Fredericton-Silverwood

This article is about the district abolished at the 2013 redistribution and known as Fredericton South from 1974-2006. For currently active electoral district, see Fredericton South.

Fredericton-Silverwood

New Brunswick electoral district
Coordinates:	45.949°N 66.669°W / 45.949; -66.669
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1973
District abolished	2013
First contested	1974
Last contested	2010
Demographics
Population (2001)	13,977
Electors	11,846
Census division(s)	York County
Census subdivision(s)	Fredericton

Fredericton-Silverwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created using the name Fredericton South in the 1973 redrawing of electoral districts by splitting the two-member district of Fredericton and was first used in the 1974 general election. Its name was changed to Fredericton-Silverwood in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts. The riding was split in two along Smythe Street in the 2013 redistribution, with half of the riding going to Fredericton South and half to Fredericton West-Hanwell.

History

It was created in 1973 as Fredericton South and included those portions of the old multi-member district of Fredericton south of the Saint John River. It lost eastern territory in the 1994 electoral redistribution to the new district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak and again lost eastern territory in 2006 this time to the new district of Fredericton-Lincoln. Its name was changed in 2006 to Fredericton-Silverwood to prevent confusion among city residents who would identify with "Fredericton South" as residents of the south side of the Saint John River, many of whom were not in the district.

The district was a bellwether, having been won by the governing party in every general election from its creation through its abolishment.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Fredericton South Riding created from Fredericton
48th	1974–1978		George Everett Chalmers	Progressive Conservative
49th	1978–1982		Bud Bird	Progressive Conservative
50th	1982–1987		Dave Clark	Progressive Conservative
51st	1987–1991		Russ King	Liberal
52nd	1991–1995
53rd	1995–1998
	1998–1999		Brad Green	Progressive Conservative
54th	1999–2003
55th	2003–2006
Fredericton-Silverwood
56th	2006–2010		Rick Miles	Liberal
57th	2010–2014		Brian Macdonald	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Fredericton South, Fredericton West-Hanwell and New Maryland-Sunbury

Election results

Fredericton-Silverwood

2010 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Macdonald	2,955	38.50	-2.47
	Liberal	Rick Miles	2,507	32.66	-14.78
	New Democratic	Tony Myatt	1,234	16.08	+4.49
	Green	Jim Wolstenholme	912	11.88	–
	Independent	Jim Andrews	67	0.87	–
Total valid votes			7,675	100.0
Total rejected ballots			37	0.48
Turnout			7,712	67.39
Eligible voters			11,443
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.16
[1]

2006 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Miles	3,335	47.44	+12.20
	Progressive Conservative	Brad Green	2,880	40.97	-0.72
	New Democratic	Dennis Atchison	815	11.59	-11.49
Total valid votes			7,030	100.0
	Liberal notional gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.46
[2]

Fredericton South

2003 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brad Green	3,309	41.69	-8.84
	Liberal	Misty Dawn McLaughlin	2,797	35.24	+4.08
	New Democratic	Nan Luke	1,832	23.08	+5.60
Total valid votes			7,938	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.46
[3]

1999 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brad Green	4,070	50.53	+5.44
	Liberal	Lorraine Silliphant	2,510	31.16	-10.20
	New Democratic	Myrna Gunter	1,409	17.49	+3.93
	Natural Law	Michael McKay	66	0.82	–
Total valid votes			8,055	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.82
[4]

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 1998 on the resignation of Russ King
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Brad Green	2,295	45.09	+20.48
	Liberal	Lorraine Silliphant	2,105	41.36	-10.10
	New Democratic	Dick Grant	690	13.56	+0.61
Total valid votes			5,090	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.29
[5]

1995 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russ King	4,141	51.46	+13.43
	Progressive Conservative	David Peterson	1,980	24.61	+3.25
	New Democratic	Myrna Gunter	1,042	12.95	+0.81
	Confederation of Regions	Dave O'Brien	776	9.64	-17.70
	Natural Law	Michael McKay	108	1.34	–
Total valid votes			8,047	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.09
[6]

1991 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russ King	4,584	38.03	-21.07
	Confederation of Regions	Meryl Sarty	3,295	27.34	–
	Progressive Conservative	Jamie Henderson	2,575	21.36	-0.02
	New Democratic	Pauline MacKenzie	1,463	12.14	-6.45
	Independent	Harry John Marshall	136	1.13	+0.20
Total valid votes			12,053	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-24.20
[7]

1987 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russ King	7,384	59.10	+21.69
	Progressive Conservative	David Clark	2,672	21.38	-25.77
	New Democratic	Shauna Mackenzie	2,323	18.59	+3.90
	Independent	Harry John Marshall	116	0.93	+0.19
Total valid votes			12,495	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+23.73

1982 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Clark	5,507	47.15	-5.41
	Liberal	Steve Patterson	4,369	37.41	-3.07
	New Democratic	Tom Good	1,716	14.69	+8.57
	Independent	Harry John Marshall	87	0.74	-0.14
Total valid votes			11,679	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.17

1978 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. W. "Bud" Bird	5,525	52.56	-4.14
	Liberal	Stephen Patterson	4,252	40.48	+4.53
	New Democratic	Margo Dunn	643	6.12	-0.34
	Independent	Harry John Marshall	92	0.88	-0.02
Total valid votes			10,512	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.34

1974 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Dr. G. Everett Chalmers	5,936	56.70
	Liberal	Daniel M. Hurley	3,764	35.95
	New Democratic	Douglas C. Birdwise	676	6.46
	Independent	Harry John Marshall	94	0.90
Total valid votes			10,470	100.0
The previous multi-member riding of Fredericton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Everett Chalmers being one of two incumbents.

See also

• New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973
• New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994
• New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006

References

1. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved January 2, 2015.
2. New Brunswick Votes 2006. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
3. [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
4. [2]^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
5. [3]^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
7. [4] Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

• "An Electoral Map for New Brunswick: Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission" Archived March 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. "2006 Provincial Election Results"
• CBC riding profile

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• Map of Fredericton-Silverwood riding as of 2010, from Elections NB