Keith Chiasson
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name = Keith Chiasson
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| office1 = Minister of Indigenous Affairs
| premier1 = Susan Holt
| term_start1 = November 2, 2024
| predecessor1 = Réjean Savoie
| assembly2 = New Brunswick Legislative
|constituency_AM2 = Tracadie-Sheila
| term_start2 = September 24, 2018
| predecessor2 = Serge Rousselle
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Keith Raymond Chiasson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-election-north-riding-results-1.4834013 "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister"]. CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party.
Chiasson was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. As of September 8, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Local Government and Local Governance Reform. He was re-elected in the 2024 general election in the riding of Tracadie. On November 1, 2024, it was announced that he was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Indigenous Affairs.{{cite news |last1=Waugh |first1=Andrew |title=Susan Holt unveils 19-person cabinet |url=https://tj.news/new-brunswick/breaking-susan-holt-unveils-19-person-cabinet |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=November 1, 2024}}
Election results
{{2024 New Brunswick general election/Tracadie}}
{{CANelec/top|NB|2020|percent=yes|change=yes|}}
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{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Keith Chiasson|6,175|69.55|+20.77}}
{{CANelec|NB|PC|Diane Carey|2,059|23.19|-3.79}}
{{CANelec|NB|Green|Chris LeBlanc|645|7.26|+2.86}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,879|100.00 }}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|56|0.63|-0.07}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,935|75.28|+1.12}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,869}}
{{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|+12.28}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|title=Unofficial Results|url=https://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2020-09-14/results-resultats.html#at/e468f4a1-f9de-4425-a60a-cb5cbca025b5/ar/2/|publisher=Elections NB|accessdate=15 September 2020|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916190434/https://www.gnb.ca/elections/results-resultats/2020-09-14/results-resultats.html#at/e468f4a1-f9de-4425-a60a-cb5cbca025b5/ar/2/|url-status=dead}}|}}
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{{CANelec/top|NB|2018|percent=yes|change=yes}}
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{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Keith Chiasson|4,320|48.77|-15.83}}
{{CANelec|NB|PC|Claude Landry|2,390|26.98|+3.01}}
{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Francis Duguay|1,213|13.70|+4.29}}
{{CANelec|NB|Independent|Stéphane Richardson|544|6.14|}}
{{CANelec|NB|Green|Nancy Benoit|390|4.40|+3.08}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,861|99.30}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|62|0.70|+0.37}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,919|74.53|-2.39}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,967}}
{{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|-9.42}}
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References
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Category:New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
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