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1995 New Brunswick general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1995 New Brunswick general election
country	New Brunswick
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1991 New Brunswick general election
previous_year	1991
outgoing_members	53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
election_date	September 11, 1995
elected_mps	members
next_election	1999 New Brunswick general election
next_year	1999
seats_for_election	55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick	majority_seats = 28
image1	[[Image:Frank_McKenna2.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Frank McKenna
leader_since1	1985
party1
leaders_seat1	Miramichi-Bay du Vin
last_election1	46
seats1	48
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	201,150
percentage1	51.63%
swing1	4.52%
image2	PC
colour2
leader2	Bernard Valcourt
leader_since2	1995
party2
leaders_seat2	Edmundston
last_election2	3
seats2	6
seat_change2	3
popular_vote2	120,247
percentage2	30.87%
swing2	10.17%
image4	NDP
colour4
leader4	Elizabeth Weir
leader_since4	1988
party4
leaders_seat4	Saint John Harbour
last_election4	1
seats4	1
seat_change4
popular_vote4	37,579
percentage4	9.65%
swing4	1.13%
image5	CoR
colour5
leader5	Greg Hargrove
leader_since5	1995
party5
leaders_seat5	Mactaquac (lost re-election)
last_election5	8
seats5	0
seat_change5	8
popular_vote5	27,684
percentage5	7.11%
swing5	14.09%
map_image	Nb1995.PNG
map_size	300px
map_caption	Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote
title	Premier
before_election	Frank McKenna
before_party
after_election	Frank McKenna
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

]] 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

Polling firm	Last day
of survey	Source	NBLA	NBPC	NBNDP	CoR	Other	ME	Sample	NB	Liberal}};" data-sort-type="number"		NB	PC}};" data-sort-type="number"	NB	NDP}};" data-sort-type="number"	NB	CoR}};" data-sort-type="number"	CA	Indépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
Election 1995	September 11, 1995		51.63	30.87	9.65	7.11	0.75
Omnifacts	September 4, 1995		66	21	9	4
Corporate Research Associates	August 1995		64	12	5	6
Omnifacts	August 1995	{{cite news	title=McKenna set to call vote for Sept. 11: Liberals' tough management line leaves Tories scrambling to come from behind	first=Kevin	date=August 12, 1995	work=The Globe and Mail	page=A8}}	56	15.9	4.6	1.4
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	48	6	1	0	Total	226	58	58	55	-5.45%	389,562	100%	-5.65%
Liberal	Frank McKenna	55	46	42	+4.3%	201,150	51.63%	+4.52%	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Valcourt	55	3	6	+100%	120,247	30.87%	+10.17%	New Democratic	Elizabeth Weir	55	1	1	-	37,579

Natural Law did not contest the 1991 election.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

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

|- || |Jean Paul Savoie 3,745 | |Luc LeBrun 3,230 | |Wendy Martin 200 | |Marcelle Lamontagne (Natural Law) 93 ||

Jean-Paul Savoie

Edmond Blanchard 4,831

| |Florent Jim Levesque 1,207 | |Louis Renaud 425 | |Harold I. Hargrove (CoR) 368 Laurent Maltais (Natural Law) 93 ||

Edmond Blanchard
Chris Jensen (Natural Law) 81

Allan Maher†
-
-

Rayburn Doucett†
-

Albert Doucet 4,421

| |Maxime Lejeune 2,555 | |Ulric DeGrâce 662 | |Francine Richard (Natural Law) 126 ||

Albert Doucet

Marcelle Mersereau 4,956

| |Graham Wiseman 695 | |Kim Power 824 | |William Parker (Natural Law) 88 ||

Marcelle Mersereau

Alban Landry 3,715

| |Anne-Marie Gammon 1,953 | |Normand Savoie 690 | |Andie Haché (Natural Law) 87 ||

Frank Branch†

Bernard Thériault 4,367

| |Bernard Haché 1,804 | |Jean-Marie Nadeau 1,792 | |Marc Boulay (Natural Law) 68 ||

Bernard Thériault

Jean-Camille DeGrâce 4,124

| |Paul Robichaud 4,096 | |Daniel Brindle 222 | |Gilles Godin 56 ||

Jean Gauvin†

Denis Landry 3,448

| |Roland Mallais 2,749 | |Pierre Cousineau 373 | | |- | |George McLaughlin 3,803 || |Elvy Robichaud 4,214 | |Aldoria Noël 172 | | || |Elvy Robichaud |}

Eastern New Brunswick

|- || |Danny Gay 3,504 | |Jim Gordon 3,334 | |Mary M. Parker 237 | |Allison Furlotte (CoR) 91 ||

Danny Gay

Frank McKenna
-
-

Reg MacDonald
-

John McKay 4,081

| |Paul Dawson 3,803 | |Terry Carter 353 | | ||

John McKay

Reg MacDonald* 3,227

| |Andy Dawson 2,326 | |Allan Goodfellow 337 | |Gerald Stewart (CoR) 1,055 Gayer Holmes (Ind.) 147 ||

Brent Taylor†

Kenneth Johnson 3,530

| |Hermel Mazerolle 2,728 | |Charles Richard 493 | | |- ||

Alan Graham
-

Conrad Landry†
-

Camille Thériault 6,313

| |Charles Ryan 1,774 | |Clifford Meunier 740 | | ||

Camille Thériault

Bernard Richard 6,963

| |Jean-Claude Bourque 1,006 | |John Gagnon 543 | | || |Bernard Richard |}

Southeastern New Brunswick

|- || |Marilyn Trenholme 3,414 | |Eric Wheeler 654 | |Berkeley Fleming 844 | |Julia Stevens 553 | | ||

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

Greg O'Donnell 6,639

| |Bernard Lord 2,181 | |Bernice Butler 577 | |Robert Henry 177 | | ||

Greg O'Donnell

Ray Frenette 4,466

| |Brian Donaghy 1,302 | |Gérard Snow 854 | |Gerry Fullerton 604 | | ||

Ray Frenette

Jim Lockyer 4,332

| |Bob Leighton 1,236 | |Blair McInnis 577 | |Don Freeman 861 | | ||

James E. Lockyer

Gene Devereux 4,333

| |Marc LeBlanc 1,139 | |Mark Robar 608 | |Cyril Flanagan 945 | |Michael Boucher (Natural Law) 40 ||

vacant

Kenneth R. MacLeod 3,832

Richard Mullins 227

Hollis Steeves 2,398

| |Charles Harmer 1,650 | |Jennifer Stairs 310 | |Tom Taylor 1,673 | | ||

Dennis Cochrane†

Al Kavanaugh 4,090

| |Scott MacGregor 1,712 | |David Bailie 317 | |Doug Roper 1,436 | | ||

Gordon Wilden*

Harry Doyle 2,871

| |Wayne Steeves 1,964 | |Elizabeth Venart 353 | |Doug Duff 1,350 | | ||

Beverly Brine†

LeRoy Armstrong 3,074

| |Hazen Myers 3,030 | |Brian Stone 325 | |Gordon Willden* 548 | |Brian A. Chown (Ind.) 193 || |Hazen Myers |}

Greater [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] & Fundy Coast

|- || |Georgie Day* 3,310 | |Ronald Hatfield 2,837 | |Shirley Short 870 | |Ben Macaulay 456 |

Neil Dickie (Natural Law) 69

Peter LeBlanc 3,279

| |John van Kralingen 2,069 | |Elizabeth Thompson 1,522 | |Bob Ross 471 | | |- || |Stuart Jamieson 2,447 | |Rodney Weston 2,263 | |Aubrey Fougere 968 | |Bernard Toole 224 | |Phyllis Johnston (Natural Law) 49 ||

Stuart Jamieson

Laureen Jarrett 3,176

| |Bill Artiss 2,561 | |Pam Coates 825 | | | |Gary Ewart (Ind.) 497 Allison Pring (Natural Law) 60 |- || |Roly MacIntyre 2,222 | |Lisa Keenan 1,547 | |Paula Tippett 1,888 | |Christina Green 200 | | ||

George Jenkins†

John Mooney†
-
-

Elizabeth Weir
-

Leo McAdam
-
-

Shirley Dysart†
-

Jane Barry 2,954

| |Norm McFarlane 2,673 | |Kenneth Wilcox 1,030 | |Peter Whitebone 215 | |Richard Gerrior (Ind.) 188 Christopher Collrin (Natural Law) 49 ||

Jane Barry

| |Edward Kelly 1,583 || |Milt Sherwood 2,332 | |Julie Dingwell 1,471 | |Colby Fraser 527 | | |- ||

Sheldon Lee
-

Eric Allaby
-

Eric Allaby* 1,201

| |Bob Jackson 1,111 | |Bill Barteau 77 | |John Cunningham 171 | | |- ||

Reid Hurley†
-

Ann Breault
}

Greater [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]

|- || |Vaughn Blaney* 3,537 | |Jody Carr 1,861 | |Sandra Burtt 390 | |Ab Rector 914 | | ||

Ab Rector

Doug Tyler* 3,743

| |Stephen McCready 2,177 | |Danny Young 420 | |Connie Webber 1,501 | | |- || |Jim Wilson 4,235 | |Walter Brown 1,778 | |Elaine Perkins 1,074 | |Ross Ingram 1,569 | | ||

Ed Allen†

Greg Byrne 3,241

| |Brent Bishop 1,464 | |Patricia Kennedy 929 | |Nancy Curtis 857 | | |- || |Russ King 4,141 | |David Peterson 1,980 | |Dick Grant 1,042 | |Dave O'Brien 776 | |Jeanne Geldart (Natural Law) 108 ||

Russ King

Joan Kingston 3,719

| |Robert Penney 1,759 | |Eric Keating 636 | |Max White* 1,873 | | |- || |John Flynn 3,632 | |Martin MacMullin 1,815 | |Mary van Gaal 546 | |Stephen Little 1,350 | |Patricia Carlson (Natural Law) 56 ||

Danny Cameron†

David Olmstead 3,106

| |Donald Parent 2,131 | |Thomas Steep 505 | |Greg Hargrove 1,755 | | || |Greg Hargrove |}

Upper [[Saint John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River]] Valley

|- || |Bruce Smith 3,306 | |Fred Hanson 3,058 | |David Kennedy 530 | |Lynn Avery (CoR) 687 ||

Bruce Smith

Allison DeLong†
-
-

Dale Graham
-

Larry Kennedy 2,845

| |Greg Inman 2,838 | |Leslie Ferguson 114 | |Kevin Jensen (CoR) 592 Carter Edgar (Ind.) 109 ||

Larry Kennedy

Paul Duffie 4,583

| |Jean-Guy Laforest 2,301 | |André Faust 264 | | ||

Paul Duffie

Gérald Clavette
-
-

Percy Mockler
-

| |Roland Beaulieu 2,803 || |Bernard Valcourt 4,215 | |Maureen Michaud 102 | | ||

Roland Beaulieu

| |Georges Corriveau 3,085 || |Jeannot Volpé 4,060 | |John Nowlan 103 | | ||

Georges Corriveau
}

References

(September 6, 1995). "Poll predicts victory for N.B. Grits". The Globe and Mail.
McIllroy, Anne. (August 13, 1995). "Miles in front of the pack, McKenna still runs scared". The Ottawa Citizen.

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