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)

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.

Beginning with the 57th New Brunswick general election on September 27, 2010, elections in New Brunswick will, in general, be held on fixed dates on the fourth Monday of September every four years. The date may be varied by one week earlier or later in cases of the fourth Monday of September being a date of cultural or religious significance and may be varied one month earlier or later in cases of a federal election being held during the same period. The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick also has the power to call an election on another date in the event of a loss of confidence in the legislature. [1]

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.

Contents 1 1935 to date 1.1 Notes 2 1867-1934 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[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	Government 31 (Conservative)	Opposition 17 (Liberal)		48
36th	August 10, 1925	Opposition 37 (Conservative)	Government 11 (Liberal)		48
35th	October 9, 1920	Government 24 (Liberal)	Opposition 13 (Conservative)	Opposition (United Farmers) 9 Opposition (Labour) 2	48
34th	February 24, 1917	Opposition 27 (Liberal)	Government 21 (Conservative)		48
33rd	June 20, 1912	Government 44 (Conservative)	Opposition 2 (Liberal)	Other 2	48
32nd	March 3, 1908	Opposition 31 (Conservative)	Government 12 (Liberal)	Other 2	45
31st	February 28, 1903	Government 33 (Liberal)	Opposition 10 (Conservative)	Other 3	46
30th	February 18, 1899	Government 40 (Liberal)	Opposition 4 (Conservative)	Other 2	46
29th	October, 1895	Government 34 (Liberal)	Opposition 9 (Conservative)	Other 3	46
28th	October, 1892	Government 25 (Liberal)	Opposition 12 (Conservative)	Other 4	41
27th	January 20, 1890	Government 26 (Liberal)	Opposition 15 (Conservative)		41
26th	April 26, 1886	Opposition 33 (Liberal)	Government 8 (Conservative)		41
25th	June, 1882	Government 22 (Conservative)	Opposition 18 (Liberal)	Other 1	41
24th	June, 1878	Government 31 (Conservative)	Opposition 10 (Liberal)		41
23rd	May-June, 1874	Government 35 (Conservative)	Opposition 5 (Liberal)	Other 1	41
22nd	June-July, 1870	Government 24 (Conservative)	Opposition 16 (Liberal)	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. Retrieved on 2006-12-23. (results back to 1956)
• Doyle, Arthur T. (1984). Elections in New Brunswick, 1784-1984. Fredericton: Brunswick Press. ISBN 0888383916. 

[edit] External links

• Office of the NB Chief Electoral Officer

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