New Brunswick Liberal Association

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New Brunswick Liberal Association Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick
Leader	Susan Holt
President	Brian Murphy
Founded	1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Headquarters	715 Brunswick Street Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 1H8
Membership (2022)	9,408[1]
Ideology	Liberalism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
National affiliation	Liberal Party of Canada
Colours	Red
Seats in Legislature	31 / 49
Website
Official website
Politics of New Brunswick Political parties Elections

The New Brunswick Liberal Association (French: Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick, Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867. It is the current governing party in the province, led by premier Susan Holt.

The current political organization emerged in the 1880s to serve as an organization housing the supporters of Premier Andrew G. Blair and, later, federal Liberal Party of Canada leader Wilfrid Laurier.

Today, the New Brunswick Liberal Party follows the centre-left tradition. They compete with the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick to form the government. The Green Party of New Brunswick is the only other party that has seats in the legislature. The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is not currently represented in the legislature.

Like its counterparts in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, the New Brunswick Liberal Association serves both as the provincial chapter of the federal Liberal Party of Canada and as the provincial party. While its leader acts only in the provincial capacity, the party executive organizes for both provincial and federal election campaigns.