Keith Chiasson
Canadian politician
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Keith Raymond Chiasson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party.
Keith Chiasson | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Indigenous Affairs | |
| Assumed office November 2, 2024 | |
| Premier | Susan Holt |
| Preceded by | Réjean Savoie |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Tracadie-Sheila | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Serge Rousselle |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Liberal |
Chiasson was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Local Government and Local Governance Reform. He was re-elected in the 2024 general election in the riding of Tracadie. On November 1, 2024, it was announced that he was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Indigenous Affairs.[2]
Election results
| 2024 New Brunswick general election: Tracadie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Chiasson | 5,030 | 53.53 | −16.67 | ||||
| Green | Serge Brideau | 3,829 | 40.75 | +33.35 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gertrude Mclaughlin | 537 | 5.72 | −16.68 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,396 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Chiasson | 6,175 | 69.55 | +20.77 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Diane Carey | 2,059 | 23.19 | -3.79 | ||||
| Green | Chris LeBlanc | 645 | 7.26 | +2.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,879 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 56 | 0.63 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,935 | 75.28 | +1.12 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,869 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +12.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[4] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Keith Chiasson | 4,320 | 48.77 | -15.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Claude Landry | 2,390 | 26.98 | +3.01 | ||||
| New Democratic | Francis Duguay | 1,213 | 13.70 | +4.29 | ||||
| Independent | Stéphane Richardson | 544 | 6.14 | |||||
| Green | Nancy Benoit | 390 | 4.40 | +3.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,861 | 99.30 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 62 | 0.70 | +0.37 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,919 | 74.53 | -2.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,967 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -9.42 | ||||||
