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[[File:NB elections2.gif|thumb|350px|{{center|Number of seats won by major parties at each election}}
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This article provides a summary of results for the [[general election]]s to the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[New Brunswick]]'s [[unicameral]] [[Legislature|legislative body]], the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]. Prior to 1892, New Brunswick had a [[bicameral]] legislature, but its [[Upper House]] – the [[Legislative Council]] – was not elected. The number of seats has varied over time – from 41 at the time of Canadian Confederation, to a high of fifty-eight from 1967 through 1991, to the level of 55 since the 1995 election. Changing again in 2013 to 49 seats at which it remains today.   

Beginning with the [[2010 New Brunswick general election|37th New Brunswick general election]] in 2010, elections in New Brunswick are – in general – held on fixed dates on the fourth Monday of September every four years. The date may be varied by one week earlier or later in cases of the fourth Monday of September being a date of cultural or religious significance and may be varied one month earlier or later in cases of a [[List of Canadian federal general elections|federal election]] being held during the same period. The l[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick|lieutenant governor of New Brunswick]] also has the power to call an election on another date in the event of a [[motion of no confidence|loss of confidence]] in the legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/bill/editform-e.asp?ID=555&legi=56&num=1|title=Status of Legislation|website=www1.gnb.ca}}</ref>

The chart on the upper right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections towards the right. It shows that New Brunswick has effectively a [[two-party system]] – the [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberals]] (red) and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Conservatives]] (blue); along with the one-off success of the [[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions party]] (green) in 1991. It also shows the Liberal party's clean sweep of seats in 1987, one of the few instances in history when a party won all the seats in a national or sub-national legislature. Since provincial parties were officially recognized, the Liberal party have won eleven out of twenty elections.

[[Image:New Brunswick general election results, 1939-2006 1.0.png|thumb|right|350px|Electoral results by parties as a percentage of total Legislative Assembly seats from 1939 to 2006.]]

This article only covers elections since the province became part of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. Prior to becoming part of Canada, New Brunswick was a British colony; the New Brunswick House of Assembly was first formed in 1784 – when New Brunswick separated from [[Nova Scotia]].

[[Image:New Brunswick General Election Results (since 1960).svg|thumb|right|350px|Percentage of votes obtained by political party since 1960.]]

==1866–1934==
New Brunswick joined the [[Canadian Confederation]] in 1867. Between 1917 and 1935, party lines had developed but were not recognized by electoral law. Before this, only "Government" and "Opposition" were used. The results are listed below.

{| class="toccolours" style="margin:0 auto; clear:both; text-align:center;" border=0
|-style="background:#ccccff"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Election
!rowspan=2 width=50px|Total<br/>seats
!Government
!Opposition
!Other Parties
|-
|width=110 height=6 {{Canadian party colour|NB|Independent|background}} |
|width=110 {{Canadian party colour|NB|Independent|background}}} |
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Independent|background}} |
|-
! [[1866 New Brunswick general election|1st]]
|May–June 1866
|41
|33<br/>([[Confederation Party|Confederationist]])
|8<br/>([[Anti-Confederation Party|Constitutionalist]])
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1870 New Brunswick general election|2nd]]
|June–July 1870
|41
|24<br/>(coalition)
|16
|Neutral 1
|-
! [[1874 New Brunswick general election|3rd]]
|May–June 1874
|41
|35
|5
|Neutral 1
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1878 New Brunswick general election|4th]]
|June 1878
|41
|31
|10
|
|-
! [[1882 New Brunswick general election|5th]]
|June 1882
|41
|22
|18<br/>(Liberal)
|Neutral 1
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1886 New Brunswick general election|6th]]
|April 26, 1886
|41
|33<br/>(Liberal)
|8<br/>(Conservative)
|
|-
! [[1890 New Brunswick general election|7th]]
|January 20, 1890
|41
|26<br/>(Liberal)
|15<br/>(Conservative)
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1892 New Brunswick general election|8th]]
|October 1892
|41
|25<br/>(Liberal)
|12<br/>(Conservative)
|Neutral 4
|-
! [[1895 New Brunswick general election|9th]]
|October 1895
|46
|34<br/>(Liberal)
|9<br/>(Conservative)
|Neutral 3
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1899 New Brunswick general election|10th]]
|February 18, 1899
|46
|40<br/>(Liberal)
|4<br/>(Conservative)
|Neutral 2
|-
! [[1903 New Brunswick general election|11th]]
|February 28, 1903
|46
|33<br/>(Liberal)
|10<br/>(Conservative)
|Neutral 3
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1908 New Brunswick general election|12th]]
|March 3, 1908
|46
|31<br/>(Conservative)
|12<br/>(Liberal)
|Neutral 2
|-
! [[1912 New Brunswick general election|13th]]
|June 20, 1912
|48
|44<br/>(Conservative)
|2<br/>(Liberal)
|Neutral 2
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1917 New Brunswick general election|14th]]
|February 24, 1917
|48
|27<br/>(Liberal)
|21<br/>(Conservative)
|
|-
! [[1920 New Brunswick general election|15th]]
|October 9, 1920
|48
|24<br/>(Liberal)
|13<br/>(Conservative)
|Opposition ([[Progressive Party of Canada#New Brunswick|United Farmers]]) 9<br/>Opposition ([[Labour candidates and parties in Canada#New Brunswick|Farmer-Labour]]) 2
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
! [[1925 New Brunswick general election|16th]]
|August 10, 1925
|48
|37<br/>(Conservative)
|11<br/>(Liberal)
|
|-
! [[1930 New Brunswick general election|17th]]
|June 19, 1930
|48
|31<br/>(Conservative)
|17<br/>(Liberal)
|
|}

==1935–present==
Between 1935 and [[1974 New Brunswick general election|the 1974 provincial election]], some ridings were [[Plurality-at-large voting|multi-member]] seats – i.e., more than one [[member of the Legislative Assembly]] was elected from certain ridings. [[political party|Political parties]] were officially recognized and registered beginning in 1935. Since 1974, each [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] (electoral district) has elected only [[First-past-the-post voting|one member]] to the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]].

{| class="toccolours" style="margin:0 auto; clear:both; text-align:center;" border=0
|-style="background:#ccccff"
!rowspan=2 colspan=3 | Election
!rowspan=2 width=50px|Total<br/>seats
![[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]]{{ref label|PC|A|A}}
![[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
![[Green Party of New Brunswick|Green]]
![[New Brunswick New Democratic Party|NDP]]
!Other Parties
|-
|width=110 {{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}} |
|width=110 {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} |
|width=70 {{Canadian party colour|NB|Green|background}} |
|width=70 {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|background}} |
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|NDP|Independent}} height=6 |
|-
![[1935 New Brunswick general election|18th]]
| June 27, 1935
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|48
|5
!43
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1939 New Brunswick general election|19th]]
| November 20, 1939
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|48
|19
!29
|
|
|
|-
![[1944 New Brunswick general election|20th]]
| August 28, 1944
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|48
|12
!36
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1948 New Brunswick general election|21st]]
| June 28, 1948
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|52
|5
!47
|
|
|
|-
![[1952 New Brunswick general election|22nd]]
| September 22, 1952
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|52
!36
|16
|
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1956 New Brunswick general election|23rd]]
| June 18, 1956
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|52
!37
|15
|
|
|
|-
![[1960 New Brunswick general election|24th]]
| June 27, 1960
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|52
|21
!31
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1963 New Brunswick general election|25th]]
| April 22, 1963
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|52
|20
!32
|
|
|
|-
![[1967 New Brunswick general election|26th]]
| October 13, 1967
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
|26
!32
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1970 New Brunswick general election|27th]]
| October 26, 1970
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
!32
|26
|
|
|
|-
![[1974 New Brunswick general election|28th]]
|November 18, 1974
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
!33
|25
|
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1978 New Brunswick general election|29th]]
|October 23, 1978
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
!30
|28
|
|
|
|-
![[1982 New Brunswick general election|30th]]
|October 12, 1982
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
!39
|18
|
|1
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1987 New Brunswick general election|31st]]
|October 13, 1987
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
|0
!58
|
|
|
|-
![[1991 New Brunswick general election|32nd]]
|September 23, 1991
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|58
|3
!46
|
|1
|8 ([[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]]{{ref label|CoR|B|B}})
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[1995 New Brunswick general election|33rd]]
|September 11, 1995
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|55
|6
!48
|
|1
|
|-
![[1999 New Brunswick general election|34th]]
|June 7, 1999
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|55
!44
|10
|
|1
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[2003 New Brunswick general election|35th]]
|June 9, 2003
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}}|&nbsp;
|55
!28
|26
|
|1
|
|-
![[2006 New Brunswick general election|36th]]
|September 18, 2006
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}}|&nbsp;
|55
|26
!29
|
|
|
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
!align=center width=40|[[2010 New Brunswick general election|37th]]
|align=center width=130|September 27, 2010
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}} width=4|&nbsp;
|55
!42
|13
|
|
|
|-
![[2014 New Brunswick general election|38th]]
|September 22, 2014
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} width=4|&nbsp;
|49
|21
!27
|1
|
|-
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[2018 New Brunswick general election|39th]]
|September 24, 2018
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}} width=4|&nbsp;
|49
!22
|21
|3
|
|3 ([[People's Alliance of New Brunswick|People's Alliance]])
|-
![[2020 New Brunswick general election|40th]]
|September 14, 2020
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Progressive Conservative|background}} width=4|&nbsp;
|49
!27
|17
|3
|
|2 ([[People's Alliance of New Brunswick|People's Alliance]])
|-style="background:#eeeeee"
![[2024 New Brunswick general election|41st]]
|October 21, 2024
|{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} width=4|&nbsp;
|49
|16
!31
|2
| 
| 
|}

===Notes===
: {{note label|PC|A|A}} Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.
: {{note label|CoR|B|B}} The [[New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions Party]] only contested the 1991, 1995 and 1999 elections.

==See also==
* [[Timeline of Canadian elections]]
* [[General elections in New Brunswick (pre-Confederation)]]
* [[List of political parties in New Brunswick]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite web| url=http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2006/features/feature1-bythenumbers.html| title= New Brunswick Votes 2006| work=CBC.ca |access-date=December 23, 2006}} (results back to 1956)
* {{cite book |last=Doyle |first=Arthur T. |title=Elections in New Brunswick, 1784-1984 |year=1984 |publisher=Brunswick Press |location=Fredericton |isbn=0-88838-391-6}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gnb.ca/elections/ Office of the NB Chief Electoral Officer]
* [https://www1.gnb.ca/leglibbib/en/Resources/NBElections.aspx Legislative Library of New Brunswick: New Brunswick Elections Database]

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