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
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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References
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{{New Brunswick MLAs}}
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Category:Women MLAs in New Brunswick
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:People from Carleton County, New Brunswick
Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Women government ministers of Canada
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