Kris Austin

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Kris Austin
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Leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick
Assumed office
June 5, 2010
Preceded byNew Party
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Fredericton-Grand Lake
Assumed office
September 24, 2018
Preceded byPam Lynch
Personal details
Born1979 (age 42–43)
Hamilton, Ontario
Political partyPeople's Alliance of New Brunswick
OccupationMinister

Kris Austin (born 1979) is the leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick and an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.[1]

Austin led the People's Alliance into the 2010 provincial election and 2014 provincial elections in which the party won no seats. In the 2018 provincial election the party won three seats including Austin's riding of Fredericton-Grand Lake. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election in which his party lost one seat, electing two MLAs.

Austin is a Baptist minister and has worked in public relations.[2]

Election results[]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Alliance Kris Austin 3,759 46.42 -8.16
Progressive Conservative Roy Wiggins 2,479 30.62 +2.95
Green Ken Washburn 1,005 12.41 +7.04
Liberal Eldon Hunter 749 9.25 -1.61
New Democratic Greg Cook 87 1.07 -0.22
KISS Grenville Woollacott 18 0.22 +0.01
Total valid votes 8,097 100.0
Total rejected ballots 25 0.31
Turnout 8,122 70.17
Eligible voters 11,575
People's Alliance hold Swing -5.56
2018 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Alliance Kris Austin 4,799 54.6% +25.8
Progressive Conservative Pam Lynch 2,433 27.7% -1.1
Liberal Wendy Tremblay 955 10.9% -17.0
Green Dan Weston 472 5.4% +1.1
New Democratic Glenna Hanley 114 1.3% -9.2
KISS Gerald Bourque 19 0.1% New
Total valid votes 8,792 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 10
Turnout 8,802 75.08%
Eligible voters 11,724
People's Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.5
2014 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pam Lynch 2,403 28.79
People's Alliance Kris Austin 2,377 28.48
Liberal Sheri Shannon 2,330 27.91
New Democratic Bronwen Mosher 879 10.53
Green Dan Weston 358 4.29
Total valid votes 8,347 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 16 0.19
Turnout 8,363 70.66
Eligible voters 11,835
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Grand Lake-Gagetown and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Pam Lynch was the incumbent from Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]
2010 New Brunswick general election: Grand Lake-Gagetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ross Wetmore 3,190 44.73 -0.89
Liberal Barry Armstrong 2,118 29.70 -19.00
People's Alliance Kris Austin 1,416 19.85 –
New Democratic J.R. Magee 234 3.28 -2.40
Green Sandra Burtt 174 2.44 –
Total valid votes 7,132 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 42 0.59
Turnout 7,174 77.73
Eligible voters 9,229
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.06
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kris Austin wins People's Alliance party's first seat in New Brunswick legislature". globalnews.ca.
  2. ^ "A look at New Brunswick People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin". nationalpost.com. 22 August 2018.
  3. ^ Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
  4. ^ Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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