New Brunswick general election, 2006

The 36th New Brunswick general election was held on September 18, 2006, to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn-in on October 3, 2006 but it was called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick on February 6, 2007.-Leadership:...

, the governing house of the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

The campaign came earlier than expected: the incumbent Premier of New Brunswick

Premier of New Brunswick

The Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....

, Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

, had pledged a vote would be held on October 15, 2007 but when the ruling Progressive Conservatives

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

faced a loss of its majority

Majority government

A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...

in the legislature, Lord said he did not want to face a minority government

Minority government

A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

and, moreover, feared that a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

could tip the balance of power to the opposition Liberals

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

.

The campaign was hard fought with pundits and pollsters calling it too close to call throughout the five week campaign. In the end, it was won by the Liberals led by Shawn Graham

Shawn Graham

Shawn Michael Graham, MLA is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree in 1991 and a Bachelor of Education Degree in 1993, he worked for New Brunswick's civil service before being elected to the Legislative...

. The Liberals won 29 seats to 26 for the Progressive Conservatives, although the Progressive Conservatives won a plurality of the popular vote (47.5% to 47.2%).

Unusually, the Liberals won 17 of the 36 predominantly anglophone ridings, their best showing in a competitive election in English New Brunswick since the 1944 election

New Brunswick general election, 1944

The 20th New Brunswick general election was held on August 28, 1944, to elect 48 members to the 40th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick general election, 1944 Name Seats...

. The Conservatives conversely did better than they have ever done while losing an election among Francophone ridings.

Overview

Following the report of the Commission on Legislative Democracy in December 2004, which recommended fixed election dates beginning on October 15, 2007, Premier

Premier of New Brunswick

The Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....

Bernard Lord

Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

pledged to introduce legislation fixing election dates, beginning on that date. Due to this, and because it is tradition in New Brunswick to hold elections every four years, the Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

government and media had routinely referred to this as the "2007 election" though early 2006. The opposition Liberals

New Brunswick Liberal Association

however always pledged to try to force an early election.

From February through May 2006, it seemed possible that the Liberals might be successful in their goal as on February 17, 2006 Michael Malley

Michael Malley

Michael "Tanker" Malley is a former politician in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. He represented the riding of Miramichi-Bay du Vin in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006 and served as Speaker of the Assembly for part of 2006.Malley, a former Miramichi city...

left the Progressive Conservative caucus

Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...

creating a minority government

Minority government

situation, Malley later became Speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

and, as Speaker, controversially rejoined the government caucus. The situation remained difficult for some time as the Liberals gained control of several key committees upon Malley's defection and would not return control to the government as they did not recognize Malley's change of affiliation while speaker. On May 30, 2006, the House reaffirmed its confidence in Malley in a vote and on May 31, 2006 the government and opposition announced a truce to allow the House to function more easily including a legislative calendar through 2007. As a result, it seemed unlikely that the government would fall prior to its chosen date to go to the polls.

However, Peter Mesheau

Peter Mesheau

Peter Mesheau is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Tantramar in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2006....

, a Progressive Conservative MLA who had already announced that he would not run for re-election, said he would have to resign his seat as he had accepted a job in the private sector. Lord said that he would not face another hung parliament

Hung parliament

In a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control...

and announced on August 10, 2006 that he would seek an election date of September 18. On August 18, Lord asked Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson

Herménégilde Chiasson

-External links:* entry in *...

to dissolve the legislature and set the election date.

The emerging key issues of the campaign seem to be leadership and energy prices. The Progressive Conservatives have for some years questioned the leadership abilities of Shawn Graham

Shawn Graham

, the leader of the opposition

Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)

The Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government....

while the Liberals have been focusing on energy in general as a theme for some time. Moreover, energy has come to the forefront due to the introduction of gas price regulation by Lord's government on July 1, 2006 and the Liberals announced their energy platform prior to beginning of the campaign.

This election was the first campaign since the 1987 election

New Brunswick general election, 1987

The 31st New Brunswick general election was held on October 13, 1987, to elect 58 members to the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

in which Elizabeth Weir

Elizabeth Weir

Elizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in 1988 and became an opposition voice to the Liberal government, which held all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.Born in Belfast,...

did not lead the smaller social democratic

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

New Democratic Party

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

(NDP). In 2005, Weir stepped down after seventeen years as NDP leader. She was succeeded by Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...

-based social activist Allison Brewer

Allison Brewer

Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and the former leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion.-Biography:...

, who stood for election in the riding of Fredericton-Lincoln

Fredericton-Lincoln

Fredericton-Lincoln is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year...

.

The Progressive Conservative party were again be led by Bernard Lord and the Liberal Party by Shawn Graham.

The campaign was derided by jouralists and political scientists as boring in part because much of the campaign was before Labour Day when many families were still taking summer holidays and also because the overall aspects of the two main parties were similar.

There were three English language debates and two French languages debates with some being declared draws, some wins for Lord and some wins for Graham by the experts. Opinion polls showed the Conservatives with a lead in the early days of the campaign but the last few weeks showed ties or slight edges to the Liberals within the margin of error.

On election day, Shawn Graham and the Liberals won the most seats, however they lost the popular vote. Bernard Lord was the first premier not elected to a third term since Hugh John Flemming

Hugh John Flemming

Hugh John Flemming, PC was a politician and the 24th Premier of New Brunswick.He is always known as "Hugh John"...

lost his bid for a third term in the 1960 election

New Brunswick general election, 1960

The 24th New Brunswick general election was held on June 27, 1960, to elect 52 members to the 44th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. New Brunswick general election, 1960 Name Seats...

while the NDP suffered a considerable blow being shut out of the legislature despite having won a seat in 5 of the last 6 elections and seeing their popular vote slip 4% to their worst showing since the 1974 election

New Brunswick general election, 1974

The 28th New Brunswick general election was held on November 18, 1974, to elect 58 members to the 48th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

Issues

The Fredericton Daily Gleaner

Daily Gleaner

The Daily Gleaner may refer to:*The Daily Gleaner - a newspaper published in New Brunswick, Canada*The Daily Gleaner , published by the Gleaner Company, a daily newspaper and publishing company in Kingston, Jamaica...

reported on August 11, 2006 that they had asked the leaders of each party for what they thought the key issues of the campaign would be:

Benard Lord, PC Leader: jobs, the economy, health care and senior care
Shawn Graham, Liberal Leader: education, economic development and energy
Allison Brewer, NDP Leader: high energy prices

An opinion poll

Opinion poll

An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence...

, conducted for CTV Atlantic

CTV Atlantic

CTV Atlantic is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media...

by the Innovative Research Group the last week of the campaign found the follow issues were top of mind for voters:

Health Care (22%)
Education (11%)
Jobs/Unemployment (10%)
Gas Prices/Oil (8%)
Political Leaders/Leadership (4%)
Senior Care/Nursing Homes (4%)
Taxes/Taxation (3%)
Cost of living/Inflation (3%)
Social Issues (2%)

Results by region

Total seats:			9	13	7	14	12	55
Party Name			Central	North East	North West	South East	South West	Total	Liberal New Brunswick Liberal Association The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...	Seats:	5	11	2	4	7	29	Popular Vote:	46.0%	53.6%	41.6%	43.6%	48.5%	47.2%	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...	Seats:	4	2	5	10	5	26	Popular Vote:	47.7%	40.2%	54.2%	53.0%	44.5%	47.5%
Parties that won no seats:																	New Democratic New Brunswick New Democratic Party The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...	Popular Vote:	6.3%	5.9%	4.2%	3.5%	6.0%	5.1%	Independents	Popular Vote:	-	0.3%	-	-	0.9%	0.2%

Results by riding

Many new and changed districts will be used for the first time in this election as a result of an electoral redistribution

New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006

The New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 2006 was undertaken as a result of legislation introduced by Bernard Lord, the Premier of New Brunswick, Canada, on June 9, 2005...

.

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

Northeast

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Campbellton-Restigouche Centre

Campbellton-Restigouche Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.The riding was created as Campbellton in the 1967 redistribution when cities were removed from county districts and is made up of the City of Campbellton and the villages of Tide...

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|Greg Davis

Greg Davis (Canadian politician)

Greg Davis is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.-References:...

3,248 (43.4%)
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|Roy Boudreau

Roy Boudreau

Roy Boudreau, is a former teacher and a New Brunswick politician. He is the current member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Campbellton-Restigouche Centre....

4,232 (56.6%)
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|Roy Boudreau
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|Ronald Barriault 2,081 (25.9%)
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|Donald Arseneault

Donald Arseneault

Donald Arseneault is a New Brunswick politician. He is the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Dalhousie-Restigouche East....

5,502 (68.5%)
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|Lyndsey Gallant 454 (5.6%)
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|Donald Arseneault
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|3. Nigadoo-Chaleur

Nigadoo-Chaleur

Nigadoo—Chaleur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-History and geography:Nigadoo—Chaleur was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution as one of the five districts from the previous Gloucester district, defined as the parish of Beresford and...

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|Gérard Mallais 2,597 (35.7%)
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|Roland Haché 4,311 (59.5%)
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|Lucie Desaulnier 334 (4.6%)
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|Roland Haché
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|4. Bathurst

Bathurst (electoral district)

Bathurst is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-History and Geography:It was created in the 1967 redistribution when cities were separated from their counties and made independent districts. It was not changed in either the 1973 or 1994...

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|Nancy McKay 3,037 (46.1%)
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|Brian Kenny

Brian Kenny (politician)

Brian Kenny is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2003 election and re-elected in 2006....

3,224 (48.9%)
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|Blair Lindsay 328 (5.0%)
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|Brian Kenny
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|5. Nepisiguit

Nepisiguit (electoral district)

Nepisiguit is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was known as Nepisiguit-Chaleur from 1974 to 1995.-MLAs:*Frank Branch, Liberal *Alban Landry, Liberal...

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|Gerry Legere 2,448 (42.3%)
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|Cheryl Lavoie

Cheryl Lavoie

Cheryl Lavoie is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Liberal MLA for Nepisiguit. She was made minister of state for seniors and minister responsible for the Community Non-profit Organizations...

2,844 (49.2%)
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|Charles Fournier 489 (8.5%)
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|Frank Branch

Frank Branch

Frank Richard Branch is a former Canadian politician.A Liberal, he was first elected to the New Brunswick Legislature to the multi-member riding for Gloucester County in the 1970 provincial election. He was re-elected to the legislature for the single member riding of Nepisiguit-Chaleur in 1974,...

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|6. Caraquet

Caraquet (electoral district)

Caraquet is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1973 from Gloucester. The riding is centred on the town of Caraquet.-MLAs:*Onil Doiron, Liberal...

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|Claude L'Espérance 1,677 (23.2%)
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|Hédard Albert

Hédard Albert

Hédard Albert, , is a New Brunswick politician.Albert worked for 35 years at the CCNB fisheries school where he taught, conducted research and served as school administrator...

4,580 (63.4%)
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|Stéphane Doiron 966 (13.4%)
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|Hédard Albert
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|Paul Robichaud
Paul Robichaud
Paul Robichaud is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.He studied at the Shippagan, New Brunswick campus of the University of Moncton. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 1985, he first ran for office in the 1995 but was defeated...

4,348 (57.5%)
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|Denis Roussel 2,795 (37.0%)
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|Juliette Paulin 418 (5.5%)
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|Paul Robichaud
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|8. Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur

Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur

Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in the 1994 redistribution of districts as Centre-Péninsule; its boundaries were adjusted in the 2006 redistribution in order to rebalance the population of...

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|Louis-Philippe McGraw

Louis-Philippe McGraw

Louis-Philippe McGraw is a lawyer in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, having served from 1999 to 2003...

3,235 (43.9%)
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|Denis Landry

Denis Landry

Denis Landry is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 2003 and 2006 after being defeated in his first bid for re-election in 1999....

4,142 (56.1%)
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|Denis Landry
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|Claude Landry

Claude Landry

Claude Landry is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tracadie-Sheila.-References:...

4,043 (53.4%)
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|Serge Rousselle 3,281 (43.3%)
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|Stephane Richardson (Ind.) 250 (3.3%)
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|Elvy Robichaud

Elvy Robichaud

Elvy Robichaud is a former Canadian politician. He last served in 2006 as the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tracadie-Sheila....

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|10. Miramichi Bay-Neguac

Miramichi Bay-Neguac

Miramichi Bay-Neguac is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was formerly known more simply as Miramichi Bay....

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|Guy Vautour 1,963 (28.7%)
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|Carmel Robichaud

Carmel Robichaud

Carmel Robichaud is a politician and retired teacher in New Brunswick, Canada. She is currently a member of Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Miramichi Bay-Neguac.-Early life:...

3,083 (45.1%)
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|Roger Duguay

Roger Duguay

Roger Duguay is a former Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest. He sought election to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick unsuccessfully on four occasions as a representative of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party...

1,791 (26.2%)
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|Carmel Robichaud
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|Michael Malley

Michael Malley

2,720 (38.4%)
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|Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser (politician)

Bill Fraser is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Liberal MLA for Miramichi-Bay du Vin.-References:...

4,187 (59.1%)
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|Dwayne Hancock 181 (2.6%)
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|Michael Malley
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|12. Miramichi Centre

Miramichi Centre

Miramichi Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*John McKay, Liberal *Kim Jardine, PC *John Winston Foran, Liberal *Robert Trevors, PC...

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|George Smith 2,732 (40.6%)
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|John Foran 3,747 (55.6%)
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|Douglas Mullin 258 (3.8%)
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|John Foran
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|13. Southwest Miramichi

Southwest Miramichi

Southwest Miramichi is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Morris Green, Liberal *Brent Taylor, CoR *Reg MacDonald, Liberal *Norm Betts, PC...

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|Brent Taylor 2,844 (44.5%)
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|Rick Brewer

Rick Brewer

-External links:*...

3,327 (52.1%)
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|Lydia Calhoun 217 (3.4%)
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|Rick Brewer
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Southeast

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|14. Rogersville-Kouchibouguac

Rogersville-Kouchibouguac

Rogersville-Kouchibouguac is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Conrad Landry, Liberal *Ken Johnson, Liberal *Rose-May Poirier, Progressive Conservative...

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|Rose-May Poirier
Rose-May Poirier
Rose-May Poirier is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. She has been a member of the Senate of Canada since February 28, 2010. Previously, she served as member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Rogersville-Kouchibouguac from 1999 to 2010. She is renowned for having pulled...

4,332 (55.5%)
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|Emery Comeau 3,112 (39.9%)
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|Oscar Doucet 356 (4.6%)
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|Rose-May Poirier
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|Aldéo Saulnier

Aldéo Saulnier

Aldéo Saulnier is the current mayor of Bouctouche, New Brunswick.As a Progressive Conservative party candidate, Saulnier opposed the current Leader of the Opposition Shawn Graham for the position of Member, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the New Brunswick general election, 2006, held on...

3,060 (45.0%)
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|Shawn Graham
Shawn Graham
Shawn Michael Graham, MLA is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree in 1991 and a Bachelor of Education Degree in 1993, he worked for New Brunswick's civil service before being elected to the Legislative...

3,534 (51.9%)
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|Graham Cox 209 (3.1%)
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|Shawn Graham
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|Claude Williams
Claude Williams (politician)
Claude Williams is a former civil servant and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada....

4,890 (58.5%)
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|Nadine Hébert 3,463 (41.5%)
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|Claude Williams
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|Leo Doiron 3,639 (40.3%)
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|Victor Boudreau 5,116 (56.6%)
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|Richard Pellerin 283 (3.1%)
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|Victor Boudreau
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|18. Tantramar

Tantramar (electoral district)

Tantramar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution and first used in the 1974 election. It underwent only very minor changes in the 1994 redistribution. This was the first seat to elect a New...

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|Mike Olscamp

Mike Olscamp

Michael Robert Olscamp is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and a retired teacher. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tantramar.-Biography:...

2,690 (54.4%)
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|John Higham 1,718 (34.7%)
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|Virgil Hammock 536 (10.8%)
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|Peter Mesheau

Peter Mesheau

Peter Mesheau is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Tantramar in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2006....

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|19. Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe

Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe

Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.It was created in 2006 as a result the large population increase in the City of Dieppe. The district was carved largely out of the old riding of Dieppe-Memramcook taking about 1/5...

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|Fortunat Duguay 2,680 (39.3%)
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|Bernard LeBlanc

Bernard LeBlanc

Bernard LeBlanc is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Liberal MLA for the new district of Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe....

Dieppe Centre-Lewisville

Dieppe Centre-Lewisville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.It was created in 2006 as a result of large population growth in the City of Dieppe. It includes 4 of 5 wards of the city of Dieppe and a small portion of Moncton near Champlain Place...

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|Cy LeBlanc

Cy LeBlanc

Richard "Cy" LeBlanc is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.LeBlanc graduated from the University of Moncton with a Bachelor's degree in Leisure Studies, and worked in sales...

Moncton East

Moncton East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to 2007, it has been held by only two individuals both of whom served as Premier of New Brunswick. Ray Frenette, a Liberal who served as premier from 1997 to 1998, represented the district...

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|Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

3,816 (54.8%)
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|Brian Gallant 2,827 (40.6%)
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|Mark Robar 319 (4.6%)
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|Bernard Lord
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|22. Moncton West

Moncton West

Moncton West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It occupies the southwestern portion of the city of Moncton.It was created in 1973 out of the multi-member district of Moncton...

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|Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
L. Joan MacAlpine-Stiles is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. She served as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Moncton West from 1999 until 2010...

3,317 (52.4%)
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|Gene Devereux

Gene Devereux

Gene Devereux is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and defeated in a bid for re-election in 1999....

3,012 (47.6%)
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|Joan MacAlpine-Stiles
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|23. Moncton North

Moncton North

Moncton North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Michael McKee, Liberal *John Lebans, Liberal *Gene Devereux, Liberal...

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|Marie-Claude Blais

Marie-Claude Blais

Marie-Claude Blais is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Moncton North as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.- Biography:...

2,469 (44.9%)
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|Mike Murphy 2,707 (49.2%)
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|Cindy Rix 326 (5.9%)
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|Mike Murphy
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|24. Moncton Crescent
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|John Betts

John Betts

John Willis Betts, is a Canadian teacher and politician, who is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Moncton Crescent....

4,271 (54.6%)
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|Shirley Smallwood 3,278 (41.9%)
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|Ian Thorn 283 (3.6%)
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|John Betts
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|25. Petitcodiac

Petitcodiac (electoral district)

Petitcodiac is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Hollis Steeves, Liberal *Dennis Cochrane, Prog. Cons. *Hollis Steeves, Liberal...

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|Wally Stiles

Wally Stiles

R. Wallis "Wally" Stiles, is a New Brunswick politician. He represented the electoral district of Petitcodiac in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999–2010...

4,651 (65.0%)
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|Terry Keating 2,116 (29.6%)
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|Rebecca Lewis-Marshall 392 (5.5%)
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|Wally Stiles
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|26. Riverview
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|Bruce Fitch 4,326 (63.3%)
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|Ward White 2,302 (33.7%)
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|Richard Grant 202 (3.0%)
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|Bruce Fitch
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|27. Albert

Albert (provincial electoral district)

Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 1846 when Albert County was created and its boundaries were the same as the county...

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|Wayne Steeves
Wayne Steeves
O. Wayne Steeves is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Steeves was born in Lower Coverdale, New Brunswick, the son of Noel Steeves and Vera Downing. A Progressive Conservative, he has been a candidate for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the electoral district of...

4,439 (70.0%)
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|Clark Butland 1,902 (30.0%)
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|Wayne Steeves
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Southwest

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|Bruce Northrup

Bruce Northrup

Bruce Northrup is a Progressive Conservative politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Kings East.Northrup has acted as official Opposition critic for energy and NB...

4,071 (57.2%)
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|LeRoy Armstrong

LeRoy Armstrong

Thomas LeRoy Armstrong is a Canadian businessman and politician. He was formerly the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Kings East....

2,798 (39.3%)
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|Dana Brown 248 (3.5%)
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|LeRoy Armstrong
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|29. Hampton-Kings
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|Bev Harrison
Bev Harrison
Beverly John "Bev" Harrison, is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician.-Early life:The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick....

4,195 (58.6%)
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|Linda Watson 1,787 (25.0%)
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|Pat Hanratty 918 (12.8%)
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|John Sabine (Ind.

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

) 255 (3.6%)
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|Bev Harrison
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|30. Quispamsis

Quispamsis (electoral district)

Quispamsis is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.It was created as Kennebecasis in 1994 and included the Town of Quispamsis and surrounding communities along the Kennebecasis River Valley...

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|Brenda Fowlie
Brenda Fowlie
Brenda Olive Fowlie is a journalist and politician in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and a member of the cabinet....

3,108 (44.0%)
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|Mary Schryer

Mary Schryer

Mary Schryer was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in New Brunswick, Canada, representing the constituency of Quispamsis. Schryer was elected in the September 18, 2006 general election for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick...

3,625 (51.3%)
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|Lorena Henry 334 (4.7%)
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|Brenda Fowlie
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|31. Saint John-Fundy

Saint John-Fundy

Saint John-Fundy is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-MLAs:*Stuart Jamieson, Liberal *Rodney Weston, Progressive Conservative *Stuart Jamieson, Liberal...

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|James Huttges 2,132 (37.8%)
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|Stuart Jamieson 3,124 (55.5%)
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|Mark LeBlanc 377 (6.7%)
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|Stuart Jamieson
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|32. Rothesay

Rothesay (electoral district)

Rothesay is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.The district was created in 1994 as Saint John-Kings out of parts of Saint John County, Kings County and a small portion of the eastern edge of the City of Saint John all in and around the Town of...

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|Margaret-Ann Blaney

Margaret-Ann Blaney

Margaret-Ann Blaney, is a Canadian journalist and politician. She is currently the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Rothesay .-Early life:...

2,853 (48.6%)
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|Paul Barry 2,765 (47.1%)
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|Troy Polchies 249 (4.2%)
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|Margaret-Ann Blaney
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|33. Saint John East

Saint John East

Saint John East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from the two member district of Saint John East, which was divided into this riding and...

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|Joe Mott 1,860 (32.9%)
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|Roly MacIntyre

Roly MacIntyre

Roly MacIntyre is a former civil servant and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 2003 and 2006 after having been defeated in 1999....

3,406 (60.2%)
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|Maureen Michaud 394 (7.0%)
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|Roly MacIntyre
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|34. Saint John Harbour

Saint John Harbour

Saint John Harbour is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was represented from its creation for the 1995 election until October 13, 2005 by Elizabeth Weir, the leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick from 1988 to September 25, 2005...

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|Idee Inyangudor 1,139 (25.8%)
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|Ed Doherty 2,690 (60.9%)
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|Dan Robichaud 547 (12.4%)
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|David Raymond Amos (Ind.) 44 (1.0%)
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|Ed Doherty
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|35. Saint John Portland
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|Trevor Holder
Trevor Holder
Trevor Arthur Holder, is a New Brunswick politician. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Saint John Portland and a government MLA...

2,987 (50.0%)
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|Colleen Knudson 2,710 (45.3%)
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|Claire Mudge 281 (4.7%)
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|Trevor Holder
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|36. Saint John Lancaster
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|Peter Hyslop 2,499 (36.8%)
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|Abel LeBlanc

Abel LeBlanc

Abel LeBlanc is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 2003.He represents the electoral district of Saint John Lancaster....

4,002 (59.0%)
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|Jennifer Carkner 283 (4.2%)
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|Abel LeBlanc
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|37. Fundy-River Valley

Fundy-River Valley

Fundy-River Valley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was established in the 1994 redistribution as Grand Bay-Westfield and, though its boundaries were not changed much in 2006, it was decided to change its name to Fundy-River Valley to...

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|Borden DeLong 2,594 (42.8%)
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|Jack Keir 2,793 (46.1%)
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|Percy Ward 285 (4.7%)
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|Colby Fraser (Ind.

Independent (politician)

) 386 (6.4%)
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|Milt Sherwood

Milt Sherwood

Milton A. Sherwood is a former politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. In the early 1960s, he moved to Westfield, New Brunswick where he operated a printing business for many years....

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| rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|38. Charlotte-The Isles

Charlotte-The Isles

Charlotte-The Isles is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-History:It was created in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district of Charlotte with the district of Fundy Isles less Campobello Island which moved from Fundy Isles to the new...

Rick Doucet

Rick Doucet, born in Sussex, New Brunswick, is a New Brunswick businessman and politician. He currently represents the riding of Charlotte-The Isles in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Rick lives in St...

3,619 (55.6%)
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Sharon Greenlaw 267 (4.1%)
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|Rick Doucet
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|Eric Allaby

Eric Allaby

Kenneth Eric Allaby is a former New Brunswick politician.Allaby, educated in physics at Acadia University, has worked as an author, painter, curator and teacher. An historian, he was curator of the Grand Manan Museum and the author several books and articles on marine history...

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|39. Charlotte-Campobello

Charlotte-Campobello

Charlotte-Campobello is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.It was created as Western Charlotte in 1994 by merging the old districts of Charlotte West and St...

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|Tony Huntjens

Tony Huntjens

Antoon J. "Tony" Huntjens is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician. A resident of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, where he taught High School for thirty-three years, he is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Western Charlotte.In the fall of 1961,...

3,157 (50.0%)
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|Robert Tinker 2,875 (45.3%)
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|Andrew Graham 312 (4.9%)
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|Tony Huntjens
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Central

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|40. Oromocto

Oromocto (electoral district)

Oromocto is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.The district was created in 1973 from the old multi-member district of Sunbury, taking in the Town of Oromocto, CFB Gagetown and immediate surrounding areas...

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|Jody Carr
Jody Carr
Jody Rochelle Carr is a Canadian politician. He is the current member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Oromocto and served in the cabinet for part of 2006....

3,181 (66.4%)
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|Shelby Mercer 1,451 (30.3%)
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|Stephen Beam 157 (3.3%)
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|Jody Carr
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|41. Grand Lake-Gagetown

Grand Lake-Gagetown

Grand Lake-Gagetown is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year...

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|Jack Carr

Jack Carr (New Brunswick politician)

Jack Carr is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a byelection on November 3, 2008, as the Progressive Conservative MLA for New Maryland-Sunbury West.He is the twin brother of his caucus colleague Jody Carr.-External...

3,324 (45.7%)
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|Eugene McGinley

Eugene McGinley

Eugene McGinley is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a 1972 by-election to represent the electoral district of Bathurst and was re-elected in 1974 following which he retired from politics...

Fredericton-Nashwaaksis

Fredericton-Nashwaaksis is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year.- History :...

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|Mike Smith 3,698 (47.1%)
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|T.J. Burke* 3,855 (49.1%)
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|Aaron Doucette 304 (3.9%)
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| rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|43. Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak

Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak

Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year...

Kelly Lamrock

Kelly Lamrock is a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, and Minister of Social Development in the New Brunswick cabinet.-Before politics:Kelly Lamrock was born...

3,817 (57.7%)
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|T.J. Burke
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|Kelly Lamrock
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|44. Fredericton-Lincoln

Fredericton-Lincoln

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|William Forrestall 2,427 (35.5%)
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|Greg Byrne 3,354 (49.0%)
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|Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and the former leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion.-Biography:...

1,057 (15.5%)
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|45. Fredericton-Silverwood

Fredericton-Silverwood

Fredericton-Silverwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created using the name Fredericton South in the 1973 redrawing of electoral districts by splitting the two-member district of Fredericton and was first used in the 1974...

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|Brad Green
Brad Green (politician)
Bradley V. Green, QC is a Canadian lawyer, judge and a former politician in the Province of New Brunswick....

2,880 (40.1%)
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|Rick Miles

Rick Miles

Rick Miles is a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly in New Brunswick, Canada, representing the constituency of Fredericton-Silverwood...

3,335 (47.4%)
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|Dennis Atchison 815 (11.6%)
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|Brad Green
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|46. New Maryland-Sunbury West

New Maryland-Sunbury West

New Maryland-Sunbury West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is currently held by Jack Carr.-History:...

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|Keith Ashfield
Keith Ashfield
Keith Ashfield, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the MP for the electoral district of Fredericton, and was appointed Minister of State in the Cabinet of Canada afterwards...

3,222 (52.0%)
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|Les Smith 2,666 (43.0%)
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|Brecken Hancock 307 (5.0%)
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|Keith Ashfield
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|47. York

York (provincial electoral district)

York is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada in the southwestern portion of the province. It was created in 1995 from a large part of the former York South and a small part of York North .-Results:...

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|Carl Urquhart

Carl Urquhart

Carl Urquhart is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for York.-References:...

3,100 (48.2%)
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|Trent Jewett 2,943 (45.8%)
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|Derek Simons 382 (5.9%)
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|Scott Targett

Scott Targett

Scott Targett is a prominent businessman in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He is also a former politician having served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2003 to 2006....

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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|48. York North
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|Kirk MacDonald 4,061 (55.7%)
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|Larry Jewett 2,854 (39.1%)
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|Anne Leslie 379 (5.2%)
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|Kirk MacDonald
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Northwest

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|David Alward
David Alward
David Nathan Alward is a Canadian politician, the 32nd and current Premier of New Brunswick.Alward has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 1999 and has been the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick since 2008...

3,867 (54.1%)
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|Art Slipp 2,936 (41.1%)
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|Garth Brewer 345 (4.8%)
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|David Alward
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|50. Carleton
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|Dale Graham
Dale Graham
Dale Allison Graham is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He is currently a member and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and was a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006....

4,148 (64.1%)
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|Gwen Cullins-Jones 2,086 (32.2%)
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|Jason Robar 235 (3.6%)
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|Dale Graham
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|51. Victoria-Tobique

Victoria-Tobique

Victoria-Tobique is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This riding was created in the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to single member districts...

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|Chris McLaughlin 1,447 (25.6%)
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|Larry Kennedy

Larry Kennedy

Larry Ronald Kennedy is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Kennedy studied at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton where he earned a Bachelor of Science before going on to earn his Doctor of Medicine degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Kennedy...

4,043 (71.6%)
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|Paul Kendal 153 (2.7%)
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|Larry Kennedy
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|52. Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André

Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André

Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.-History:It was created in 1973 as Grand Falls...

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|Maurice Picard 2,733 (40.6%)
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|Ron Ouellette

Ron Ouellette

Ronald Ouellette is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 2003 and re-elected in 2006.-Early life:...

3,752 (55.7%)
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|Pierre Cyr 254 (3.8%)
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|Ron Ouellette
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| rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|53. Restigouche-La-Vallée

Restigouche-La-Vallée

Restigouche-La-Vallée is a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada. It elects one member for the Legislative Assembly .It was created in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district of Madawaska-la-Vallée with the district of Restigouche West less small portions on the extreme...

Burt Paulin

Burt Paulin is a Canadian politician in New Brunswick.His family moved to Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche when he was four months old. He married Carolle Mallais....

2,806 (38.8%)
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3|Alain Martel 599 (8.3%)
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|Burt Paulin
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| colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district
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|Percy Mockler
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|54. Edmundston-Saint-Basile
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|Madeleine Dubé
Madeleine Dubé
Madeleine "Mado" Dubé, is a New Brunswick social worker and politician.Dubé has a bachelor degree in social work from l'Université de Moncton and worked for the New Brunswick government as a social worker prior to starting her own business focussing on human development...

5,631 (71.6%)
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|Jean-Louis Johnson 2,000 (25.4%)
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|Michael Bosse 235 (3.0%)
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|Madeleine Dubé
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|55. Madawaska-les-Lacs

Madawaska-les-Lacs

Madawaska-les-Lacs is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. Its MLA is Jeannot Volpé, a Progressive Conservative....

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|Jeannot Volpé
Jeannot Volpé
Jeannot Volpé is a Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick.Born in Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, Volpé graduated from the University of Moncton in 1973 with a Bachelor of Physical Education degree and taught school until 1980...

4,268 (63.2%)
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|Élaine Albert 2,297 (34.0%)
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|Jeff Thibodeau 183 (2.7%)
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|Jeannot Volpé
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Controversial nature of results

The 2006 New Brunswick general election provided a textbook example of what non-partisan electoral reform groups see as the major problems with what they describe as an outdated first-past-the-post

Plurality voting system

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

voting system.

Generally speaking, concern from these groups focuses around the facts that a) the party that won the popular vote (Progressive Conservatives by 0.3%) received three fewer seats than the party that finished second in overall votes (Liberals); b) a party that finished with less than 50% of the popular vote (Liberals with 47.2%) received a "false majority" and total effective governing power over the province; and c) over 20,000 votes cast for NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

and independent candidates are completely unrepresented in the New Brunswick Legislature

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

.

Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada

Fair Vote Canada is a nonprofit, multi-partisan advocacy group for electoral reform in Canada. It is active both federally and in those provinces where there are efforts to reform the first-past-the-post electoral system that is used in Canada...

Executive Director Larry Gordon was quick to express his dismay with the outcome. "In a democracy, you would think any party failing to win a majority of votes should not have majority control of the legislature," he said. "You would certainly not expect a party coming in second place to be given complete control of the political agenda."

There is a history of similar "false results" in the province and across Canada. In fact, despite being "penalized" by the system this time, over the last 40 years the New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives have twice been awarded more seats than any other party despite finishing second in the popular vote (1970

New Brunswick general election, 1970

The 27th New Brunswick general election was held on November 18, 1974, to elect 58 members to the 47th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

and 1974

New Brunswick general election, 1974

). Outgoing Premier Bernard Lord stated as much on election night and therefore chose not to criticize this election's result.

Lord had previously promised to hold an electoral reform referendum on May 12, 2008. If the promised vote on a mixed-member proportional system (MMP)

Mixed member proportional representation

Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...

goes ahead under the new government, "pro side" groups advocating reform are likely to make much of the 1970, 1974 and 2006 election results as well as numerous other false majorities recorded throughout the province's history.

Timeline

October 8, 2004 - Elizabeth Weir
Elizabeth Weir
Elizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in 1988 and became an opposition voice to the Liberal government, which held all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.Born in Belfast,...

resigns as leader of the New Brunswick NDP after leading her party through four elections.

June 30, 2005 - The Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act is passed in the legislature
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

, which sets forth a process under which the province will have new electoral districts
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

.

July 21, 2005 - Environment & Local Government
Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)
The Department of Environment and Local Government was a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It was charged with maintaining relationships with New Brunswick's municipalities, administering its unincorporated Local Service Districts and the administration of its environmental policy.The...

Minister
Executive Council of New Brunswick
The Executive Council of New Brunswick is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

Brenda Fowlie
Brenda Fowlie
Brenda Olive Fowlie is a journalist and politician in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and a member of the cabinet....

resigns from cabinet after the provincial ombudsman
Ombudsman
An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...

finds she had violated the privacy act in revealing personal information about Liberal MLA Stuart Jamieson.

September 25, 2005 - Allison Brewer is elected leader of the NDP at a leadership convention
New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, 2005
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party, a social democratic political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, held a leadership election in 2005, following the resignation of previous leader Elizabeth Weir on October 8, 2004...

.

October 13, 2005 - Elizabeth Weir resigns her seat in the legislature, a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

is called two days later for November 14. The Tories and Liberals both announce high profile candidates and the media speculates that the winner of the by-election will have the momentum going into the general election. Weir's NDP, which was caught without notice of her resignation, is expected by pundits to finish third.

October 31, 2005 - Family and Community Services Minister
Department of Family and Community Services (New Brunswick)
The Department of Family and Community Services is a part of the Government of New Brunswick, in Canada. It is charged with the administration of the province's social welfare and nursing home programs...

Tony Huntjens
Tony Huntjens
Antoon J. "Tony" Huntjens is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician. A resident of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, where he taught High School for thirty-three years, he is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Western Charlotte.In the fall of 1961,...

resigns after revealing the identity of an autistic
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...

man who is a ward of his department to the media.

November 14, 2005 - The Liberals win a by-election in a seat formerly held by NDP MLA Elizabeth Weir, defeating Conservative star candidate Michelle Hooton, who many considered the frontrunner, by a 2 to 1 margin.

January 7, 2006 - Over the course of his beginning of year interviews, Lord reveals that he will introduced legislation fixing election dates, beginning with a date in 2007.

February 14, 2006 - Lord announces a major cabinet shuffle moving over half of his ministers, changing several departments and dumping three of his most well known ministers, two of whom say they are leaving as they will not be candidates in the next election. In the meantime he adds former minister Brenda Fowlie back to cabinet and Speaker
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

Bev Harrison
Bev Harrison
Beverly John "Bev" Harrison, is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician.-Early life:The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick....

who will have to resign from his non-partisan post.

February 17, 2006 - Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

(MLA) Michael Malley
Michael Malley
Michael "Tanker" Malley is a former politician in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. He represented the riding of Miramichi-Bay du Vin in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006 and served as Speaker of the Assembly for part of 2006.Malley, a former Miramichi city...

announces he will sit as an independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

making the government a minority
Minority government
A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

.

March 28, 2006 -
- Independent MLA Michael Malley is elected Speaker of the legislature. This makes the standings of the ordinarily voting members of the legislature 27 Progressive Conservatives, 26 Liberals, 1 Independent. Malley, as Speaker, would only vote in the case of a tie and, by tradition, would normally vote in favour of confidence motions. Thus an election at a time other than Lord's choosing is unlikely.
- Finance Minister
  Department of Finance (New Brunswick)
  The Department of Finance is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with New Brunswick's budgetary and tax policy and headed by the finance minister....
  
  Jeannot Volpe
  Jeannot Volpé
  Jeannot Volpé is a Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick.Born in Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, Volpé graduated from the University of Moncton in 1973 with a Bachelor of Physical Education degree and taught school until 1980...
  
  introduces what he calls a "super good budget
  Budget
  A budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving, borrowing and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...
  
  " in which the government provides tax credits for heating costs, eliminates the Harmonized Sales Tax
  Harmonized Sales Tax
  The Harmonized Sales Tax is the name used in Canada to describe the combination of the federal Goods and Services Tax and the regional Provincial Sales Tax into a single value added sales tax in five of the ten Canadian provinces: Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, British...
  
  from heating costs, regulates the prices of gasoline and home heating oil, personal and small business tax cuts, investments in struggling forestry companies, hiring 240 more teachers for the public school system and no longer using the value of the homes of seniors as an offset to the level of support they can receive in a nursing home.

April 13, 2006 - Malley announces from the speaker's chair that he is rejoining the government caucus. Government House Leader Bev Harrison
Bev Harrison
Beverly John "Bev" Harrison, is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician.-Early life:The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick....

argues that this restores the government majority and that therefore, the Liberals should honour a previous agreement to preserve a working majority on committees of the whole
Committee of the Whole House
In the United Kingdom House of Commons, the Committee of the Whole House is used instead of a standing committee for the clause-by-clause debate of important or contentious bills...

. The Liberals argued that it is improper for a speaker to change his affiliation and refuse to recognize the government as a majority. The legislature becomes somewhat deadlocked as the government controls the primary debate of the chamber, but the opposition controls the votes at committees where legislation and budgetary estimates are approved.

May 1, 2006 - The Liberals offer to end the growing deadlock in the legislature by having Malley resign the speakership and placing one of their own members up for election as speaker. Under such an arrangement, the Conservatives would have 28 voting members, the Liberals 25 and the one independent Frank Branch
Frank Branch
Frank Richard Branch is a former Canadian politician.A Liberal, he was first elected to the New Brunswick Legislature to the multi-member riding for Gloucester County in the 1970 provincial election. He was re-elected to the legislature for the single member riding of Nepisiguit-Chaleur in 1974,...

. In exchange for giving the government this working majority, they demand an election be held on September 25, 2006. Lord rejects this offer.

May 30, 2006 - A Liberal motion to remove Malley from the speakership is defeated 27-25. The Liberals therefore accept the legitimacy of the Speaker becoming a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus.

May 31, 2006 - Government House Leader Bev Harrison
Bev Harrison
Beverly John "Bev" Harrison, is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician.-Early life:The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick....

and Opposition House Leader Kelly Lamrock
Kelly Lamrock
Kelly Lamrock is a Canadian lawyer and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, and Minister of Social Development in the New Brunswick cabinet.-Before politics:Kelly Lamrock was born...

announce an agreement to end stalement in the House. The Liberals, again recognizing the government's majority, will pair with the Speaker in Committees of the Whole and will guarantee passage of the budget by June 16. In return, the government will allow the opposition to chair four committees, including a new committee on literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...

, pass several opposition bills and hold fall sittings of the legislature.

June 12, 2006 - Corporate Research Associates, which conducts a quarterly opinion poll in New Brunswick, releases a survey conducted May 17 to June 6 showing that the Progressive Conservatives have take a lead over the Liberals for the first time since August 2003.

June 20, 2006 - Lord announces he will introduce legislation fixing election dates on the third Monday of October beginning with an election on October 15, 2007.

August 1, 2006 - The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal reports that former minister Peter Mesheau
Peter Mesheau
Peter Mesheau is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Tantramar in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2006....

is set to resign from the legislature which would cause another minority government. Lord says he will not face another minority and will call an election if this happens.

August 8, 2006 - The Fredericton Daily Gleaner reports that Lord will meet Mesheau on August 11 and an election call is expected later that day.

August 10, 2006 - Bernard Lord confirms that the election will be held on September 18, 2006, although an election call is not expected until August 19.

August 14, 2006 - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a Canadian federally incorporated, non-profit organization and taxpayers union that claims to have over 70,000 supporters across Canada. The organization advocates lower taxes, and a reduction of what it considers to be waste in government...

and the Liberals criticize Lord and his ministers for making election style announcements using government resources, something that would be forbidden after the election is formally called.

August 16, 2006 - The Liberal Party begins airing television and radio commercials and erecting billboards.

August 18, 2006 - Lord asks Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson
Herménégilde Chiasson
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to dissolve the legislature, one day earlier than he originally suggested he would catching the other parties off guard, and sets the election date for September 18.

September 1, 2006 - Candidate nominations are due. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives field full slates in all 55 ridings, while the NDP, with 48 candidates, fails to do so for the first time since 1982.

September 5, 2006 - It is announced that Radio-Canada, the French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

arm of CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

, will not provide simultaneous translation for NDP leader Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and the former leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion.-Biography:...

in their televised debate. As a result, Brewer announces she will not participate, leaving only Bernard Lord and Shawn Graham in the French leader's debate. All three leaders will participate in the English debate. The NDP late files a complaint with the Radio-Canada ombudsman
Ombudsman
An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...

.

September 7, 2006:
- The Liberals release their election platform entitled "Charter for Change"
- The three leaders participate in an English leaders' debate on CBC and PC leader Bernard Lord and Liberal leader Shawn Graham participate in a French leaders' debate on Radio-Canada (the French arm of CBC). Both were pre-taped and air simultaneously. Most pundits say that the debates will not sway many voters as there was no clear winner but some suggest Lord won the English debate while Graham won the French.

September 9, 2006 - The first day of advanced polls.

September 10, 2006 - Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...

airs English and French debates live.

September 11, 2006:
- The NDP releases their platform "Clear Voice, Clear Choice".
- The second and final day of advanced polls. It is later reported that there is a 50% increase in advanced voter turnout over 2003.

September 12, 2006 - Corporate Research Associates releases a poll commissioned by L'Acadie Nouvelle
L'Acadie Nouvelle
L'Acadie Nouvelle is an independent French newspaper published in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada since June 6, 1984. It is published from Monday through Saturday and is the only francophone newspaper published in New Brunswick.- History :...

which shows the Liberals at 44%, the PCs at 42% and the NDP at 10%.

September 13, 2006 - The Progressive Conservatives release their platform "Getting Results Together".

September 14, 2006 - Innovative Research Group releases a poll commissioned by CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

which shows the Liberals at 45%, the PCs at 43% and the NDP at 11%.

September 15, 2006 - Omnifacts Bristol releases a poll showing the PCs and Liberals tied at 46% with the NDP at 7%.

September 18, 2006 - Election Day, polls open at 10:00am local time and close at 8:00pm.
- 8:51 PM: CTV Atlantic
  CTV Atlantic
  CTV Atlantic is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media...
  
  projects a Liberal majority government.
- 8:54 PM: CBC
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
  
  projects a Liberal majority government.

September 20, 2006 - Premier-designate Shawn Graham meets with outgoing Premier Bernard Lord and appoints a transition team. The team will be chaired by Doug Tyler
Doug Tyler
Doug Tyler is a political figure in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Tyler was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from the 1987 election until his defeat in the 1999 election...

and consist of Tyler, Allan Maher
Allan Maher
Allan Maher is a former Australian football goalkeeper, who was part of Australia's squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Maher also participated in subsequent World Cup qualifying campaigns...

and Donald Savoie.

October 3, 2006 - Graham and his cabinet
Executive Council of New Brunswick
The Executive Council of New Brunswick is the cabinet of that Canadian province....

are to be sworn-in on this date.

Political parties

The ruling Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

(PC Party) sought a third mandate and try to secure a larger, more workable majority government
Majority government
A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...

. They held 28 of 55 seats prior to dissolution and were led by Premier
Premier of New Brunswick
The Premier of New Brunswick is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive....

Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord
Bernard Lord, ONB, QC, is a Canadian politician and lobbyist. Lord served as the 30th Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

who was fighting his third election as leader. They won 26 seats in the election, becoming the official opposition.
- The Conservatives used "Getting Results Together" for their campaign slogan.

The opposition New Brunswick Liberal Association
New Brunswick Liberal Association
The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

returned to power after suffering their worst ever defeat and winning only 10 seats in 1999 election
New Brunswick general election, 1999
The 34th New Brunswick general election was held on June 7, 1999, to elect 55 members to the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It marked the debut of both Camille Thériault and Bernard Lord as leaders of the Liberals and...

, and after coming within 10 votes in the riding of Kennebecasis of tying the PCs with 27 seats each in the 2003 election
New Brunswick general election, 2003
The 35th New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

. They held 27 of 55 seats prior to dissolution, and were led by Shawn Graham
Shawn Graham
Shawn Michael Graham, MLA is a New Brunswick politician, who served as the 31st Premier of New Brunswick. He received a Bachelor of Physical Education Degree in 1991 and a Bachelor of Education Degree in 1993, he worked for New Brunswick's civil service before being elected to the Legislative...

, who will fought his second election as leader. The won 29 seats and formed the government.
- The Liberals will be using "People for A Change" for their campaign slogan.

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party
New Brunswick New Democratic Party
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

(NDP) fought its first election without Elizabeth Weir
Elizabeth Weir
Elizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in 1988 and became an opposition voice to the Liberal government, which held all 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.Born in Belfast,...

as leader in almost two decades. Many New Brunswickers viewed the NDP and Weir as interchangeable. Weir held the party's only seat in the legislature but she resigned and the Liberal won it in a by-election. The NDP elected
New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, 2005
The New Brunswick New Democratic Party, a social democratic political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, held a leadership election in 2005, following the resignation of previous leader Elizabeth Weir on October 8, 2004...

Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer
Allison Brewer is a Canadian social activist and politician, and the former leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party. She has been particularly active in areas of lesbian and gay rights and access to abortion.-Biography:...

as their new leader on September 25, 2005, she tried to convince New Brunswickers that the NDP was not a one-woman-party. Whether she achieved that goal or not is impossible to tell, but the results of the election were disappointing for the NDP, they failed to win any seats and had their lowest showing in the popular vote (5.1%) since the 1974 election
New Brunswick general election, 1974
The 28th New Brunswick general election was held on November 18, 1974, to elect 58 members to the 48th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

.
- The NDP used "Clear Voice, Clear Choice" as their campaign slogan.

Opinion polls

The only inter-election opinion polling regularly conducted in New Brunswick is by the Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Corporate Research Associates. Every CRA poll from the November 2003 to June 2006 showed the Liberals in the lead by varying amounts. However, their last pre-election poll, released on June 12, 2006, showed the Progressive Conservatives making a come back with 45% to 39% for the Liberals and 9% for the NDP. The CRA poll conducted during the 2003 election campaign

New Brunswick general election, 2003

The 35th New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

showed the Liberals and PCs tied at 41% each, the only polling company to predict the close result that became of that campaign.

Polls conducted during the election campaign - Figures represent decided voters

Polling firm	Dates	PC Party	Liberal	NDP
Omnifacts Bristol	September 10 to 13, 2006	46%	46%	7%
Innovative Research Group	September 8 to 10, 2006	43%	45%	11%
Corporate Research Associates	September 7 to 10, 2006	42%	44%	10%
Omnifacts Bristol*	September 5 to 7, 2006	50%	44%	5%
Corporate Research Associates	August 17 to August 30, 2006	45%	38%	10%
Omnifacts Bristol	August 22 to 24, 2006	46%	45%	8%

* This poll reused the same sample as the August 22-24 poll and is therefore not a random sampling and not technically an opinion poll.

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