Gagetown-Petitcodiac

Gagetown-Petitcodiac

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Gagetown-Petitcodiac in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Coordinates:	45.929°N 65.654°W / 45.929; -65.654
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	2013
District abolished	2023
First contested	2014
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,948
Electors (2013)	11,131
Census division(s)	Albert, Westmorland, Kings, Queens, Sunbury
Census subdivision(s)	Brunswick, Burton, Cambridge, Cardwell, Coverdale, Elgin, Gagetown (parish), Arcadia, Hampstead, Havelock, Johnston, Kars, Moncton (parish), Three Rivers, Salisbury (parish), Springfield, Studholm, Waterborough

Gagetown-Petitcodiac was 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 ran from the 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	2014–2018		Ross Wetmore	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2024
Riding dissolved into Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills, Fredericton-Grand Lake, Sussex-Three Rivers, Oromocto-Sunbury and Albert-Riverview

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Wetmore	4,773	59.09	+13.38
	People's Alliance	Craig Dykeman	1,303	16.13	-7.41
	Green	Marilyn Merritt-Gray	1,003	12.42	-1.23
	Liberal	Jake Urquhart	867	10.73	-3.61
	New Democratic	Ryan Jewkes	131	1.62	-0.43
Total valid votes			8,077
Total rejected ballots			17	0.21	+0.15
Turnout			8,094	69.03	+1.16
Eligible voters			11,725
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.39

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Wetmore	3,674	45.71	+1.24
	People's Alliance	Craig Dykeman	1,892	23.54	--
	Liberal	Brigitte Noel	1,153	14.35	-18.80
	Green	Marilyn Merritt-Gray	1,097	13.64	+4.23
	New Democratic	Anne Marie F. Richardson	165	2.05	-10.92
	KISS	Carolyn MacDonald	56	0.70	--
Total valid votes			8,037	100.0
Total rejected ballots			5	0.06
Turnout			8,042	67.88
Eligible voters			11,848

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Wetmore	3,352	44.47
	Liberal	Barak Stevens	2,499	33.15
	New Democratic	Anthony Crandall	978	12.97
	Green	Fred Harrison	709	9.41
Total valid votes			7,538	100.0
Total rejected ballots			34	0.45
Turnout			7,572	63.74
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 (October 6, 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Map of riding as of 2018