2018 New Brunswick general election

2018 New Brunswick general election

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49 seats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.34% [1] (2.69pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Blaine Higgs Brian Gallant Kris Austin Party Progressive Conservative Liberal People's Alliance Leader since October 22, 2016 October 27, 2012 June 5, 2010 Leader's seat Quispamsis Shediac Bay-Dieppe Fredericton-Grand Lake Last election 21 seats, 34.64% 27 seats, 42.72% 0 seats, 2.14% Seats before 21 24 0 Seats won 22 21 3 Seat change 1 3 3 Popular vote 121,300 143,791 47,860 Percentage 31.89% 37.80% 12.58% Swing 2.75pp 4.92pp 10.44pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader David Coon Jennifer McKenzie Party Green New Democratic Leader since September 22, 2012 August 10, 2017 Leader's seat Fredericton South Ran in Saint John Harbour (lost) Last election 1 seat, 6.61% 0 seats, 12.98% Seats before 1 0 Seats won 3 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 45,186 19,039 Percentage 11.88% 5.00% Swing 5.27pp 7.98pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
Premier before election Brian Gallant Liberal Premier after election Brian Gallant [n 1] Liberal

The 2018 New Brunswick general election was held on September 24, 2018, ^{[3] [4]} to elect the 49 members of the 59th New Brunswick Legislature, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Two smaller parties — the People's Alliance and the Greens — made breakthroughs, winning three seats each, and potentially holding the balance of power. The People's Alliance entered the legislature for the first time, while the Greens increased their seat count from one. This marked the first time since the 1991 election that four parties won representation in the legislature. The election was also contested by the provincial New Democrats, newcomers KISS NB, and eight independents.

This is the first election since 1920 that did not return a majority for any party. The Progressive Conservatives won the most seats, with 22, but incumbent Liberal Premier Brian Gallant, whose party secured only 21 seats despite winning the popular vote by six percentage points, indicated that he would seek the confidence of the legislature and attempt to form a minority government.

On September 25, Gallant met with the Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau and received permission to continue in office. ^[5] On November 2, Gallant's minority government was defeated in a non-confidence vote. ^[6] On November 9, Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs was sworn in as premier with a minority government. ^[2]

Timeline

• September 22, 2014 – The New Brunswick Liberal Association, led by Brian Gallant, won a narrow majority government, defeating incumbent Premier David Alward's Progressive Conservatives, which became the second single-term government in New Brunswick's history. ^[7]
• September 23, 2014 - Alward announces his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader.
• October 18, 2014 - Bruce Fitch became interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.
• December 10, 2014 - The NDP executive rejects Cardy's resignation as leader, urging him to continue and offering him a salary as he has been working as leader on a volunteer basis.
• October 22, 2016 - Blaine Higgs becomes the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in a leadership election. ^[8]
• January 1, 2017 - Dominic Cardy resigns as leader of the NDP, and as a party member. He subsequently joins the PCs as Chief of Staff to Leader Blaine Higgs. ^{[9] [10]}
• January 8, 2017 - Rosaire L'Italien is chosen as interim leader of the NDP by the party's executive. ^[11]
• August 10, 2017 - Jennifer McKenzie is acclaimed as the new leader of the NDP. ^[12]

Summary of seat changes

Changes in seats held (2014–2018)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Saint John East	October 14, 2014	Gary Keating	█  Liberal	Resignation	November 17, 2014	Glen Savoie [a 1]	█  PC
Carleton	May 22, 2015	David Alward	█  PC	Resignation	October 5, 2015	Stewart Fairgrieve [13]	█  PC
Campbellton-Dalhousie	November 30, 2017	Donald Arseneault [14] [15]	█  Liberal	Resignation
Moncton Centre	May 10, 2018	Chris Collins	█  Liberal	Left the party			█  Independent
Edmundston-Madawaska Centre	July 6, 2018	Madeleine Dubé [16]	█  PC	Resignation

1. NDP leader Dominic Cardy came in third

Results

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3	22	21	3
PANB	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	Green

Summary of the 2018 Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick election

Political party		Party leader	MLAs					Votes
			Candidates	2014	Dissol.	2018	±	#	%	± (pp)	% where running
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Higgs	49	21	21	22	1	121,300	31.89%	2.75	31.89%
	Liberal	Brian Gallant	49	27	24	21	3	143,791	37.80%	4.92	37.80%
	People's Alliance	Kris Austin	30	–	–	3	3	47,860	12.58%	10.44	20.60%
	Green	David Coon	47	1	1	3	2	45,186	11.88%	5.27	12.41%
	New Democratic	Jennifer McKenzie	49	–	–	–	–	19,039	5.01%	7.97	5.01%
	KISS NB	Gerald Bourque	9	–	–	–	–	366	0.10%	New	0.49%
	Independent		8	–	1	–	1	2,821	0.74%	0.15	4.46%
	Vacant				2
Ballots rejected								1,412
Total			241	49	49	49	–	381,775	100.00%
Eligible voters and turnout								568,671	67.13%	2.48

Popular vote Liberal   37.80% PC   31.89% People's Alliance   12.58% Green   11.88% New Democratic   5.01% Others   0.84%

Seats summary PC   44.90% Liberal   42.86% People's Alliance   6.12% Green   6.12%

Results by region

Party Name			Northern	Miramichi	Southeastern	Southern	Capital Region	Upper River Valley	Total
	Liberal	Seats	7	1	7	1	1	4	21
		Popular Vote	55.18%	33.26%	42.60%	26.88%	22.49%	45.44%	37.80%
	Progressive Conservative	Seats	1	1	5	10	4	1	22
		Popular Vote	22.34%	23.62%	29.95%	46.50%	30.68%	33.46%	31.89%
	Green	Seats	–	–	2	–	1	–	3
		Popular Vote	9.18%	3.97%	14.32%	8.54%	17.31%	10.49%	11.88%
	People's Alliance	Seats	–	1	–	–	2	–	3
		Popular Vote	0.91%	35.34%	6.72%	12.78%	27.55%	8.10%	12.58%
	New Democratic	Seats	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Popular Vote	10.42%	3.73%	5.07%	5.04%	1.82%	2.35%	5.01%
	Other	Seats	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
		Popular Vote	1.98%	0.08%	1.34%	0.27%	0.16%	0.16%	0.84%
Total seats			8	3	14	11	8	5	49

Detailed analysis

Position attained in seats contested

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	Liberal	21	20	7	1
	Progressive Conservative	22	17	10	–
	Green	3	2	11	27
	People's Alliance	3	7	15	2
	New Democratic	–	2	6	14
	Independent	–	1 [a 1]	–	4

1. Chris Collins (Moncton Centre)

Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results

Parties		Seats
█  Liberal	█  Progressive Conservative	31
█  Liberal	█  Green	5
█  Liberal	█  People's Alliance	2
█  Liberal	█  New Democratic	2
█  Liberal	█  Independent	1
█  Progressive Conservative	█  People's Alliance	8
Total		49

Aftermath

On election night, Higgs claimed victory, saying his team had received a mandate; however, Gallant did not resign, instead stating his intent to remain in office by securing support on a vote-by-vote basis. ^[17] The following day, Gallant met with Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau and received permission to continue in office and attempt to seek confidence of the legislature. ^[5] On September 27, Higgs met with Roy-Vienneau, and was told that if Gallant was unable to secure the confidence of the House, he would be called on to form government; shortly afterwards, Higgs called on Gallant to either resign or immediately recall the legislature. ^[18]

In the immediate aftermath of the election, both Kris Austin of the People's Alliance and David Coon of the Green Party were noncommittal in their support: Austin pledged to work with any party willing to work with him, but said the party won't sacrifice its "values and ideals" to do so; ^[19] while Coon said his caucus would take time to figure out how they would align themselves, but would not be able to work with anyone uncommitted to rights for linguistic minorities or combatting climate change. ^[20] Gallant opted to pursue a partnership with the Green Party, ruling out any arrangement with the PCs or PA because they don't share Liberal "values". ^[21] Higgs initially ruled out any formal agreements with other parties, but later said that a four-year agreement would be ideal for stability—pointing to the confidence and supply deal that the British Columbia NDP and Greens negotiated following the province's inconclusive 2017 election as an example. ^[22]

Austin agreed to support to a Progressive Conservative government for 18 months, though no formal agreement was made. ^[23] Coon said his party would negotiate with both the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives. ^[24] On October 10, Coon announced that the Green Party would not formally side with either party, and would base their votes on their own "declaration of intent". Accordingly, Coon said that their support for the throne speech depends on its "merits", and that his caucus would be free to vote their own way on the speech. ^[25]

The results drew notice elsewhere in Canada. Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée described the results as "an advertisement for our proposal for proportional representation." ^[26] Andrew Weaver, leader of the BC Greens, suggested that Coon should make an agreement with the Progressive Conservatives. ^[27] The Globe and Mail published an editorial calling for electoral reform, ^[28] as did National Post columnist Andrew Coyne. ^[29]

On November 1, Gallant's Liberal minority government was defeated by a non-confidence vote (25-23) by the opposition Progressive Conservatives and People's Alliance. ^[6] On November 9, Blaine Higgs was sworn in as premier. ^[2]

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Last Day of Polling	Link	Liberal	PC	NDP	Green	PA
Forum Research	September 23, 2018		35.8	29.4	3.6	13.8	16.4
Mainstreet Research	September 21, 2018		35.2	28.8	3.2	16.0	14.8
Nanos Research	September 20, 2018		37.4	30.2	9.6	10.8	12.0
Forum Research	September 11, 2018		37	32	4	11	15
Leger Research	September 11, 2018		41	32	8	8	10
Corporate Research Associates	September 9, 2018		45	33	6	10	5
Corporate Research Associates	August 19, 2018		50	30	7	7	6
MQO Research	August 4, 2018		40	32	9	10
Mainstreet Research	July 17, 2018		38.1	39.4	6.6	8.9
Corporate Research Associates	May 31, 2018		45	31	13	7	4
MQO Research	May 16, 2018		35	43	7	11	4
Corporate Research Associates	March 3, 2018		43	30	13	11	3
MQO Research	January 25, 2018		46	37	5	9	3
Mainstreet Research	January 6, 2018		41.1	39.7	9.3	9.9
Corporate Research Associates	November 29, 2017		47	28	11	9	3
MQO Research	October 15, 2017		41	36	12	7
Corporate Research Associates	September 6, 2017		47	32	12	7	2
MQO Research	July 27, 2017		45	35	10	7	3
Mainstreet Research	June 22, 2017		48	29	8	16	0
Corporate Research Associates	May 31, 2017		46	33	11	6	3
MQO Research	April 17, 2017		43	32	15	5	5
Corporate Research Associates	March 1, 2017		51	30	12	5	2
MQO Research	January 22, 2017		50	30	11	7	1
Corporate Research Associates	November 30, 2016	Archived 2017-02-07 at the Wayback Machine	53	30	7	9	2
MQO Research	October 15, 2016		54	25	12	8	2
Corporate Research Associates	August 31, 2016		54	28	8	8	2
MQO Research	July 19, 2016		50	28	10	8	5
Corporate Research Associates	June 1, 2016		52	25	12	9	2
MQO Research	April 16, 2016		51	28	11	9	2
Corporate Research Associates	March 2, 2016		45	27	18	8	2
Corporate Research Associates	November 30, 2015		55	25	12	7	1
Corporate Research Associates	September 10, 2015		36	28	25	10	2
Corporate Research Associates	June 9, 2015		38	28	23	11	1
Corporate Research Associates	March 2, 2015		54	27	9	10	1
Corporate Research Associates	November 26, 2014		52	23	14	9	1
Election 2014	September 22, 2014	HTML	42.72	34.64	12.98	6.61	2.14

Candidates by region

Legend

• bold denotes cabinet minister, speaker or party leader
• italics denotes a potential candidate who has not received his/her party's nomination
• † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
• * denotes an incumbent seeking re-election in a new district

NOTE: Candidates' names are as registered with Elections New Brunswick

Northern

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		Other
Restigouche West		Gilles LePage 4233		David Moreau 961		Charles Thériault 2540		Beverly A. Mann 263				Travis Pollock (KISS) 62		Gilles LePage
Campbellton-Dalhousie		Guy Arseneault 3720		Diane Cyr 1761		Annie Thériault 637		Thérèse Tremblay 721		Robert Boudreau 558				Vacant
Restigouche-Chaleur		Daniel Guitard 4430		Charles Stewart 826		Mario Comeau 831		Paul Tremblay 621						Daniel Guitard
Bathurst West-Beresford		Brian Kenny 4351		Yvon Landry 1082		Mike Rau 503		Anne-Renée Thomas 443				James Risdon (KISS) 64		Brian Kenny
Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore		Denis Landry 3550		Michelle Branch 858		Robert Kryszko 421		Jean Maurice Landry 2026						Denis Landry
Caraquet		Isabelle Thériault 5420		Kevin Haché 1827		Yvon Durelle 330		Katy Casavant 548				Guilmond Hébert (Ind.) 373		Hédard Albert† [30]
Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou		Wilfred Roussel 3949		Robert Gauvin 4048				Albert Rousselle 578				Philippe Tisseuil (Ind.) 178		Wilfred Roussel
Tracadie-Sheila		Keith Chiasson 4320		Claude Landry 2390		Nancy Benoit 390		Francis Duguay 1213				Stéphane Richardson (Ind.) 544		Serge Rousselle† [31]

Miramichi

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		KISS
Miramichi Bay-Neguac		Lisa Harris 3512		Debi Tozer 1741		James (Junior) Denny 349		Willie Robichaud 718		Terry Collette 2047				Lisa Harris
Miramichi		Bill Fraser 2825		Peggy McLean 1154		Louann Savage 189		Douglas Mullin 110		Michelle Conroy 3788				Bill Fraser
Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin		Andy Hardy 1909		Jake Stewart 2960		Byron J. Connors 447		Roger Vautour 97		Art O'Donnell 2925		Dawson Brideau 19		Jake Stewart

Southeastern

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		Other
Kent North		Emery Comeau 3301		Katie Robertson 1112		Kevin Arseneau 4056		Neil Gardner 171				Roger Richard (Ind.) 194		Bertrand LeBlanc† [32]
Kent South		Benoit Bourque 5595		Ricky Gautreau 1848		Alain Rousselle 1304		Serge Rémi Parent 436						Benoît Bourque
Shediac Bay-Dieppe		Brian Gallant 6162		Paulin Blaise Ngweth 1353		Michel Albert 906		Michel Boudreau 764						Brian Gallant
Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé		Jacques LeBlanc 5919		Marcel Doiron 2081		Greta Doucet 888		Lise Potvin 428						Victor Boudreau† [32]
Memramcook-Tantramar		Bernard LeBlanc 3137		Etienne Gaudet 1518		Megan Mitton 3148		Hélène Boudreau 410						Bernard LeBlanc
Dieppe		Roger Melanson 5173		Pierre Brine 998				Joyce Richardson 1057						Roger Melanson
Moncton East		Monique LeBlanc 3626		Marty Kingston 2771		Matthew Ian Clark 925		Anthony Crandall 424						Monique LeBlanc
Moncton Centre		Rob McKee 2698		Claudette Boudreau-Turner 982		Jean-Marie Nadeau 771		Jessica Caissie 229		Kevin McClure 309		Chris Collins (Ind.) 1200		Chris Collins
Moncton South		Cathy Rogers 3099		Moira Murphy 2090		Laura Sanderson 628		Amy Johnson 249		Marilyn Crossman-Riel 466				Cathy Rogers
Moncton Northwest		Courtney Pringle-Carver 2963		Ernie Steeves 3186		Keagan Slupsky 437		Cyprien Okana 297		Myrna Geldart 875				Ernie Steeves
Moncton Southwest		Susy Campos 2667		Sherry Wilson 2920		Sarah Colwell 907		Hailey Duffy 503						Sherry Wilson
Riverview		Brent Mazerolle 2053		R. Bruce Fitch 3701		Stephanie Coburn 542		Madison Duffy 249		Heather Collins 1005				Bruce Fitch
Albert		Catherine Black 1775		Mike Holland 3479		Moranda van Geest 870		Betty Weir 375		Sharon Buchanan 1546		James Wilson (Ind.) 87		Brian Keirstead† [33]
Gagetown-Petitcodiac		Brigitte Noel 1153		Ross Wetmore 3674		Marilyn Merritt-Gray 1097		Anne Marie F. Richardson 165		Craig Dykeman 1892		Carolyn MacDonald (KISS) 56		Ross Wetmore

Southern

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		Independent
Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins		Ian Smyth 1212		Bruce N. Northrup 3816		Fred Harrison 505		Dawna Robertson 254		Jim Bedford 1874		David Raymond Amos 54		Bruce Northrup
Hampton		Carley Parish 1454		Gary Crossman 3702		John Sabine 743		Layton Peck 384		Dana Hansen 1246				Gary Crossman
Quispamsis		Aaron Kennedy 2078		Blaine Higgs 4691		Mark Woolsey 445		Ryan Jewkes 239		Keith Porter 795				Blaine Higgs
Rothesay		Stephanie Tomilson 2001		Hugh J. (Ted) Flemming 3542		Ann McAllister 571		Josh Floyd 251		Michael Griffin 722				Ted Flemming
Saint John East		Clare Manzer 1775		Glen Savoie 3017		Lynaya Astephen 373		Alex White 402		Matthew Thompson 1047				Glen Savoie
Portland-Simonds		John MacKenzie 1703		Trevor A. Holder 3168		Sheila Croteau 435		Kim Blue 449				Artie Watson 191		Trevor Holder
Saint John Harbour		Gerry Lowe 1865		Barry Ogden 1855		Wayne Dryer 721		Jennifer McKenzie 836		Margot Brideau 393				Ed Doherty† [32]
Saint John Lancaster		Kathleen Riley-Karamanos 1727		Dorothy Shephard 3001		Doug James 582		Tony Mowery 414		Paul Seelye 922				Dorothy Shephard
Kings Centre		Bill Merrifield 1785		Bill Oliver 3267		Bruce Dryer 731		Susan Jane Shedd 342		Dave Peters 1454				Bill Oliver
Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West		Rick Doucet 2422		Andrea Anderson-Mason 3808		Romey Frances Heuff 469		Keith LeBlanc 203		Doug Ellis 1104				Rick Doucet
Saint Croix		John B. Ames 2436		Greg Thompson 3249		Donna Linton 1047		Jan Underhill 89		Joyce Wright 1466				John Ames

Capital Region

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		KISS
Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton		John Fife 2306		Mary E. Wilson 2399		Tom McLean 903		Justin Young 159		Craig Rector 1741				Jody Carr† [34]
Fredericton-Grand Lake		Wendy Tremblay 955		Pam Lynch 2433		Dan Weston 472		Glenna Hanley 114		Kris Austin 4799		Gerald Bourque 19		Pam Lynch
New Maryland-Sunbury		Alex Scholten 2210		Jeff Carr 3844		Jenica Atwin 902		Mackenzie Thomason 143		Morris Shannon 2214		Danelle Titus 14		Jeff Carr
Fredericton South		Susan Holt 1525		Scott Smith 1042		David Coon 4273		Chris Durrant 132		Bonnie Clark 616				David Coon
Fredericton North		Stephen Horsman 2443		Jill Green 2182		Tamara White 1313		Scarlett Tays 139		Lynn King 1651				Stephen Horsman
Fredericton-York		Amber Bishop 1652		Kirk Douglas MacDonald 2777		Amanda Wildeman 1393		Evelyne Godfrey 103		Rick DeSaulniers 3033		Sandra Bourque 34		Kirk MacDonald
Fredericton West-Hanwell		Cindy Miles 2404		Dominic Cardy 2739		Susan Jonah 1490		Olivier Hébert 171		Jason Paull 1803				Brian Macdonald† [35]
Carleton-York		Jackie Morehouse 1556		Carl Urquhart 3118		Sue Rickards 837		Robert Kitchen 255		Gary Lemmon 2583		Lloyd Maurey 40		Carl Urquhart

Upper River Valley

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Progressive Conservatives		Green		NDP		PANB		KISS
Carleton		Christy Culberson 1197		Stewart Fairgrieve 2982		Amy Anderson 1247		Adam McAvoy 82		Stewart B. Manuel 2026				Stewart Fairgrieve
Carleton-Victoria		Andrew Harvey 3116		Margaret C. Johnson 2872		Paula Shaw 503		Margaret Geldart 114		Terry Leigh Sisson 960		Carter Edgar 58		Andrew Harvey
Victoria-La Vallée		Chuck Chiasson 3570		Danny Soucy 3212		Paul Plourde 468		Lina Chiasson 307						Chuck Chiasson
Edmundston-Madawaska Centre		Jean-Claude (JC) D'Amours 4668		Gérald Levesque 1437		Sophie Vaillancourt 702		Anne-Marie Comeau 206						Vacant
Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston		Francine Landry 4191		Jeannot Volpé 1826		Denis Boulet 945		Cécile Richard-Hébert 156						Francine Landry

Footnotes

1. Following the election, Brian Gallant continued in office with a minority government. On November 1, 2018, Gallant's government was defeated in a confidence vote, prompting his resignation. Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau then invited Progressive Conservative leader Blaine Higgs to form a minority government. Gallant's resignation was effective November 9, 2018, at which time Higgs was sworn in as premier. ^[2]

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Further reading

• Gillies, Jamie; Lewis, J. P.; Bateman, Tom (January 2021). "The 2018 Provincial Election in New Brunswick". Canadian Political Science Review. 14 (1): 98–117. ISSN   1911-4125.

External links

• Elections New Brunswick