1952 New Brunswick general election

1952 New Brunswick general election

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52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Hugh John Flemming John B. McNair Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since 1951 1940 Leader's seat Carleton York (lost re-election) Last election 5 47 Seats won 36 16 Seat change 31 31 Percentage 48.9% 49.2% Swing 17.7% 8.6%
Premier before election John B. McNair Liberal Premier after election Hugh John Flemming Progressive Conservative

Rendition of party representation in the 42nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.

  Progressive Conservatives (36)

  Liberals (16)

The 1952 New Brunswick general election was held on September 22, 1952, to elect 52 members to the 42nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Despite winning a very narrow plurality in the popular vote, the Liberals under Premier John B. McNair lost government to the Progressive Conservatives under Hugh John Flemming.

New Brunswick general election, 1952
Party	Leader	Seats	Pop Vote
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick	Hugh John Flemming	36	48.9%
New Brunswick Liberal Association	John B. McNair	16	49.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Claude P. Milton	0	1.3%
Social Credit Party		0	0.5%
Other / Non-Partisan		0	0.1%

Popular vote Liberal   49.20% PC   48.90% CCF   1.30% Social Credit   0.50% Others   0.10%

Seats summary PC   69.23% Liberal   30.77%

References

• Frank B. Feigert (1989). Canada Votes, 1935-1988. Duke University Press. p. 160.