Fredericton North
Provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada
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Fredericton North (French: Fredericton-Nord) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada, from the electoral redistribution of 1973 to the electoral redistribution of 2006, and was contested again from the 2014 New Brunswick general election onward. It was split between the ridings of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2006 until 2014.
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 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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The riding of Fredericton North (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 15,511[1] | ||
| Electors (2013) | 11,366[1] | ||
| Census division | York | ||
| Census subdivision | Fredericton | ||
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished2006
First contested1974
| New Brunswick electoral district | |
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| 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[2] |
| Census division | 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 | 2018–2020 | |||
| 60th | 2020–2024 | Jill Green | Progressive Conservative | |
| 61st | 2024–Present | Luke Randall | Liberal | |
Election results
2020–present
| 2024 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Luke Randall | 4,130 | 51.13 | +32.7 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Green | 2,753 | 34.08 | -7.5 | ||||
| Green | Anthea Plummer | 922 | 11.41 | -19.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Matthew Stocek | 120 | 1.49 | +0.3 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Glen Davis | 107 | 1.32 | -6.3 | ||||
| Libertarian | Andrew Vandette | 46 | 0.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,078 | 99.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.20 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,094 | 64.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,454 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +20.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | % | ||
| Progressive Conservative | 41.6 | ||
| Green | 31.2 | ||
| Liberal | 18.4 | ||
| People's Alliance | 7.6 | ||
| New Democratic | 1.2 | ||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Green | 3,227 | 41.13 | +12.89 | ||||
| Green | Luke Randall | 2,464 | 31.40 | +14.41 | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Horsman | 1,464 | 18.66 | -12.95 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Allen Price | 591 | 7.53 | -13.83 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mackenzie Thomason | 100 | 1.27 | -0.52 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,846 | 99.47 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.53 | +0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,888 | 66.29 | -0.20 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,900 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.92 | ||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Horsman | 2,443 | 31.61 | -1.99 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Green | 2,182 | 28.23 | -3.50 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Lynn King | 1,651 | 21.36 | +17.21 | ||||
| Green | Tamara White | 1,313 | 16.99 | +6.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Scarlett Tays | 139 | 1.80 | -18.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,728 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.21 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,744 | 66.48 | +0.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,648 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.75 | ||||||
| 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 | 66.14 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,676 | |||||||
| 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[5] | ||||||||
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. | ||||||||
