New Brunswick general election, 1974
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The 1974 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick win its second majority government with a gain of one seat despite losing the popular vote to Robert Higgins' New Brunswick Liberal Party.
Despite the Hatfield government's involvement in the failed Bricklin SV-1 automobile plant, and a series of kickback schemes, there were few surprises during the campaign. Hatfield had made inroads in the Acadian community since the 1970 election, winning three francophone seats in by-elections. The Acadian support proved key during Hatfield's entire term as premier.
This was the first election which saw candidates contest single member ridings; previous elections had each county as an electoral district electing a varying number of members based on their respective populations.
[edit] Results
| 1974 New Brunswick Election Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Leader | Results | ||
| Seats | % of votes cast | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Hatfield | 33 | 46.86% | |
| Liberal | Robert Higgins | 25 | 47.52% | |
| New Democratic | Albert Richardson | 0 | 2.93% | |
| Parti Acadien | Euclide Chaisson | 0 | 1.16% | |
| Independents | 0 | 1.52% | ||
| Total | 58 | 100.0% | ||
| Preceded by: 1970 NB election |
List of New Brunswick elections | Succeeded by: 1978 NB election |
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