1995 New Brunswick general election

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Rendition of party representation in the 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election. Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend

The 1995 New Brunswick general election was held on September 11, 1995, to elect the 55 members of the 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly.

The Liberals won their third consecutive majority government, with Premier McKenna's personal popularity aiding the Liberals in retaining a large majority. The PCs managed only 6 seats, while the CoR lost all theirs. The combined PC-CoR vote exceeded that of the Liberals in an additional 10 ridings (Albert, Fundy Isles, Kings East, Mactaquac, Petitcodiac, Saint John-Fundy, Southwest Miramichi, Victoria-Tobique, Western Charlotte and Woodstock).

Background

The election marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a reinvigorated Progressive Conservative Party. A popular politician from Edmundston, Valcourt had served as an MP from 1984 to 1993, serving in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell. The New Brunswick PCs had been in the political wilderness for the better part of a decade; they were shut out of the legislature in 1987, and only managed a third-place showing with 3 seats in 1991. The internal disarray of the CoR party had vacated room on the right for the PCs, and polls suggested a more competitive race than in the previous few elections.

Frank McKenna's Liberal Party sought a third term in government, as the Confederation of Regions (CoR) party struggled to survive after considerable internal strife. Elizabeth Weir tried to expand her New Democratic Party's foothold in the legislature.

This election was the first since 1974 to feature a boundary redistribution, with an overall reduction in the size of the legislature from 58 to 55 seats.

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	NBLA	NBPC	NBNDP	CoR	Other	Template:Abbr	Sample
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Election 1995	September 11, 1995		51.63	30.87	9.65	7.11	0.75
Omnifacts	September 4, 1995	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	66	21	9	4	Template:N/A	4.5	498
Corporate Research Associates	August 1995	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	64	12	5	6	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Omnifacts	August 1995	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	56	15.9	4.6	1.4	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	614
Election 1991	September 23, 1991		47.11	20.69	10.78	21.18	0.24

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
				1991	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	Frank McKenna	55	46	42	48	+4.3%	201,150	51.63%	+4.52%	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	55	3	6	6	+100%	120,247	30.87%	+10.17%	New Democratic	Elizabeth Weir	55	1	1	1	-	37,579	9.65%	-1.13%	Greg Hargrove	36	8	6	0	-100%	27,684	7.11%	-14.09%	Natural Law	Christopher Collrin	17	*	-	-	-	1,267	0.33%	*	Independents		8	-	2	-	-	1,635	0.42%	+0.21%	Vacant				1
Total			226	58	58	55	-5.45%	389,562	100%	-5.65%

* Natural Law did not contest the 1991 election.Template:Bar boxTemplate:Bar box

Candidates

Many new and changed districts were used for the first time in this election as a result of an electoral redistribution.

Legend

• bold denotes a 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
• * denotes an incumbent seeking re-election in a new district

Northern New Brunswick

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|1. Restigouche West |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jean Paul Savoie 3,745 | |Luc LeBrun 3,230 | |Wendy Martin 200 | |Marcelle Lamontagne (Natural Law) 93 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jean-Paul Savoie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|2. Campbellton |Template:Canadian party colour| |Edmond Blanchard 4,831 | |Florent Jim Levesque 1,207 | |Louis Renaud 425 | |Harold I. Hargrove (CoR) 368
Laurent Maltais (Natural Law) 93 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Edmond Blanchard |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|3. Dalhousie-Restigouche East |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Carolle de Ste. Croix 4,006 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Gail Walsh 743 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Aurèle Ferlatte 2,753 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Charles Gendron Stewart (Ind.) 220
Chris Jensen (Natural Law) 81 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Allan Maher† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Rayburn Doucett† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|4. Nigadoo-Chaleur |Template:Canadian party colour| |Albert Doucet 4,421 | |Maxime Lejeune 2,555 | |Ulric DeGrâce 662 | |Francine Richard (Natural Law) 126 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Albert Doucet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|5. Bathurst |Template:Canadian party colour| |Marcelle Mersereau 4,956 | |Graham Wiseman 695 | |Kim Power 824 | |William Parker (Natural Law) 88 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Marcelle Mersereau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|6. Nepisiguit |Template:Canadian party colour| |Alban Landry 3,715 | |Anne-Marie Gammon 1,953 | |Normand Savoie 690 | |Andie Haché (Natural Law) 87 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Frank Branch† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|7. Caraquet |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bernard Thériault 4,367 | |Bernard Haché 1,804 | |Jean-Marie Nadeau 1,792 | |Marc Boulay (Natural Law) 68 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bernard Thériault |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|8. Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jean-Camille DeGrâce 4,124 | |Paul Robichaud 4,096 | |Daniel Brindle 222 | |Gilles Godin 56 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jean Gauvin† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|9. Centre-Péninsule |Template:Canadian party colour| |Denis Landry 3,448 | |Roland Mallais 2,749 | |Pierre Cousineau 373 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|10. Tracadie-Sheila | |George McLaughlin 3,803 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Elvy Robichaud 4,214 | |Aldoria Noël 172 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Elvy Robichaud |}

Eastern New Brunswick

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|11. Miramichi Bay |Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Gay 3,504 | |Jim Gordon 3,334 | |Mary M. Parker 237 | |Allison Furlotte (CoR) 91 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Gay |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|12. Miramichi-Bay du Vin |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Frank McKenna 5,089 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Scott Hickey 2,114 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Debbie McGraw 617 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Brian E. Farrah (Natural Law) 92 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Frank McKenna |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Reg MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|13. Miramichi Centre |Template:Canadian party colour| |John McKay 4,081 | |Paul Dawson 3,803 | |Terry Carter 353 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |John McKay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|14. Southwest Miramichi |Template:Canadian party colour| |Reg MacDonald* 3,227 | |Andy Dawson 2,326 | |Allan Goodfellow 337 | |Gerald Stewart (CoR) 1,055
Gayer Holmes (Ind.) 147 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Brent Taylor† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|15. Rogersville-Kouchibouguac |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kenneth Johnson 3,530 | |Hermel Mazerolle 2,728 | |Charles Richard 493 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|16. Kent |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Alan Graham 4,318 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Stéphane Comeau 903 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|John LaBossiere 522 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Percy R. Beers (CoR) 387 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Alan Graham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Conrad Landry† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|17. Kent South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Camille Thériault 6,313 | |Charles Ryan 1,774 | |Clifford Meunier 740 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Camille Thériault |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|18. Shediac-Cap-Pélé |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bernard Richard 6,963 | |Jean-Claude Bourque 1,006 | |John Gagnon 543 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bernard Richard |}

Southeastern New Brunswick

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|19. Tantramar |Template:Canadian party colour| |Marilyn Trenholme 3,414 | |Eric Wheeler 654 | |Berkeley Fleming 844 | |Julia Stevens 553 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Marilyn Trenholme Counsell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|20. Dieppe-Memramcook |Template:Canadian party colour| |Greg O'Donnell 6,639 | |Bernard Lord 2,181 | |Bernice Butler 577 | |Robert Henry 177 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Greg O'Donnell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|21. Moncton East |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ray Frenette 4,466 | |Brian Donaghy 1,302 | |Gérard Snow 854 | |Gerry Fullerton 604 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ray Frenette |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|22. Moncton South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jim Lockyer 4,332 | |Bob Leighton 1,236 | |Blair McInnis 577 | |Don Freeman 861 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |James E. Lockyer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|23. Moncton North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gene Devereux 4,333 | |Marc LeBlanc 1,139 | |Mark Robar 608 | |Cyril Flanagan 945 | |Michael Boucher (Natural Law) 40 |Template:Canadian party colour| |vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|24. Moncton Crescent |Template:Canadian party colour| |Kenneth R. MacLeod 3,832 | |Barbara Winsor 1,489 | |Richard Hay 426 | |Dean Ryder 1,017 | |Richard Mullins 227 |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|25. Petitcodiac |Template:Canadian party colour| |Hollis Steeves 2,398 | |Charles Harmer 1,650 | |Jennifer Stairs 310 | |Tom Taylor 1,673 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Dennis Cochrane† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|26. Riverview |Template:Canadian party colour| |Al Kavanaugh 4,090 | |Scott MacGregor 1,712 | |David Bailie 317 | |Doug Roper 1,436 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gordon Wilden* |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|27. Albert |Template:Canadian party colour| |Harry Doyle 2,871 | |Wayne Steeves 1,964 | |Elizabeth Venart 353 | |Doug Duff 1,350 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Beverly Brine† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|28. Kings East |Template:Canadian party colour| |LeRoy Armstrong 3,074 | |Hazen Myers 3,030 | |Brian Stone 325 | |Gordon Willden* 548 | |Brian A. Chown (Ind.) 193 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Hazen Myers |}

Greater Saint John & Fundy Coast

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|29. Hampton-Belleisle |Template:Canadian party colour| |Georgie Day* 3,310 | |Ronald Hatfield 2,837 | |Shirley Short 870 | |Ben Macaulay 456 | |Neil Dickie (Natural Law) 69 |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|30. Kennebecasis |Template:Canadian party colour| |Peter LeBlanc 3,279 | |John van Kralingen 2,069 | |Elizabeth Thompson 1,522 | |Bob Ross 471 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|31. Saint John-Fundy |Template:Canadian party colour| |Stuart Jamieson 2,447 | |Rodney Weston 2,263 | |Aubrey Fougere 968 | |Bernard Toole 224 | |Phyllis Johnston (Natural Law) 49 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Stuart Jamieson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|32. Saint John-Kings |Template:Canadian party colour| |Laureen Jarrett 3,176 | |Bill Artiss 2,561 | |Pam Coates 825 | | | |Gary Ewart (Ind.) 497
Allison Pring (Natural Law) 60 |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|33. Saint John Champlain |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roly MacIntyre 2,222 | |Lisa Keenan 1,547 | |Paula Tippett 1,888 | |Christina Green 200 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |George Jenkins† |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|34. Saint John Harbour |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Robert A. Higgins 1,813 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Lloyd Betts 702 |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Elizabeth Weir 2,901 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Roland Griffith 137 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Janice MacMillan (Natural Law) 52 |Template:Canadian party colour| |John Mooney† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Elizabeth Weir |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|35. Saint John Portland |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Leo McAdam 2,454 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Trevor Holder 2,113 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Greg Barry 1,507 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Terry Van Duzee 209 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |Template:Canadian party colour| |Leo McAdam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Shirley Dysart† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|36. Saint John Lancaster |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jane Barry 2,954 | |Norm McFarlane 2,673 | |Kenneth Wilcox 1,030 | |Peter Whitebone 215 | |Richard Gerrior (Ind.) 188
Christopher Collrin (Natural Law) 49 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jane Barry |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|37. Grand Bay-Westfield | |Edward Kelly 1,583 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Milt Sherwood 2,332 | |Julie Dingwell 1,471 | |Colby Fraser 527 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|38. Charlotte |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Sheldon Lee 3,645 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Sharon Tucker 1,269 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Eugene Dugas 124 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Lynn Mason 107 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Teresa James (Ind.) 54 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Sheldon Lee |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eric Allaby |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|39. Fundy Isles |Template:Canadian party colour| |Eric Allaby* 1,201 | |Bob Jackson 1,111 | |Bill Barteau 77 | |John Cunningham 171 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|40. Western Charlotte |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Ann Breault 3,076 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Ken Stevens 1,752 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|John Alexander 257 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Tony Huntjens 1,590 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |Template:Canadian party colour| |Reid Hurley† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ann Breault |}

Greater Fredericton

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|41. Oromocto-Gagetown |Template:Canadian party colour| |Vaughn Blaney* 3,537 | |Jody Carr 1,861 | |Sandra Burtt 390 | |Ab Rector 914 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ab Rector |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|42. Grand Lake |Template:Canadian party colour| |Doug Tyler* 3,743 | |Stephen McCready 2,177 | |Danny Young 420 | |Connie Webber 1,501 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|43. Fredericton North |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jim Wilson 4,235 | |Walter Brown 1,778 | |Elaine Perkins 1,074 | |Ross Ingram 1,569 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Allen† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|44. Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak |Template:Canadian party colour| |Greg Byrne 3,241 | |Brent Bishop 1,464 | |Patricia Kennedy 929 | |Nancy Curtis 857 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|45. Fredericton South |Template:Canadian party colour| |Russ King 4,141 | |David Peterson 1,980 | |Dick Grant 1,042 | |Dave O'Brien 776 | |Jeanne Geldart (Natural Law) 108 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Russ King |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|46. New Maryland |Template:Canadian party colour| |Joan Kingston 3,719 | |Robert Penney 1,759 | |Eric Keating 636 | |Max White* 1,873 | | |colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=whitesmoke|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|47. York |Template:Canadian party colour| |John Flynn 3,632 | |Martin MacMullin 1,815 | |Mary van Gaal 546 | |Stephen Little 1,350 | |Patricia Carlson (Natural Law) 56 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Cameron† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|48. Mactaquac |Template:Canadian party colour| |David Olmstead 3,106 | |Donald Parent 2,131 | |Thomas Steep 505 | |Greg Hargrove 1,755 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Greg Hargrove |}

Upper Saint John River Valley

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|49. Woodstock |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bruce Smith 3,306 | |Fred Hanson 3,058 | |David Kennedy 530 | |Lynn Avery (CoR) 687 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bruce Smith |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|50. Carleton |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Butch Green 3,216 |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Dale Graham 4,016 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Deanna Grant 220 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|David Kilcollins (CoR) 438 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Allison DeLong† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Dale Graham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|51. Victoria-Tobique |Template:Canadian party colour| |Larry Kennedy 2,845 | |Greg Inman 2,838 | |Leslie Ferguson 114 | |Kevin Jensen (CoR) 592
Carter Edgar (Ind.) 109 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Larry Kennedy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|52. Grand Falls Region |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Duffie 4,583 | |Jean-Guy Laforest 2,301 | |André Faust 264 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Duffie |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|53. Madawaska-la-Vallée |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Gérald Clavette 2,908 |Template:Canadian party colour rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Percy Mockler 3,964 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jean-Marie St. Onge 118 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |Template:Canadian party colour| |Gérald Clavette |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke colspan=2 align=center|merged district |- |Template:Canadian party colour| |Percy Mockler |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|54. Edmundston | |Roland Beaulieu 2,803 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bernard Valcourt 4,215 | |Maureen Michaud 102 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Roland Beaulieu |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|55. Madawaska-les-Lacs | |Georges Corriveau 3,085 |Template:Canadian party colour| |Jeannot Volpé 4,060 | |John Nowlan 103 | | |Template:Canadian party colour| |Georges Corriveau |- |}