1991 New Brunswick general election

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1991 New Brunswick general election

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58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   CoR Leader Frank McKenna Arch Pafford Party Liberal Confederation of Regions Leader since 1985 1989 Leader's seat Chatham Ran in Miramichi-Newcastle (lost) Last election 58 seats, 60.39% New party Seats won 46 8 Seat change 12 8 Popular vote 193,890 87,256 Percentage 47.11% 21.18% Swing 13.28pp New party   Third party Fourth party   PC NDP Leader Dennis Cochrane Elizabeth Weir Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since 1990 1988 Leader's seat Petitcodiac Saint John South Last election 0 seats, 28.59% 0 seats, 10.55% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 85,210 44,384 Percentage 20.69% 10.78% Swing 7.89pp 0.23pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
Premier before election Frank McKenna Liberal Premier after election Frank McKenna Liberal

The 1991 New Brunswick general election was held on September 23, 1991, to elect 58 members to the 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

As expected, the Liberal Party won a large majority. Many were surprised that the Confederation of Regions Party formed the official opposition.^[1] Though they ran even with the PCs in popular vote, their concentration of support in rural anglophone ridings gave them considerably more seats. Weir's personal popularity and name recognition was not enough to give her party more seats as she, and the Tories, had votes relatively evenly spread around the province.