Fredericton South (electoral district)

For the district used from 1974–2014 originally called Fredericton South and later Fredericton-Silverwood, see Fredericton-Silverwood.

Fredericton South (French: Fredericton-Sud) 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 by combining portions of the former districts of Fredericton-Lincoln and Fredericton-Silverwood.

Fredericton South

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Fredericton South in relation to other Fredericton electoral districts. The riding is red, other parts of the city of Fredericton are gold.
Coordinates:	45.953°N 66.647°W / 45.953; -66.647
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	2013
First contested	2014
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,380[1]
Electors (2013)	11,178[2]
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Fredericton

The district included the downtown and uptown areas of the southside of the City of Fredericton, including Fredericton City Hall, the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, the University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University.

Green Party leader David Coon was elected MLA in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and 2020.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Fredericton-Silverwood and Fredericton-Lincoln
58th	2014–2018		David Coon	Green
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2024
Riding abolished into Fredericton-Lincoln and Fredericton South-Silverwood

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Coon	4,213	54.01	-2.70
	Progressive Conservative	Brian MacKinnon	2,342	30.02	+16.71
	Liberal	Nicole Picot	895	11.47	-8.91
	People's Alliance	Wendell Betts	234	3.00	-4.83
	New Democratic	Geoffrey Noseworthy	117	1.50	-0.25
Total valid votes			7,801	99.77
Total rejected ballots			18	0.23
Turnout			7,819	71.04
Eligible voters			11,006
	Green hold		Swing		-9.71

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Coon	4,273	56.31	+25.63
	Liberal	Susan Holt	1,525	20.10	-1.52
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Smith	1,042	13.73	-12.44
	People's Alliance	Bonnie Clark	616	8.12	--
	New Democratic	Chris Durrant	132	1.74	-18.04
Total valid votes			7,588	100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Green hold		Swing		+13.58

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	David Coon	2,272	30.68
	Progressive Conservative	Craig Leonard	1,938	26.17
	Liberal	Roy Wiggins	1,601	21.62
	New Democratic	Kelly Lamrock	1,465	19.78
	Independent	Courtney Mills	130	1.76
Total valid votes			7,406	100.0
Total rejected ballots			18	0.24
Turnout			7,424	71.27
Eligible voters			10,417
This district was created from parts of Fredericton-Silverwood and Fredericton-Lincoln, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Craig Leonard was the incumbent from Fredericton-Lincoln.
Source: Elections New Brunswick,[3] CBC News[4]

External links

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