Tight three-way race in Fredericton has high stakes for Grits, Tories, Greens

Candidates and political scientists agree that the riding is too close to call.

Liberal Party candidate Jenica Atwin (left), Conservative Party candidate Andrea Johnson, and Green Party candidate Nicole O'Byrne are running in a tight three-way race in the riding of Fredericton. Ms. Atwin narrowly defeated Ms. Johnson in 2019, when Ms. Atwin ran as the Green Party candidate, before crossing the floor to join the Liberals earlier this year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade; photographs courtesy of Nicole O'Byrne and Andrea Johnson

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

August 30, 2021

With its mix of urban and rural voters, and a close race in 2019 that saw three candidates each take about a third of the vote, Fredericton was already a competitive riding. Add in a floor crossing, and make it a rematch of some of the candidates from 2019, and Fredericton has the potential to be o...

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