Kris Austin

Kris Austin (born 1979) is the leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick and an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.[1]

Kris Austin MLA
Leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick
Incumbent
Assumed office June 5, 2010
Preceded by	New Party
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Fredericton-Grand Lake
Incumbent
Assumed office September 24, 2018
Preceded by	Pam Lynch
Personal details
Born	1979 (age 41–42) Hamilton, Ontario
Political party	People's Alliance of New Brunswick
Occupation	Minister

Austin led the People's Alliance into the 2010 provincial election and 2014 provincial elections in which the party won no seats. In the 2018 provincial election the party won three seats including Austin's riding of Fredericton-Grand Lake. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election in which his party lost one seat, electing two MLAs.

Austin is a Baptist minister and has worked in public relations.[2]

Election results

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Alliance	Kris Austin	3,759	46.42	-8.16
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Wiggins	2,479	30.62	+2.95
	Green	Ken Washburn	1,005	12.41	+7.04
	Liberal	Eldon Hunter	749	9.25	-1.61
	New Democratic	Greg Cook	87	1.07	-0.22
	KISS	Grenville Woollacott	18	0.22	+0.01
Total valid votes			8,097	100.0
Total rejected ballots			25	0.31
Turnout			8,122	70.17
Eligible voters			11,575
	People's Alliance hold		Swing		-5.56

2018 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Alliance	Kris Austin	4,799	54.6%	+25.8
	Progressive Conservative	Pam Lynch	2,433	27.7%	-1.1
	Liberal	Wendy Tremblay	955	10.9%	-17.0
	Green	Dan Weston	472	5.4%	+1.1
	New Democratic	Glenna Hanley	114	1.3%	-9.2
	KISS	Gerald Bourque	19	0.1%	New
Total valid votes			8,792	100.0
Total rejected ballots			10
Turnout			8,802	75.08%
Eligible voters			11,724
	People's Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.5

2014 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pam Lynch	2,403	28.79
	People's Alliance	Kris Austin	2,377	28.48
	Liberal	Sheri Shannon	2,330	27.91
	New Democratic	Bronwen Mosher	879	10.53
	Green	Dan Weston	358	4.29
Total valid votes			8,347	100.0
Total rejected ballots			16	0.19
Turnout			8,363	70.66
Eligible voters			11,835
Voting results declared after judicial recount.
This riding was created from parts of Grand Lake-Gagetown and Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, both elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Pam Lynch was the incumbent from Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2010 New Brunswick general election: Grand Lake-Gagetown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Wetmore	3,190	44.73	-0.89
	Liberal	Barry Armstrong	2,118	29.70	-19.00
	People's Alliance	Kris Austin	1,416	19.85	–
	New Democratic	J.R. Magee	234	3.28	-2.40
	Green	Sandra Burtt	174	2.44	–
Total valid votes			7,132	100.0
Total rejected ballots			42	0.59
Turnout			7,174	77.73
Eligible voters			9,229
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.06
Source: Elections New Brunswick[4]

References

1. "Kris Austin wins People's Alliance party's first seat in New Brunswick legislature". globalnews.ca.
2. "A look at New Brunswick People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin". nationalpost.com. 22 August 2018.
3. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
4. Elections New Brunswick (2010). "Thirty-seventh General Election - Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2015.