Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (1995–2006)

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
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1994
District abolished 2006
First contested 1995
Last contested 2003

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

It was created in the 1994 electoral redistribution taking in the eastern most 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.

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 territory 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

New Brunswick general election, 2003
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
New Brunswick general election, 1999
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
New Brunswick general election, 1995
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  
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