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New Maryland-Sunbury West
New Brunswick electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2008
Demographics
Population (2001)	12,268
Electors (2006)	9,192
Area (km²)	Warning: demo-area is undefined
Census divisions	Sunbury, York
Census subdivisions	Fredericton Junction, Nasonworth, New Maryland, Rusagonis, Tracy

New Maryland-Sunbury West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is currently vacant, to be filled in a by-election on November 3, 2008.[1]

[edit] History

It was created in 1994 as a totally new district taking in large parts of York South and Sunbury as well as small pieces of several other districts. In the 2006 redistribution of districts, it lost the community of Lincoln due to the rapid growth of both Lincoln and the village of New Maryland, both bedroom communities for Fredericton.

Also in 2006, the legislature decided to change the name from New Maryland to New Maryland-Sunbury West to reflect that the district contains much more than just the community of New Maryland.

[edit] Electoral history

1995 New Brunswick election: New Maryland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Kingston	3719	46.7%	*
	Confederation of Regions	Max White	1873	23.5%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Penney	1759	22.0%	*
	New Democratic	Eric Keating	636	8.0%	*

	Liberal gain*.	Majority	1846	23.1%

* This was a new riding created largely out of the former ridings of York South and Sunbury, both of which were held by CoR prior to the election. White was the incumbent from Sunbury.

1999 New Brunswick election: New Maryland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Ashfield	4223	53.3%	+31.3%
	Liberal	Joan Kingston	3077	38.8%	-7.9%
	New Democratic	Carol E. Moore	441	5.6%	-2.4%
	Confederation of Regions	George Rennick	182	2.3%	-21.2%

	Prog. Con. gain.	Majority	1146	14.5%

2003 New Brunswick election: New Maryland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Ashfield	3719	45.7%	-7.6%
	Liberal	Joan Kingston	3502	43.0%	+4.2%
	New Democratic	Kay Nandlall	923	11.3%	+5.7%

	Prog. Con. hold.	Majority	217	2.7%

2006 New Brunswick election: New Maryland-Sunbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Keith Ashfield	3209	52.0%	+6.3%
	Liberal	Les Smith	2654	43.0%	-
	New Democratic	Brecken Rose Hancock	306	5.0%	-6.3%

	Prog. Con. hold.	Majority	555	9.0%

2008 by-election: New Maryland-Sunbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Carr	2,494	51.1%	-0.9%
	Liberal	Debbie McCann	2,236	45.8%	+2.8%
	New Democratic	Michael McCaffrey	152	3.1%	-1.9%

	Prog. Con. hold.	Majority	258	5.3%

[edit] External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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