1948 New Brunswick general election

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1948 New Brunswick general election
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  1944 June 28, 1948 1952  

52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Leader John B. McNair Hugh H. Mackay
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since19401939
Leader's seat York Kings
Last election3612
Seats won475
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Decrease2.svg7
Percentage57.8%31.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.5%Decrease2.svg8.8%

Premier before election

John B. McNair
Liberal

Premier after election

John B. McNair
Liberal

Rendition of party representation in the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.
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Liberals (47)
Conservatives (5) Nb-seating-1948.png
Rendition of party representation in the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.
  Liberals (47)
  Conservatives (5)

The 1948 New Brunswick general election was held on June 28, 1948, to elect 52 members to the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

The Liberal government of John B. McNair was re-elected.

The election was held using 17 districts, electing between two and five members each, through Block Voting. Carleton, which elected 2 Progressive-Conservatives and a Liberal, was the only district where mixed representation was produced. The rest each produced one-party sweeps.

New Brunswick general election, 1948
PartyLeaderSeatsPop Vote
New Brunswick Liberal Association John B. McNair 4757.8%
Conservative Party of New Brunswick Hugh H. Mackay 531.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Joseph C. Arrowsmith 06.0%
Social Credit Party 03.1%
Other / Non-Partisan01.9%
Popular vote
Liberal
57.80%
PC
31.20%
CCF
6.00%
Social Credit
3.10%
Others
1.90%
Seats summary
Liberal
90.38%
PC
9.62%

References