List of New Brunswick general elections (post-Confederation)
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- This list covers New Brunswick elections after it joined the Canadian Confederation in 1867 as a province. For elections in the New Brunswick when it was a British colony, see List of New Brunswick general elections (pre-Confederation)
Number of seats won by major parties at each election
| Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Confederation of Regions |
This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of New Brunswick's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Prior to 1892, New Brunswick had a bicameral legislature, but its Upper House, the Legislative Council, was not elected. The number of seats has varied over time, from 41 at the time of Canadian Confederation, to a high of fifty-eight from 1967 through 1991, to the current level of 55 since the 1995 election.
The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that New Brunswick has effectively a two-party system - the Liberal (red) and Conservative (blue); along with the one-off success of the Confederation of Regions party (green) in 1991. It also shows the Liberal party's clean sweep of seats in 1987, one of the few instances in history when a party won all the seats in a national or subnational legislature. Since provincial parties were officially recognised, the Liberal party have won eleven out of nineteen elections.
This article only covers elections since the province became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Prior to becoming part of Canada, New Brunswick was a British colony, and the New Brunswick House of Assembly was first formed in 1784, when New Brunswick separated from Nova Scotia.
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[edit] 1935 to date
Between 1935 and 1974, some ridings were multi member seats, i.e., more than one Member of the Legislative Assembly was elected from certain ridings. Political parties were officially recognized and registered beginning in 1935. Since 1974, each riding (electoral district) has elected only one member to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
| Election | Liberal | Conservative [A] | NDP | CoR [B] | Total Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56th | September 18, 2006 | 29 | 26 | 55 | |||
| 55th | June 9, 2003 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 55 | ||
| 54th | June 7, 1999 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 55 | ||
| 53rd | September 11, 1995 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 55 | ||
| 52nd | September 23, 1991 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 58 | |
| 51st | October 13, 1987 | 58 | 58 | ||||
| 50th | October 12, 1982 | 18 | 39 | 1 | 58 | ||
| 49th | October 23, 1978 | 28 | 30 | 58 | |||
| 48th | November 18, 1974 | 25 | 33 | 58 | |||
| 47th | October 26, 1970 | 26 | 32 | 58 | |||
| 46th | October 13, 1967 | 32 | 26 | 58 | |||
| 45th | April 22, 1963 | 32 | 20 | 52 | |||
| 44th | June 27, 1960 | 31 | 21 | 52 | |||
| 43rd | June 18, 1956 | 15 | 37 | 52 | |||
| 42nd | September 22, 1952 | 16 | 36 | 52 | |||
| 41st | June 28, 1948 | 47 | 5 | 52 | |||
| 40th | August 28, 1944 | 36 | 12 | 48 | |||
| 39th | November 20, 1939 | 29 | 19 | 48 | |||
| 38th | June 27, 1935 | 43 | 5 | 48 | |||
[edit] Notes
- A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.
- B The Confederation of Regions Party only contested the 1991, 1995 and 1999 elections.
[edit] 1867-1934
New Brunswick joined the Canadian confederation in 1867. Party labels were not used so it is not plausible to use tables as above. Between 1917 and 1935, party lines had developed, but were not recognized by electoral law. The results are listed below. Before this, only "Government" and "Opposition" were used.
List of elections:
| Election | Standings | Total Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th | June 19, 1930 | Conservartive 31 | Liberal 17 | 48 | |
| 36th | August 10, 1925 | Conservative 37 | Liberal 11 | 48 | |
| 35th | October 9, 1920 | Liberal 24 | Conservative 13 | United Farmers 9 Labour 2 |
48 |
| 34th | February 24, 1917 | Opposition 27 (Liberal) |
Government 21 (Conservative) |
48 | |
| 33rd | June 20, 1912 | Government 44 | Opposition 2 | Other 2 | 48 |
| 32nd | March 3, 1908 | Opposition 31 | Government 12 | Other 2 | 45 |
| 31st | February 28, 1903 | Government 33 | Opposition 10 | Other 3 | 46 |
| 30th | February 18, 1899 | Government 40 | Opposition 4 | Other 2 | 46 |
| 29th | October, 1895 | Government 34 | Opposition 9 | Other 3 | 46 |
| 28th | October, 1892 | Government 25 | Opposition 12 | Other 4 | 41 |
| 27th | January 20, 1890 | Government 26 | Opposition 15 | 41 | |
| 26th | April 26, 1886 | Opposition 33 | Government 8 | 41 | |
| 25th | June, 1882 | Government 22 | Opposition 18 | Other 1 | 41 |
| 24th | June, 1878 | Government 31 | Opposition 10 | 41 | |
| 23rd | May-June, 1874 | Government 35 | Opposition 5 | Other 1 | 41 |
| 22nd | June-July, 1870 | Government 24 | Opposition 16 | Other 1 | 41 |
[edit] See also
- Canadian general election history
- General elections in New Brunswick (pre-Confederation)
- List of political parties in New Brunswick
[edit] References
- New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC.ca. (results back to 1956)
- Doyle, Arthur T. (1984). Elections in New Brunswick, 1784-1984. Fredericton: Brunswick Press. ISBN 0888383916.
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