Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (1995–2006)

Fredericton-Fort Naswaak was an electoral district returning members to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for three elections: 1995, 1999, and 2003.

Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
New Brunswick electoral district
A map depicting the boundaries of the former district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (1995-2006) in red with the new boundaries (2006 to present) in blue
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1994
District abolished2006
First contested1995
Last contested2003

It was created in the 1994 electoral redistribution taking in the easternmost portions of the City of Fredericton taking about half of its territory from each of Fredericton North and Fredericton South on either side of the Saint John River.

It elected Liberals Greg Byrne and Kelly Lamrock in the 1995 and 2003 elections respectively but elected Progressive Conservative Eric MacKenzie by a narrow margin in 1999 when his party swept the province winning 80% of the seats.[1]

The district was abolished in the 2006 electoral redistribution when the Boundary Commission expressed a desire to use the Saint John River as a natural boundary between districts. Somewhat confusingly though, the commission re-used the name Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak for a new district wholly on the north side of the Saint John River using all of the territories from that side of the river from this district as well as substantial portions of Fredericton North and Grand Lake.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Fredericton North and Fredericton South
53rd  1995–1999     Greg Byrne Liberal
54th  1999–2003     Eric MacKenzie Progressive Conservative
55th  2003–2006     Kelly Lamrock Liberal
Riding dissolved into Fredericton-Lincoln
and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (2006–2013)

Election results

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalKelly Lamrock2,92542.89+1.43
Progressive ConservativeEric MacKenzie2,36434.66-10.88
New DemocraticPenny Ericson1,53122.45+11.41
Total valid votes 6,820100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +6.16
1999 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeEric MacKenzie2,94945.54+22.99
LiberalGreg Byrne2,68541.46-8.47
New DemocraticPat A. Kennedy71511.04-3.27
Confederation of RegionsDavid Alexander Brown961.48-11.72
Natural LawAndie Haché310.48
Total valid votes 6,476100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.73
1995 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGreg Byrne3,24149.93
Progressive ConservativeBrent Bishop1,46422.55
New DemocraticPatricia Kennedy92914.31
Confederation of RegionsNancy Curtis85713.20
Total valid votes 6,491100.0  
Liberal notional gain Swing  

References

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