Margaret Johnson (politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Margaret C. Johnson

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| image = Margaret Johnson in 2024.jpg

| caption = Johnson in 2024

| alma_mater =

| birth_date =

| birth_place =

| residence =

| assembly1 = New Brunswick Legislative

| constituency_AM1 = Carleton-Victoria

| term_start1 = September 14, 2020

| predecessor1 = Andrew Harvey

| party = Progressive Conservative

| occupation =

| office = Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries in New Brunswick

| predecessor = Ross Wetmore

| successor = Pat Finnigan

| term_start = September 29, 2020

| term_end = November 2, 2024

}}

Margaret C. Johnson is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician who has represented Carleton-Victoria in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 2020.

Political career

Johnson defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Andrew Harvey in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7329719/live-new-brunswick-election-results-2020/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Global News|language=en-US}} Johnson had previously lost to Harvey in the 2018 provincial election.

Johnson was a member of the cabinet of Blaine Higgs from 2020 to 2024 as Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries

.{{Cite web|last=Government of New Brunswick|first=Canada|date=29 Sep 2020|title=Swearing-in ceremony held|url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2020.09.0498.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www2.gnb.ca|language=en}}

Electoral history

{{2024 New Brunswick general election/Carleton-Victoria}}

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

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Margaret C. Johnson|3,330|45.22|+7.14}}

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Andrew Harvey|2,939|39.91|-0.97}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Terry Leigh Sisson|610|8.28|-4.31}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Rowan Patrick Miller|372|5.05|-1.55}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Meriet Gray Miller|113|1.53|+0.03}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,364|99.72}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|21|0.28}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|7,385|64.39}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,469}}

{{CANelec/gain|NB|PC|Liberal|+4.06}}

{{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 |publisher=Elections New Brunswick}}|}}

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

{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Andrew Harvey|3,116|40.88|+0.04}}

{{CANelec|NB|PC|Margaret C. Johnson|2,872|37.68|-2.09}}

{{CANelec|NB|PANB|Terry Leigh Sisson|960|12.59|--}}

{{CANelec|NB|Green|Paula Shaw|503|6.60|+0.55}}

{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Margaret Geldart|114|1.50|-7.41}}

{{CANelec|NB|KISS|Carter Edgar|58|0.76|-2.06*}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|7,623|99.90}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|8|0.10|-0.23}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|7,631|65.60|+1.46}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|11,632}}

{{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|+1.07}}

{{CANelec/note|*Carter Edgar's vote share change compared to his run as an independent candidate in 2014.|}}

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

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