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Riding profile
Fredericton South is an urban riding that includes large parts of what is considered downtown Fredericton. The riding contains voters living on the southside of the St. John River and is bounded on the south by Route 8 and the Vanier Highway, on the southeast by the Princess Margaret Bridge and on the northwest by the centre line of Smythe Street from Route 8 to Odell Park
The riding includes the University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas University, the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital and the Legislative Assembly.
The Fredericton economy is driven largely by the public service and the two public universities that are located in the capital city. But the city is also home to growing technology industry and has seen companies, such as Radian6 and Q1 Labs, sold for hundreds of millions of dollars.
About these charts
This demographic information is from Statistics Canada's 2011 census. The New Brunswick provincial average for mother tongue is 34 per cent French, 63 per cent English, and three per cent other. On average, the New Brunswick electorate is distributed in four different kinds of areas. Thirty-six per cent live in a city, 32 per cent in a non-municipality, 30 per cent in a municipality, and two per cent in a rural area.
Political history
Fredericton South is a new riding that was created for the 2014 election and includes portions of the former Fredericton-Lincoln and Fredericton-Silverwood ridings.
Every Fredericton riding had voted for the Liberals in 2006 and in 2010 each riding elected Progressive Conservative MLAs.
Progressive Conservative Craig Leonard defeated Liberal Greg Byrne in the riding of Fredericton-Lincoln. Byrne had been elected in 2006 and was a senior cabinet minister in the former Shawn Graham government. The riding changed boundaries for the 2006 election. Liberal Kelly Lamrock held the former riding of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2003 to 2006, which included portions of the Fredericton-Lincoln riding.
Progressive Conservative Brian Macdonald defeated Liberal Rick Miles in Fredericton-Silverwood. Miles was a first-term MLA and served part of that term as the minister of environment. Miles, who was a political unknown in 2006, defeated Progressive Conservative Brad Green. Green was later appointed a judge on the Court of Queen’s Bench and then was appointed to the Court of Appeal.
In 2014, Fredericton South will see Lamrock run again but he will be on the ballot for the NDP. Lamrock had briefly entered the Liberal leadership but he eventually pulled out. Lamrock switched parties in 2013.
Green Party Leader David Coon will also run in Fredericton South. This is Coon’s first election as the leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick. He previously served as the executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
2010 Provincial election results
Fredericton-Lincoln
| Party | Candidate | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Greg Byrne | 2,464 |
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Leonard | 2,713 |
| NDP | Jason Purdy | 1,009 |
| Green Party | Tracey Waite | 665 |
Fredericton-Silverwood
| Party | Candidate | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Rick Miles | 2,507 |
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Macdonald | 2,955 |
| NDP | Tony Myatt | 1,234 |
| Green Party | Jim Wolstenholme | 912 |
| Independent | Jim Andrews | 67 |
2014 Candidates
| Party | Candidate |
|---|---|
| Liberal | Roy Wiggins |
| Progressive Conservative | Craig Leonard |
| NDP | Kelly Lamrock |
| Green Party | David Coon |
| Independent | Courtney Mills |