Jenica Atwin
Jenica Atwin | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Fredericton | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Matt DeCourcey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | New Brunswick, Canada |
| Political party | Green Party of Canada |
Jenica Atwin MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Fredericton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election,[1] defeating incumbent MP Matt DeCourcey. She is an education Consultant and researcher at a First Nations Education Centre,[2] and completed a Master in Education at the University of New Brunswick.[3]
She is the first Member of Parliament of the Green Party of Canada to be elected outside of British Columbia, and the first woman to be elected in the riding of Fredericton.[4][5]
Early life and Education
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Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Jenica Atwin | 15,380 | 32.8 | +20.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Andrea Johnson | 14,589 | 31.1 | +2.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Matt DeCourcey | 12,803 | 27.3 | -22.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mackenzie Thomason | 2,826 | 6.0 | -3.9 | ||||
| People's | Jason Paull | 767 | 1.6 | +1.6 | ||||
| Animal Protection | Lesley Thomas | 277 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||||
| Libertarian | Brandon Kirby | 123 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||||
| Communist | Jacob Patterson | 76 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,841 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 46,841 | 71.16 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 65,825 | |||||||
| Green gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election: New Maryland-Sunbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jeff Carr | 3,844 | 41.2 | +0.25 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Morris Shannon | 2,214 | 23.7 | +23.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Alex Scholten | 2,210 | 23.7 | -7.64 | ||||
| Green | Jenica Atwin | 902 | 9.7 | +3.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mackenzie Thomason | 143 | 1.5 | -20.08 | ||||
| KISS | Danelle Titus | 14 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | {{{3}}} | ||||||
| Source: Elections NB[8] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Canada election results: Fredericton". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Voters elect first Green candidate ever outside B.C." CTV News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Meet Jenica". October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Jenica Atwin wins Fredericton federal race in historic campaign". October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ "Jenica Atwin captures historic win for the Greens in New Brunswick campaign". October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada staff. "Voter Information Service – Find your electoral district". Elections Canada.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Preliminary results". www.elections.ca.
- ^ https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2018ProvRpt.pdf