Greens are hoping voters in Fredericton will look fondly on the past as the party pushes to make climate change a more prominent part of political debate.
Green history in N.B. a plus as party tries to bring climate back into the conversation
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
Green Party candidate Pam Allen-LeBlanc, left, and co-leader Elizabeth May pitched their party as one that’s been proven to win in Fredericton. (Silas Brown/CBC)
Greens are hoping voters in Fredericton will look fondly on the past as the party pushes to make climate change a more prominent part of political debate.
Fredericton’s Green experience was mentioned throughout a speech Thursday by Elizabeth May, the Green co-leader, during a campaign stop in the city.
But one of the brightest moments in that history was cause for a slight awkwardness at the event.
Jenica Atwin made history when she became the first Green MP from New Brunswick, elected in Fredericton in 2019. Then Atwin crossed the floor to join the Liberals in 2021 and was subsequently re-elected.
Jenica Atwin, MP for Fredericton, was first elected as a Green but joined the Liberals two years later. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
On Thursday, May and others spoke of the Green Party’s fleeting success in the riding without ever referring to Atwin by name.
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