| Richard AmesMLA | |
|---|---|
.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 | |
| Incumbent | |
| 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. He served in the cabinet of Blaine Higgs from 2023 to 2024 as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Electoral record
Carleton-York
| 2024 New Brunswick general election: Carleton-York | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Ames | 4,622 | 58.9% | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Duffie | 2,136 | 27.2% | |||||
| Green | Burt Folkins | 675 | 8.6% | |||||
| People's Alliance | Sterling Wright | 415 | 5.3% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,848 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
References
- Fraser, Elizabeth (15 September 2020). "All 15 PC cabinet ministers retain their seats - PCs win majority government with 27 seats". CBC News.
- "2024 results".
- "Provincial Election Results". www.electionsnb.ca. Elections New Brunswick.
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| Liberal | |
| Progressive Conservative | |
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| 60th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly | |
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