Andrea Anderson-Mason

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Andrea Anderson-Mason

| honorific-suffix = KC

| image = Andrea_Anderson_Mason.jpg

| office1 = Attorney General of New Brunswick

| term_start1 = November 9, 2018

| term_end1 = September 29, 2020

| premier1 = Blaine Higgs

| predecessor1 = Brian Gallant

| successor1 = Ted Flemming

| office2 = Minister of Justice

| term_start2 = November 9, 2018

| term_end2 = September 29, 2020

| premier2 = Blaine Higgs

| predecessor2 = Denis Landry (Justice and Public Safety)

| successor2 = Ted Flemming

| office3 = Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West

| term_start3 = September 24, 2018

| term_end3 = September 19, 2024

| predecessor3 = Rick Doucet

| successor3 = Ian Lee

| 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.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-election-wrap-1.4836580 "Tory wave sweeps across Saint John region as PCs win 9 seats"] CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018. 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".{{cite news |last1=Poitras |first1=Jacques |title=PC MLA Andrea Anderson-Mason is latest Higgs caucus member to leave politics |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/andrea-anderson-mason-decides-not-to-run-1.7214119 |access-date=24 May 2024 |agency=CBC News New Brunswick |date=24 May 2024}}

Electoral record

=Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West=

{{CANelec/top|NB|2020|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Andrea Anderson-Mason|4,740|66.47|+18.91}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Tony Mann|726|10.18|-20.07}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Vincent P. Edgett|688|9.65|-4.14}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Lois P. Mitchell|686|9.62|+3.76}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Sharon R. Greenlaw|291|4.08|+1.55}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,131|100.0}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|23|0.32}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|7,154|62.63}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,423}}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|PC|+19.49}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|title=Provincial Election Results |url=https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/election-results.html |website= www.electionsnb.ca |publisher=Elections New Brunswick}}|}}

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{{CANelec/top|NB|2018|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Andrea Anderson-Mason|3,808|47.6|}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Rick Doucet|2,422|30.3|}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Doug Ellis|1,104|13.8|}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Romey Frances Heuff|469|5.9|}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Keith LeBlanc|203|2.5|}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,006|100.0  }}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|23|}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,029|71.03}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,303}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick}}

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