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On or before September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)
  
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1 seat, 6.61%
  
0 seats, 12.98%

27 seats, 42.72%
  
21 seats, 34.64%

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0 seats, 12.98%
  
0 seats, 2.14%

Next New Brunswick general election

The 39th New Brunswick general election is tentatively scheduled to be held on September 24, 2018, to elect 49 members to the 59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – acting on the advice of the Premier – could alter the date by one week or one month in either direction if there is a conflict due to religious or culture reasons, or a federal election.

Timeline

  • September 22, 2014 – The New Brunswick Liberal Association, led by Brian Gallant, won a majority government, defeating incumbent Premier David Alward's Progressive Conservatives, which became the second single-term government in New Brunswick's history.
  • September 23, 2014 - Alward announces his resignation as Progressie Conservative leader.
  • October 14, 2014 - Gary Keating resigns as the Liberal member for Saint John East.
  • October 18, 2014 - Bruce Fitch became interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party.
  • November 17, 2014 - Glen Savoie is elected as member the Progressive Conservative MLA for Saint John East, following the resignation of Gary Keating; NDP leader Dominic Cardy comes in third.
  • December 10, 2014 - The NDP executive rejects Cardy's resignation as leader, urging him to continue and offering him a salary as he has been working as leader on a volunteer basis.
  • May 22, 2015 - David Alward resigns as member for Carleton.
  • October 5, 2015 - Stewart Fairgrieve holds the Carleton seat for the PCs in a byelection.
  • October 22, 2016 - Blaine Higgs becomes the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in a leadership election.
  • January 1, 2017 - Dominic Cardy resigns as leader of the NDP, and as a party member.
  • January 8, 2017 - Rosaire L'Italien is chosen as interim leader of the NDP by the party's executive.

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    Next New Brunswick general election Wikipedia
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