The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right conservative political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The party has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony. It has historically followed the Red Tory tradition. From the 2010s,the party underwent a shift to Blue Toryism after the election of Blaine Higgs as leader,who was premier from 2018 to 2024.
The 1987 New Brunswick general election was held on October 13,1987,to select the 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick of the 51st Legislature of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Liberal Party won power for the first time since 1967. They did so in a landslide,winning all 58 seats in the legislature. This feat was only accomplished one other time in Canadian history,in the 1935 Prince Edward Island election.
The 1978 New Brunswick general election was held on October 23,1978,to elect 58 members to the 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada. Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party narrowly won its third term.
Frank Richard Branch was a Canadian politician.
The 2006 New Brunswick general election was held on September 18,2006,to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
The New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party was a political party in the Province of New Brunswick,Canada. It was the only branch of the Confederation of Regions Party of Canada to win any seats in their respective legislature. Having won the second most seats in the 1991 provincial election,the party was the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly between 1991 and 1995,before losing all its seats in the following election.
John Herron is a Canadian politician and former Red Tory,and now a Blue Liberal,who served as the Progressive Conservative member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Fundy Royal from 1997 to 2004. He left the PC Party and ran unsuccessfully for re-election as a Liberal in 2004. He returned to politics in the 2024 New Brunswick general election winning election as a Liberal MLA for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins.
Antoon J. "Tony" Huntjens is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician. A resident of St. Stephen,New Brunswick,where he taught High School for thirty-three years,he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the riding of Western Charlotte.
Richard Michael Doucet is a New Brunswick businessman and politician who has represented since 2003 the riding of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
Michael "Tanker" Malley is a former Canadian politician in New Brunswick,Canada. He represented the riding of Miramichi-Bay du Vin in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006 and served as Speaker of the Assembly for part of 2006.
Trevor Arthur Holder is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2024. At the time of his resignation,he was the longest serving member of the legislature.
The 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2003 and was dissolved on August 18,2006.
The 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1999 and was dissolved on May 10,2003.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1994 the position has been elected by MLAs using a secret ballot. Previously,the Speaker had been appointed by motion of the house,in practice moved by the Premier of New Brunswick usually after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition. Shirley Dysart was the first Speaker to be elected by his or her peers.
Glen Louis Savoie is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Saint John-Fundy as a member of the Progressive Conservatives until the 2014 provincial election on September 22,2014,when he was defeated by Gary Keating in the redistributed riding of Saint John East.
James Charles William Parrott was a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election,representing the electoral district of Fundy-River Valley. Parrott was formerly a heart surgeon.
The 2014 New Brunswick general election was held on September 22,2014,to elect 49 members to the 58th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
Dominic William Cardy is a Canadian politician,leader of the Canadian Future Party and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (2018-2024) and provincial cabinet minister (2018-2022).
Gary Edward Crossman is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Hampton as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. He was re-elected in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections.
