The 1935 New Brunswick general election was held on June 27, 1935, to elect 48 members to the 38th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Conservative government of Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley was defeated.
This was the first election in which women could run for election to the NB Legislature. But no women MLAs were elected until the 1967 New Brunswick general election. [1]
New Brunswick general election, 1935 | |||
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Party | Leader | Seats | Pop Vote |
New Brunswick Liberal Association | Allison Dysart | 43 | 59.6% |
Conservative Party of New Brunswick | Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley | 5 | 40.2% |
Other / Non-Partisan | 0 | 0.2% |
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