Fundy Royal

Fundy Royal occupies the geographic corridor between New Brunswick’s three largest cities—Fredericton, Saint John, and Moncton—without including any of them. The riding follows the Bay of Fundy and Chignecto Bay coastline, taking in the commuter towns of Quispamsis, Rothesay, and Hampton in Kings County, the inland town of Sussex, the coastal community of Fundy–St. Martins, and extending northeast through Salisbury and part of Riverview. Predominantly anglophone and middle-income, Fundy Royal has a population near 80,000 and one of the province’s lowest rates of low-income residents.

Candidates

Rob Moore (Conservative) is the incumbent and longest-serving MP in the riding’s modern history, first elected in 2004. A University of New Brunswick law graduate called to the bar in 2000, Moore served as Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency under Prime Minister Harper. He lost his seat in 2015 to Liberal Alaina Lockhart but reclaimed it in 2019 and most recently served as the Conservative shadow minister for Justice.

Bill Kudla (Liberal) moved to Lower Coverdale, New Brunswick, in 2020 after a 34-year career as an electrician and robotics technician with General Motors in Oshawa, Ontario. Active in health-and-safety and human-rights work through Unifor Canada, Kudla holds a Bachelor of Science from Trent University and was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate.

Cindy Andrie (NDP) is a Quispamsis resident who has spent over a decade working in the IT industry as an account manager. An advocate for animal welfare and marine conservation, she focused her campaign on affordable housing, grocery prices, health-care access, and employment stability.

Hans Johnsen (Green Party) entered the race motivated by concern that other parties were not addressing climate change with sufficient urgency, centering his platform on long-term economic sustainability through energy transition.

Alastair MacFarlane (People’s Party) also stood as a candidate.

About the Riding

Fundy Royal’s economy is shaped by its role as a bedroom-community corridor and by the natural wonder that gives it its name. The Bay of Fundy, home to the world’s highest tides, draws more than one million visitors annually, and the riding’s tourism businesses provide thousands of direct jobs. Agriculture remains significant in the interior, with dairy operations, poultry production around Sussex, and mixed farming providing a rural economic base, while forestry and fishing sustain coastal communities.

Quispamsis and Rothesay, the riding’s most populous communities, function as suburban extensions of Saint John, with relatively high household incomes compared to the provincial average. Hampton serves as the Kings County seat, and Sussex—further inland—is an agricultural and small-manufacturing centre that hosts one of the Maritimes’ best-known summer fairs.

In 2025, US tariff tensions were a major concern. Saint John—ranked Canada’s most tariff-exposed city—lies just outside the riding’s borders, but disruptions at the Irving Oil refinery or the port would ripple directly into Fundy Royal’s commuter workforce. Housing affordability became a growing issue even in historically stable suburban markets, with prices climbing steadily in Quispamsis and surrounding areas. Health-care access—particularly emergency-room wait times and physician shortages at rural clinics—remained a persistent voter concern across the riding.