The 1890 New Brunswick general election was held on 20 January 1890, to elect 41 members to the
27th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
,
Canada
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. The election was held before the adoption of party labels.
The government of
Andrew George Blair was able to remain in power with the support of Independent MLAs. Of forty-one
MLAs, twenty-six supported the government, and fifteen formed the opposition.
References
1890 elections in Canada
Elections in New Brunswick
1890 in New Brunswick
January 1890 events
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