Fredericton-Lincoln

Infobox Canadian provincial riding
name = Fredericton-Lincoln
province = New Brunswick
legislature = Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick


member-type = Member of the Legislative Assembly
party-colour = Liberal
member = Greg Byrne
member-party = Liberal
census-date = 2001
pop = 13,816
election-date = 2006
electors = 10,860
area =
popdens =
created = 2006 redistribution
cdivision = York County, Sunbury County
muns = City of Fredericton, Parish of Lincoln

Fredericton-Lincoln is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its current MLA is Greg Byrne who serves in the cabinet as Minister of Business New Brunswick.

History

The district was created in the 2006 redistribution primarily from those parts of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak south of the St. John River and the suburban community of Lincoln from the New Maryland district. It also includes those portions of downtown Fredericton east of Regent Street that were not already a part of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (including the legislature building itself) which were formerly part of Fredericton South.

Its first (and to date only) representative is Liberal Greg Byrne, who previously represented the old Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak district from 1995 to 1999. One of Byrne's challegners in 2006 was then leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party Allison Brewer.

Results

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Liberal
Greg Byrne
align="right"|3272
align="right"|48.7%
align="right"|*
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Progressive Conservative
William Forrestall
align="right"|2412
align="right"|35.7%
align="right"|*
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New Democrat
Allison Brewer
align="right"|1041
align="right"|15.5%
align="right"|*
- bgcolor="white"
colspan=6|
- bgcolor="white"
align="left"|Liberal gain*.
align="right"|Majority
align="right"|860
align="right"|13.0%
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* This was a new district being contested for the first time, being made up in parts from the former districts of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, Fredericton South and New Maryland. The latter two were previously held by the Progressive Conservatives while Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak had been held by the Liberals.

See also

* New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006

References

* [http://www.gnb.ca/0101/AmendedFinal/PDF/finalreport-e.pdf "An Electoral Map for New Brunswick: Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission"]
* [http://www.gnb.ca/elections/06prov/06provresults-e.asp Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. "2006 Provincial Election Results"]

External links

* [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index.asp Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]