–2024 | Independent | |||
| Riding dissolved into Fredericton South-Silverwood, Hanwell-New Maryland, Carleton-York and Fredericton-Lincoln |
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Election results
edit| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dominic Cardy | 4,726 | 52.88 | +21.06 | ||||
| Green | Susan Jonah | 1,745 | 19.53 | +2.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Chris Duffie | 1,510 | 16.90 | -11.03 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Mel Keeling | 825 | 9.23 | -11.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Armand Cormier | 131 | 1.47 | -0.52 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,937 | 99.84 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.16 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,951 | 72.26 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,387 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +9.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dominic Cardy | 2,739 | 31.82 | -3.38* | ||||
| Liberal | Cindy Miles | 2,404 | 27.93 | -0.32 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Jason Paull | 1,803 | 20.95 | -- | ||||
| Green | Susan Jonah | 1,490 | 17.31 | +10.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Olivier Hébert | 171 | 1.99 | -27.66 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,607 | 99.78 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 19 | 0.22 | -0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,626 | 69.10 | +0.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,483 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.53 | ||||||
| *Progressive Conservative vote share change is in comparison to that of PC candidate in 2014. Dominic Cardy's personal vote share change in comparison to his share as NDP candidate in 2014 was +2.17%. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Macdonald | 2,971 | 35.21 | |||||
| New Democratic | Dominic Cardy | 2,502 | 29.65 | |||||
| Liberal | Bernadine Gibson | 2,384 | 28.25 | |||||
| Green | Gayla MacIntosh | 582 | 6.90 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,439 | 99.73 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.27 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,462 | 68.67 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,323 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of the former riding of York and Fredericton-Silverwood, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Brian Macdonald was the incumbent from Fredericton-Silverwood. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[1] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.