PC incumbent Ross Wetmore wins Gagetown-Petitcodiac riding in the 2020 election.
Riding background
The 2013 redistricting process saw a new district created from portions of the Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Kings East and Albert ridings.
Gagetown-Petitcodiac runs from the boundaries of Oromocto to Moncton along New Brunswick Highway 2.
The riding consists of small municipalities and unincorporated communities.
Candidates
Liberal: John Urquhart
Progressive Conservative: Ross Wetmore (incumbent)
- Served as Minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries
NDP: Ryan Patrick Jewkes
Green: Marilyn Merritt-Gray
People’s Alliance: Craig Dykeman
History
2018
PC incumbent Ross Wetmore won the riding with 45.7 per cent of the vote.
2014
Wetmore, the incumbent candidate for the now-defunct Grand Lake-Gagetown, re-offered in the new riding of Gagetown-Petitcodiac.
Wetmore would go on to win the seat, earning 44.5 per cent of the vote, compared to Liberal candidate Barak Stevens’ 33.2 per cent.
2010
Petitcodiac, Grand Lake-Gagetown, Kings East and Albert all voted for PC candidates in 2010.