Next New Brunswick general election

39th New Brunswick general election

On or before September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)
49 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 25 seats needed for a majority
PC Leader Brian Gallant Blaine Higgs David Coon Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Green Leader since October 27, 2012 October 22, 2016 September 22, 2012 Leader's seat Shediac Bay-Dieppe Quispamsis Fredericton South Last election 27 seats, 42.72% 21 seats, 34.64% 1 seat, 6.61% Current seats 26 22 1   NDP PA Leader Jennifer McKenzie Kris Austin Party New Democratic People's Alliance of New Brunswick Leader since August 10, 2017 2010 Leader's seat N/A N/A Last election 0 seats, 12.98% 0 seats, 2.14% Current seats 0 0
Incumbent Premier Brian Gallant Liberal

The 39th New Brunswick general election is tentatively scheduled to be held on September 24, 2018,^[1][2] to elect 49 members to the 59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – acting on the advice of the Premier – could alter the date by one week or one month in either direction if there is a conflict due to religious or culture reasons, or a federal election.^[3]

Timeline

• September 22, 2014 – The New Brunswick Liberal Association, led by Brian Gallant, won a majority government, defeating incumbent Premier David Alward's Progressive Conservatives, which became the second single-term government in New Brunswick's history.^[4]
• September 23, 2014 - Alward announces his resignation as Progressie Conservative leader.
• October 14, 2014 - Gary Keating resigns as the Liberal member for Saint John East.
• October 18, 2014 - Bruce Fitch became interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.
• November 17, 2014 - Glen Savoie is elected as member the Progressive Conservative MLA for Saint John East, following the resignation of Gary Keating; NDP leader Dominic Cardy comes in third.
• December 10, 2014 - The NDP executive rejects Cardy's resignation as leader, urging him to continue and offering him a salary as he has been working as leader on a volunteer basis.
• May 22, 2015 - David Alward resigns as member for Carleton.
• October 5, 2015 - Stewart Fairgrieve holds the Carleton seat for the PCs in a byelection.^[5]
• October 22, 2016 - Blaine Higgs becomes the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in a leadership election.^[6]
• January 1, 2017 - Dominic Cardy resigns as leader of the NDP, and as a party member.^[7][8]
• January 8, 2017 - Rosaire L'Italien is chosen as interim leader of the NDP by the party's executive.^[9]
• August 10, 2017 - Jennifer McKenzie is confirmed as the new leader of the NDP.^[10]

Opinion polls

Candidates

Legend

• bold denotes cabinet minister or party leader
• italics denotes a potential candidate who has not received his/her party's nomination
• † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election
• * denotes an incumbent seeking re-election in a new district

Northern

Miramichi

Southeastern

Southern

Capital Region

Upper River Valley

References

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