St. Thomas University is a Catholic,English-language liberal arts university located in Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada. It is a primarily undergraduate university offering bachelor's degrees in the arts,education,and social work to approximately 1,900 students. The average class size is 30 and no class is larger than 60.
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-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.
Restigouche-Chaleur is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It is a redistribution of the riding of Nigadoo-Chaleur.
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.
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.
The Green Party of New Brunswick was formed in November 2008 to run in provincial elections. It is a registered Green political party in New Brunswick,Canada. A founding convention was held on November 15,2008,in Moncton where the membership adopted a constitution,and a charter of principles to guide the development of policies and platforms. A 12-member Executive Committee was elected.
The People's Alliance of New Brunswick (PANB) is a provincial political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed in 2010. The party has been described as being right-wing populist. In the 2018 election,the party won three seats in the provincial legislature for the first time since its founding. The party advocated for "common sense" government and the abolition of the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages,with a transfer of that office's responsibilities to the office of the provincial ombudsman. The party's platform has been described as "a mixture of economic conservatism,rural populism and opposition to some aspects of official bilingualism and duality".
Kris Austin is the former leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick and current member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. On October 13,2022 he was appointed minister of public safety and solicitor-general by Premier Blaine Higgs.
Ryan Riordon 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 Nepisiguit as a member of the Progressive Conservatives until 2014,when he was defeated by Denis Landry in the redistributed riding of Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore.
Roger Melanson is a former Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election,and Leader of the Opposition. He represented the electoral district of Dieppe as a member of the Liberals.
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.
Dominic William Cardy is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022,Cardy represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He now sits as an independent. During his time in government he was the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development under Blaine Higgs.
Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election,and it was created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries,largely by combining the ridings of Nepisiguit and Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur with the eastern half of the electoral district of Bathurst,and a small section of Caraquet.
Kevin Arseneau is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Kent North as a member of the Green Party. He is the first Acadian to be elected as a third-party MLA in New Brunswick as well as the first Francophone in North America to be elected under the Green Party banner.
Rob McKee is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Centre as a member of the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. He was the leader of the opposition in New Brunswick from September 2022 to May 2023.
The 2024 New Brunswick general election is scheduled to take place on or before October 21,2024,according to the Legislative Assembly Act of 2017 which states that an election should be held every four years on the third Monday in October.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association held a leadership convention on August 6,2022,in Fredericton,New Brunswick,as a result of Kevin Vickers' announcement on September 14,2020,that he was resigning as party leader. Vickers resignation followed the outcome of the 2020 New Brunswick general election which saw the Progressive Conservative party,under Blaine Higgs,form a majority government and the Liberal Party lose three seats. The deadline for candidates to file their intention to run for the leadership was June 15,2022. Voting by party members for the leadership occurred at a free in-person convention as well as remotely via phone and internet connected device and used a ranked ballot system.
Fredericton South-Silverwood is an upcoming provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. It was created when the Fredericton South district was split into two,creating this district and Fredericton-Lincoln. It will first be contested during the 2024 New Brunswick general election.
