Fredericton West-Hanwell

Fredericton West-Hanwell
New Brunswick electoral district

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.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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Brian Macdonald
Progressive Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2011) 16,147
Electors (2013) 11,127
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Fredericton, Hanwell, Kingsclear

Fredericton West-Hanwell is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It will first be 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.

The district includes the southwestern part of the City of Fredericton as well as to adjacent communities: Hanwell and Kingsclear, as well as the Kingsclear First Nation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from York (1995–2014) and Fredericton-Silverwood
58th  2014–Present     Brian Macdonald Progressive Conservative

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeBrian Macdonald 2,971 35.21
New DemocraticDominic Cardy 2,502 29.65
LiberalBernadine Gibson 2,384 28.25
GreenGayla MacIntosh 582 6.90
Total valid votes 8,439100.0  
Total rejected ballots 230.27
Turnout 8,46269.67
Eligible voters 12,146
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

  1. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.

External links

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