Bernard Lord is a Canadian lawyer,business executive and former politician. He served as the 30th premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. Lord was appointed as board chair of Ontario Power Generation in 2014.
Shawn Michael Graham is a Canadian politician,who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. After being elected,Graham initiated a number of changes to provincial policy especially in the areas of health care,education and energy. His party was defeated in the New Brunswick provincial election held September 27,2010,and Graham resigned as Liberal leader on November 9,2010.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association,more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick,is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick,Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867.
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre to 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. The Progressive Conservative Party currently leads the provincial government since 2018 under Premier Blaine Higgs.
Michael Barry Murphy is a New Brunswick lawyer and politician.
Moncton East was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. Prior to 2007,it has been held by only two individuals both of whom served as Premier of New Brunswick. Ray Frenette,a Liberal who served as premier from 1997 to 1998,represented the district from its creation for the 1974 election until he resigned in 1998. Bernard Lord,a Progressive Conservative who served as premier from 1999 to 2006,won the seat in a by-election after Frenette's resignation until his own resignation on January 31,2007. Its last MLA,Liberal Chris Collins,was elected in a by-election to replace Lord.
Victor Eric Boudreau is a New Brunswick politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2004 to 2018,representing the ridings of Shediac-Cap-Peléand Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Peléfor the New Brunswick Liberal Association,and was the Leader of the Opposition in the legislature. In 2023,Boudreau was appointed as the chief administrative officer for the Town of Shediac. In 2024,he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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 New Brunswick 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.
Denis Landry is the Mayor of Hautes-Terre and a former MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the province of New Brunswick,Canada. Landry was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Shawn Graham and Brian Gallant.
The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn in on October 3,2006 but it was called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick on February 6,2007.
The 2010 New Brunswick general election was held on September 27,2010,to elect 55 members to the 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada. The incumbent Liberal government won 13 seats,while the opposition Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority of 42 seats in the legislature. As leader of the PC party,David Alward became New Brunswick's 32nd premier.
New Brunswick has had,since the Legislative Council was abolished by an act passed on 16 April 1891,a unicameral legislature called the New Brunswick Legislature,consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly with 49 seats. The legislature functions according to the Westminster system of government. Elections are now held at least every five years but may be called at any time by the lieutenant governor on consultation with the premier.
Daniel Allain is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick at the 2020 general election in the riding of Moncton East and sat in the legislature until 2024. He served as Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform until being dropped from the cabinet on June 27,2023.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association held a leadership election on October 27,2012 to replace outgoing leader Shawn Graham with a new leader to lead the party into the 2014 election. Graham was elected at the last leadership convention held in 2002 over Jack MacDougall. Graham announced he would not continue as leader the evening of September 27,2010,after losing the provincial election earlier that day and formally resigned on November 9,2010.
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.
The 2018 New Brunswick general election was held on September 24,2018,to elect the 49 members of the 59th New Brunswick Legislature,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
Brian Alexander Gallant is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 33rd premier of New Brunswick from October 7,2014,until November 9,2018. Of Acadian and Dutch descent,Gallant practised as a lawyer before winning the Liberal leadership in October 2012,securing the riding of Kent in a by-election on April 15,2013,shortly followed by his swearing in as Leader of the Opposition. After the 2014 election,in which the Progressive Conservative government of David Alward was defeated,Gallant was sworn in as Premier at the age of 32.
The 59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly consisted of the members elected in the 2018 general election and subsequent by-elections. The legislature was dissolved on August 17,2020,in advance of the 2020 New Brunswick general election.
The 2020 New Brunswick general election was held on September 14,2020,to elect members of the 60th New Brunswick Legislature. The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick,led by Blaine Higgs,won a majority government.
