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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.

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that New Brunswick has effectively a two-party system - the Liberal (red) and Conservative (blue); along with the one-off success of the Confederation of Regions party (green) in 1991. Since provincial parties were officially recognised, the Liberal party have won eleven out of nineteen elections.

This article only covers elections since the province became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Prior to becoming part of Canada, New Brunswickwas a British colony, and the New Brunswick House of Assembly was first formed in 1784, when New Brunswick seperated from Nova Scotia. For elections prior to 1867, see General elections in New Brunswick (pre-Confederation).

1935 to date

Between 1935 and 1974, some ridings were multi member seats, i.e., more than one Member of the Legislative Assembly was elected from certain ridings. Political parties were officially recognized and registered beginning in 1935. Since 1974, each riding (electoral district) has elected only one member to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

Election Liberal Conservative [A] NDP CoR [B] Total Seats
width=90 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal| width=90 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives| width=90 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP height=10| width=90 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/CoR-NB|
56th September 18 2006 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal width=7|  29 26 55
55th June 9 2003 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  26 28 1 55
54th June 7 1999 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  10 44 1 55
53rd September 11 1995 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  48 6 1 55
52nd September 23 1991 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  46 3 1 8 58
51st October 13 1987 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  58 58
50th October 12 1982 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  18 39 1 58
49th October 23 1978 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  28 30 58
48th November 18 1974 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  25 33 58
47th October 26, 1970 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  26 32 58
46th October 13, 1967 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  32 26 58
45th April 22, 1963 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  32 20 52
44th June 27, 1960 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  31 21 52
43rd June 18, 1956 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  15 37 52
42nd September 22, 1952 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|  16 36 52
41st June 28, 1948 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  47 5 52
40th August 28, 1944 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  36 12 48
39th November 20, 1939 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  29 19 48
38th June 27, 1935 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal|  43 5 48


Notes

A includes results for Progressive Conservatives,
B the Confederation of Regions Party only contested the 1991, 1995 and 1999 elections.

1867-1934

New Brunswick joined the Canadian confederation in 1867. Party labels were not used so it is not plausible to use tables as above. Between 1917 and 1935, party lines had developed, but were not recognized by electoral law. The results are listed below. Before this, only "Government" and "Opposition" were used.

List of elections:

Election Standings Total Seats
37th June 19, 1930 Conservartive 31 Liberal 17 48
36th August 10, 1925 Conservative 37 Liberal 11 48
35th October 9, 1920 Liberal 24 Conservative 13 United Farmers 9
Labour 2 		48
34th February 24, 1917 Opposition 27
(Liberal) 		Government 21
(Conservative) 		48
33rd June 20, 1912 Government 44 Opposition 2 Other 2 48
32nd March 3, 1908 Opposition 31 Government 12 Other 2 45
31st February 28, 1903 Government 33 Opposition 10 Other 3 46
30th February 18, 1899 Government 40 Opposition 4 Other 2 46
29th October, 1895 Government 34 Opposition 9 Other 3 46
28th October, 1892 Government 25 Opposition 12 Other 4 41
27th January 20, 1890 Government 26 Opposition 15 41
26th April 26, 1886 Opposition 33 Government 8 41
25th June, 1882 Government 22 Opposition 18 Other 1 41
24th June, 1878 Government 31 Opposition 10 41
23rd May-June, 1874 Government 35 Opposition 5 Other 1 41
22nd June-July, 1870 Government 24 Opposition 16 Other 1 41

See also

References

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