Gagetown-Petitcodiac

Gagetown-Petitcodiac
New Brunswick electoral district

The riding of Gagetown-Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 

Ross Wetmore
Progressive Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 15,948
Electors (2013) 11,131
Census divisions Albert, Westmorland, Kings, Queens, Sunbury
Census subdivisions Brunswick, Burton, Cambridge, Cardwell, Cambridge-Narrows, Coverdale, Elgin, Gagetown (parish), Gagetown (village), Hampstead, Havelock, Johnston, Kars, Moncton (parish), Petitcodiac, Salisbury (parish), Springfield, Studholm, Waterborough

Gagetown-Petitcodiac is 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.

The district runs from boundaries of the town of Oromocto to those of the city of Moncton along New Brunswick Highway 2, and includes only small municipalities and unincorporated communities. It drew significant population the former districts of Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown,
Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings
58th  2014–Present     Ross Wetmore Progressive Conservative

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeRoss Wetmore 3,352 44.47
LiberalBarak Stevens 2,499 33.15
New DemocraticAnthony Crandall 978 12.97
GreenFred Harrison 709 9.41
Total valid votes 7,538100.0  
Total rejected ballots 340.45
Turnout 7,57263.74
Eligible voters 11,879
This riding was created from parts of Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Oromocto, Kings East and Hampton-Kings, all of which elected Progressive Conservatives in the previous election. Ross Wetmore was the incumbent from Grand Lake-Gagetown.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[1]

References

  1. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 15 Oct 2014.


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