Richard Ames (Canadian politician)
Richard Ames | |
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.jpg) Ames in 2024 | |
| Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure | |
| In office June 27, 2023 – November 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jeff Carr |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Chiasson |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Carleton-York | |
| Assumed office September 14, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Urquhart |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Richard Ames is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician who has represented Carleton-York in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 2020.[1] He served in the cabinet of Blaine Higgs from 2023 to 2024 as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Electoral record
[edit]Carleton-York
[edit]| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Ames | 4,750 | 57.83 | +20.67 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Gary Lemmon | 1,524 | 18.55 | -12.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Kitchen | 940 | 11.44 | -7.11 | ||||
| Green | Louise Comeau | 890 | 10.84 | +0.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jarrett Oldenburg | 110 | 1.34 | -1.70 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,214 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 8 | 0.10 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,222 | 67.54 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,174 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +16.46 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[2] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Fraser, Elizabeth (15 September 2020). "All 15 PC cabinet ministers retain their seats - PCs win majority government with 27 seats". CBC News.
- ^ "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.
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