List of New Brunswick general elections
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New Brunswick, a Canadian province, has a unicameral legislature that is at least elected once every five years at a general election. Prior to 1892, it had a bicameral legislature but its Upper House, the Legislative Council, was not elected.
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1974—
Since 1974, each riding (electoral district) has elected only one member to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
| Election | Total Seats | ||||||
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| P.C. | Liberal | N.D.P. | CoR | ||||
| 55th June 9, 2003 | 28 | 26 | 1 | * | 55 | ||
| 54th June 7, 1999 | 44 | 10 | 1 | - | 55 | ||
| 53rd Sept. 11, 1995 | 6 | 48 | 1 | - | 55 | ||
| 52nd Sept. 23, 1991 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 58 | ||
| 51st Oct. 13, 1987 | - | 58 | - | * | 58 | ||
| 50th Oct. 12, 1982 | 39 | 18 | 1 | * | 58 | ||
| 49th Oct. 23, 1978 | 30 | 28 | - | * | 58 | ||
| 48th Nov. 18, 1974 | 33 | 25 | - | * | 58 | ||
* The Confederation of Regions Party only contested the 1991, 1995 and 1999 elections.
1935-1974
Between 1935 and 1974, some ridings were multi member seats, i.e., more than one Member of the Legislative Assembly was elected from certain ridings. Political parties were officially recognized and registered beginning in 1935.
| Election | Total Seats | ||||
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| Liberal | P.C. / Con. (before 1952) | ||||
| 47th Oct. 26, 1970 | 26 | 32 | 58 | ||
| 46th Oct. 13, 1967 | 32 | 26 | 58 | ||
| 45th Apr. 22, 1963 | 32 | 20 | 52 | ||
| 44th Jun. 27, 1960 | 31 | 21 | 52 | ||
| 43rd June 18, 1956 | 15 | 37 | 52 | ||
| 42nd Sept. 22, 1952 | 16 | 36 | 52 | ||
| 41st Jun. 28, 1948 | 47 | 5 | 52 | ||
| 40th Aug. 28, 1944 | 36 | 12 | 48 | ||
| 39th Nov. 20, 1939 | 29 | 19 | 48 | ||
| 38th Jun. 27, 1935 | 43 | 5 | 48 | ||
1867-1934
New Brunswick joined the Canadian confederation in 1867. Party labels were not used so it is not plausible to use tables as above.
List of elections:
- 37th General Election: June 19, 1930
- 36th General Election: August 10, 1925
- 35th General Election: October 9, 1920
- 34th General Election: February 24, 1917
- 33rd General Election: June 20, 1912
- 32nd General Election: March 3, 1908
- 31st General Election: February 28, 1903
- 30th General Election: February 18, 1899
- 29th General Election: October, 1895
- 28th General Election: October, 1892
- 27th General Election: January 20, 1890
- 26th General Election: April 26, 1886
- 25th General Election: June, 1882
- 24th General Election: June, 1878
- 23rd General Election: May-June, 1874
- 22nd General Election: June-July, 1870
Pre-1867
Elections in the Province of New Brunswick, a British colony.
List of elections:
- 21st General Election: May-June, 1866
- 20th General Election: February-March, 1865
- 19th General Election: June, 1861
- 18th General Election: April-May, 1857
- 17th General Election: June-July, 1856
- 16th General Election: June, 1854
- 15th General Election: June-July, 1850
- 14th General Election: October, 1846
- 13th General Election: December, 1842-January, 1843
- 12th General Election: September-October, 1837
- 11th General Election: December, 1834-January, 1835
- 10th General Election: October, 1830
- 9th General Election: June, 1827
- 8th General Election: June, 1820
- 7th General Election: October, 1819
- 6th General Election: August-September, 1816
- 5th General Election: September-October, 1809
- 4th General Election: October-November, 1802
- 3rd General Election: August-September, 1795
- 2nd General Election: December, 1792-January, 1793
- 1st General Election: November-December, 1785
Prior to 1784, New Brunswick was Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and it returned members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. See List of Nova Scotia general elections.
See also
External link
- Office of the NB Chief Electoral Officer (http://www.gnb.ca/elections/)