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Campaign Politics
Vote 2015 – Fredericton
Conservative incumbent Keith Ashfield hasn’t lost an election in Fredericton in a quarter century – from school board trustee to MLA to Member of Parliament.In 2011, Ashfield won the seat with more than 50 per cent of the popular vote. But Ashfield is facing some tough competition. Liberal candidate Matt DeCourcey finds himself leading a neck-and-neck race.He believes his energetic campaign will help the Liberals sweep Atlantic Canada for a national win. NDP candidate Sharon Scott-Levesque is a nurse and entrepreneur pushing national childcare and tax cuts for small businesses. In her second run, the Green Party’s Mary Lou Babineau is pushing people to get out and vote, which she says is essential to a Green victory.The Energy East pipeline and job creation are on the radar here.And with the country’s largest military base partially in the riding, veterans issues loom large; Fredericton is where the veterans’ “Anyone But Conservatives” campaign launched. CPAC’s Bill Kendrick is in Fredericton during the hottest music festival of the year, and possibly the hottest electoral race the city has ever seen.