Ballots 1 Won by Bernard Valcourt Resigning leader Dennis Cochrane | Date 13 May 1995 Candidates 3 | |
Convention Fredericton, New Brunswick | ||
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a leadership election in 1995 to replace its outgoing leader Dennis Cochrane. The winner was former federal cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt who would go on to win the riding of Edmundston in the 1995 general election.
The candidates were Bathurst lawyer John Hazen, Riverview lawyer Scott MacGregor and Valcourt. Another prospective candidate, Shediac mayor Michel Leger dropped out well ahead of the convention after a 1990 court ruling surfaced where a judge said Leger had made a "fraudulent omission and misrepresentation" in a land transfer made to obtain fire insurance for a property.
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Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election, 1995 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA