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1989 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election

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1989 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election
DateNovember 4, 1989
ConventionFredericton, New Brunswick
Resigning leaderRichard Hatfield
Won byBarbara Baird Filliter
Ballots1
Candidates2
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The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a leadership election in 1989 to replace its former leader Richard Hatfield who had led the party to lose all of its seats in the 1987 election after 17 years in power. The winner was Fredericton lawyer Barbara Baird Filliter, the first woman to lead a Conservative party in Canada.

The candidates were Baird Filliter and former Kings East member of the legislative assembly Hazen Myers.[1]

Results

1989 PCNB leadership result[2]
Candidate Votes %
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives | Barbara Baird Filliter 1,021 74.6
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives | Hazen Myers 348 25.4

References

  1. ^ Toronto Star. "N.B Tories elect lawyer to succeed Hatfield," November 5, 1989, page A22.
  2. ^ Toronto Star. "N.B Tories elect lawyer to succeed Hatfield," November 5, 1989, page A22.