Andrea Anderson-Mason
Andrea Anderson-Mason | |
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| Attorney General of New Brunswick | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Brian Gallant |
| Succeeded by | Ted Flemming |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office November 9, 2018 – September 29, 2020 | |
| Premier | Blaine Higgs |
| Preceded by | Denis Landry (Justice and Public Safety) |
| Succeeded by | Ted Flemming |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West | |
| In office September 24, 2018 – September 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Doucet |
| Succeeded by | Ian Lee |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Andrea Dawn Anderson-Mason, KC is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. She represented the electoral district of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick until 2024. [1] She was appointed the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of New Brunswick in the Government of Blaine Higgs on November 9, 2018. She was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. She was not named to cabinet after the 2020 election. On May 24, 2024 she announced that she would not run in the next election, stating that she "has concluded that members of the legislature don't play a meaningful role in developing policy and legislation in the Higgs government".[2]
Electoral record
[edit]Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West
[edit]| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrea Anderson-Mason | 4,740 | 66.47 | +18.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Mann | 726 | 10.18 | -20.07 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Vincent P. Edgett | 688 | 9.65 | -4.14 | ||||
| Green | Lois P. Mitchell | 686 | 9.62 | +3.76 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sharon R. Greenlaw | 291 | 4.08 | +1.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,131 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,154 | 62.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,423 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +19.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Andrea Anderson-Mason | 3,808 | 47.6 | |||||
| Liberal | Rick Doucet | 2,422 | 30.3 | |||||
| People's Alliance | Doug Ellis | 1,104 | 13.8 | |||||
| Green | Romey Frances Heuff | 469 | 5.9 | |||||
| New Democratic | Keith LeBlanc | 203 | 2.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,006 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | |||||||
| Turnout | 8,029 | 71.03 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,303 | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Tory wave sweeps across Saint John region as PCs win 9 seats" CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018.
- ^ Poitras, Jacques (24 May 2024). "PC MLA Andrea Anderson-Mason is latest Higgs caucus member to leave politics". CBC News New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.
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