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The 1982 New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the
50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly The 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1982. It was dissolved on August 29, 1987. Leadership James Tucker was chosen as speaker in 1983. Charles Gallagher became speaker in 1985 after Tucker was ...
, the governing house of the
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
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. It saw
Richard Hatfield Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931 – April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and the longest serving premier of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1987.Richard Starr, ''Richard Hatfield, The Seventeen Year Saga,'' 1987, Early life T ...
's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. ( Bernard Lord beat this record in
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.)


Background

The
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had changed leaders four times since the eve of the 1978 election. It chose Doug Young just months before the vote in a divisive contest that came down to a final ballot against
Joseph A. Day Joseph A. Day (born January 24, 1945) is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Canadian Senator from October 4, 2001 until January 24, 2020, and was the leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus from June 15, 2016, to November 14, 2019. He became t ...
.


Campaign

The PCs ran two separate campaigns - one in
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and one in French. The francophone campaign, which was mostly run by Hatfield's French lieutenant Jean-Maurice Simard, began with the Grand Ralliement, a symposium on language rights which took place in
Shippagan Shippagan is a Canadian town within Shippegan Parish, Gloucester County, New Brunswick. The parish retains the original English spelling, while the town officially adopted the colloquial French spelling on 1 July 1981. Shippagan was great ...
ten days before the election call. Over 400 notable
Acadians The Acadians (french: Acadiens , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most Acadians live in the region of Acadia, as it is the region where the de ...
and other francophones attended. The dual campaigns were remarkably separate from each other, and in some cases contradictory: the English campaign revolved around attacking Doug Young's economic record, while the French campaign pointed out Hatfield's role working with Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in enshrining francophone rights in the
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. The Liberals, divided by their recent leadership contest, ran a lackluster campaign which allowed Hatfield's and Simard's overtures to the Acadian population to carry many seats that had been Liberal strongholds for generations, including 10 of 21 Acadian ridings. The
Parti Acadien The Parti Acadien was a political party in New Brunswick, Canada in the 1970s and 1980s. The party was founded in 1972 by Acadians who were upset over poorer living conditions in predominantly francophone areas of the province versus those areas d ...
made its last appearance, as the Conservatives adopted several key points of their former platform. The
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elected Bob Hall as its first ever
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. He was later joined by a second NDP MLA,
Peter Trites Peter Gerald Trites (December 17, 1946 – May 13, 2010) was a former high school teacher and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Saint John East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1984 to 1991 as a New Dem ...
, in a by-election.


Results


Results by riding


North

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, Madawaska, Restigouche and
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Jean-Pierre Ouellet Jean-Pierre Ouellet (born August 21, 1946 in Saint-Éleuthère, Kamouraska County, Quebec) is a Canadian politician in the province of New Brunswick. He is a three-term member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the rid ...
3,071 , , Luc Daigle 2,545 , , Rino Pelletier 176 , , , , , Jean-Pierre Ouellet , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Madawaska Centre , , Jacques Tremblay 1,152 , , ,
Gérald Clavette Gérald Clavette (born May 9, 1941) is a New Brunswick politician. As a Liberal, he served in cabinet as chairman of the Board of Management from 1987 to 1991 and then as Minister of Agriculture in the government of Frank McKenna from October 9, ...
2,774 , , Rodolphe Martin 241 , , , , , Gérald Clavette , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Edmundston Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...
, , , Jean-Maurice Simard 3,393 , , Laurier Levesque 2,572 , , Louise Winchester 426 , , , , , Jean-Maurice Simard , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Madawaska South Madawaska South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Madawaska in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution. Members of the Legislati ...
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Percy Mockler Percy Paul Mockler (born April 14, 1949 in St. Leonard, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician serving as a Canadian Senator from New Brunswick since 2009. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Mockler previously served two non-consec ...
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Héliodore Côté Héliodore Côté (born October 19, 1934) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They ...
2,108 , , Paul Murphy 87 , , , , , Héliodore Côté , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Restigouche West Restigouche West (french: Restigouche-Ouest) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was used from 1974 through 2003, when it was split between the ridings of Restigouche-La-Vallée and ...
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Yvon Poitras Yvon Poitras (born July 13, 1948) is a Canadian businessman, politician and lobbyist. He served as the Minister of Municipal Affairs of New Brunswick for 3 years, as well as Treasury Board chairman for two until 1985 under Premier Richard Hatfi ...
2,885 , , Alfred J. Roussel 2,680 , , , , Armand Ploudre (
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) 1,195 , , , Alfred J. Roussel , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Campbellton , , , Fernand G. Dubé 3,917 , , Lumina Senechal 2,467 , , John F. "Lofty" MacMillan 556 , , , , , Fernand G. Dubé , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Dalhousie , , A.R. Sandy MacLean 1,866 , , , Allan Maher 3,179 , , Bertha Huard 621 , , Réal Gendron (
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) 91 , , , Allan Maher , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Restigouche East , , Aurèle Desrosiers 2,012 , , , Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,418 , , Wayne Lapointe 507 , , , , , Rayburn Donald Doucett , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Nigadoo-Chaleur , , Daniel Comeau 2,601 , , , Pierre Godin 4,057 , , Rhéal Boudreau 996 , , André Blanchard (
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) 174 , , , Pierre Godin , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Nepisiguit-Chaleur Nepisiguit was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with t ...
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Frank Branch Frank Richard Branch (May 7, 1944 – October 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician. Branch was born on May 7, 1944, in Bathurst, New Brunswick. A Liberal, he was first elected to the New Brunswick Legislature to the multi-member riding for Glo ...
3,510 , , Sherwood Scott 634 , , Léon Losier (
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) 205 , , , Frank Branch , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bathurst , , Jim MacLaggan 2,820 , , , Paul Kenny 3,406 , , Kevin Mann, Jr. 2,352 , , , , , Paul Kenny , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Caraquet Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for ''meeting of two rivers''. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nor ...
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Emery Robichaud Oliver Emery Robichaud (born February 3, 1943) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or cit ...
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Onil Doiron Onil Doiron was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 to 1982, as a Liberal member for the constituency of Caraquet Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situat ...
3,733 , , Yvon Roy 271 , , Louise Blanchard (
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Jean Gauvin Jean Gauvin (November 15, 1945 – June 6, 2007) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995, as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Shippagan-le ...
5,238 , , André Robichaud 3,487 , , , , Laval Auclair (
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) 113 , , , Jean Gauvin , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Tracadie , , Henri Thomas 3,440 , , , Doug Young 5,308 , , , , Michael Blanchard (
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) 301
Fernand Losier ( Ind.) 193 , , , Doug Young


Central

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, Sunbury and
Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...
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Carleton North Carleton North may refer to: * Carleton North, New Brunswick, a town in Canada * Carleton North (electoral district), a former electoral district in New Brunswick See also *Carlton North Carlton North is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, V ...
, , , Charles G. Gallagher 2,189 , , Robert D. MacElwain 1,725 , , Larry Lamont 240 , , , , , Charles G. Gallagher , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Carleton Centre Carleton Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution from the multi-member riding of Carleton, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution. Members of the Legisl ...
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Carleton South Woodstock was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with th ...
, , , Steven P. Porter 2,811 , , Stephen A.R. "Steve" Paget 1,534 , , Arthur L. Slipp 451 , , , , , Steven P. Porter , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, York North , , , David Bishop 4,278 , , John Hildebrand 3,667 , ,
Elizabeth Weir Elizabeth Jane Weir (born February 20, 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and politician in New Brunswick. She was elected leader of the New Democratic Party of New Brunswick in June 1988 and became an opposition voice to the Liberal government, whic ...
1,115 , , , , , David Bishop , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
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Les Hull Leslie Irvine Hull (born December 21, 1935) is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 to 1987, as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of York South, and later served a t ...
5,289 , , Ralph Annis 3,933 , , Dan Weston 664 , , , , , Les Hull , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Fredericton South , , , Dave Clark 5,507 , , Steve Patterson 4,369 , , Tom Good 1,716 , , Harry John Marshall ( Ind.) 87 , , ,
Bud Bird John Williston "Bud" Bird, (born March 22, 1932 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian businessman who is a former mayor of the city of Fredericton, a Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick member of the Legislative Assembly of Ne ...
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Fredericton North Fredericton North (french: Fredericton-Nord) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from 1973 to 2006, and was contested again in the 2014 New Brunswick general election. It was split between ...
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Edwin G. Allen Edwin Gerald Allen (March 8, 1920 – January 10, 2001) was a New Brunswick politician. He was born in Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 New Brunswick general election, 1978 to 1987 New Brunswick gener ...
6,392 , , Bob C. Chase 3,384 , , Nancy MacFarland 958 , , , , , Edwin G. Allen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Sunbury , , , Horace Smith 3,192 , , Michael Edward McTiernan 2,680 , , Anna Trefry 401 , , , , , Horace Smith , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
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LeRoy Washburn LeRoy James Washburn (June 16, 1934 – April 13, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a co ...
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Southwest Miramichi Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin (french: Miramichi-Sud-Ouest-Baie-du-Vin) is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was created a ...
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Morris Green Morris Vernon Green (born c. 1942) is a retired history teacher and former politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. In 1960, he graduated from Upper Miramichi Regional High School in Boiestown, New Brunswick. He married Peggy Robic ...
3,225 , , John Barry 244 , , Floyd Wilson ( Ind.) 183 , , , Morris Green , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Miramichi-Newcastle , , , Paul Dawson 3,461 , , John McKay 2,988 , , Jerry Dunnett 761 , , , , , John McKay , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Chatham , , John J. Barry 2,537 , , , Frank J. McKenna 2,618 , , John T. McLaughlin 633 , , , , , Frank Kane† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bay du Vin , , , Roger "Butch" Wedge 2,579 , ,
Reg MacDonald Reginald "Reg" James Alexander MacDonald (May 29, 1934 - January 13, 2018) was a political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Bay du Vin and then Southwest Miramichi in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1978 to 1982 a ...
2,462 , , Harold J. Manual 155 , , Robert Wilfred Melanson (
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Norbert Thériault L. Norbert Thériault (February 16, 1921 – June 19, 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Eel River Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Northumberland (1960–1974) and Baie-du-Vin (1974–1979) in the Legislative Assembl ...
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Miramichi Bay Miramichi Bay is an estuary located on the west coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Miramichi River. Miramichi Bay is separated into the "inner bay" and the "outer bay", with the division being a line of uni ...
, , , James K. "Jim" Gordon 3,263 , , Alcide Léger 3,051 , , J. Albert Richardson 275 , , , , ,
Edgar LeGresley Bernard Edgar LeGresley (August 20, 1940 – September 7, 2007) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a ...


South West

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Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
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Queens North Queens North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long ...
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Kings West Kings West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It includes the towns of Berwick and Kingston, and the village of Greenwood. Geography The electoral district ...
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John B. M. Baxter John Babington Macaulay Baxter (February 16, 1868 – December 27, 1946) was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th premier of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of ''Historical Records of the New Bruns ...
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John B. M. Baxter John Babington Macaulay Baxter (February 16, 1868 – December 27, 1946) was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th premier of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of ''Historical Records of the New Bruns ...
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Kings Centre Kings Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It drew mos ...
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Bev Harrison Beverly John "Bev" Harrison (born May 10, 1942) is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician. Early life The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick. P ...
3,064 , , Fred Fuller 1,746 , , Lawrence D. Hanley 1,585 , , , , , Bev Harrison , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
East Saint John Saint John East (french: Saint-Jean-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from ...
, , , G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew 4,246 , , Brian Fraser Hurley 2,359 , ,
Peter Trites Peter Gerald Trites (December 17, 1946 – May 13, 2010) was a former high school teacher and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Saint John East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1984 to 1991 as a New Dem ...
2,254 , , , , , Gerry Merrithew , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Saint John Harbour Saint John Harbour is a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick, Canada, and within the seaport city of Saint John, New Brunswick. Harbour description The harbour includes the following geographic areas: * Anthonys Cove ...
, , Foster Hammond 1,892 , , , Louis Edward Murphy 2,055 , , Dee Dee M.A. Daigle 695 , , , , , Louis Edward Murphy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Saint John South Saint John South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution. Members of ...
, , , Nancy Clark Teed 1,890 , , Brian McCarthy 1,521 , , David Brown 1,012 , , , , , Nancy Clark Teed , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saint John Park , , Twyla Hartt 1,920 , , ,
Shirley Dysart Shirley Theresa Dysart CM (''née'' Britt, February 22, 1928 – December 14, 2016) was an American-born Canadian teacher and a politician in the province of New Brunswick. She attained a number of "firsts" in New Brunswick politics. She was ...
2,247 , , David T. Pye 727 , , , , , Shirley Dysart , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Saint John North Saint John North was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Saint John Centre in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution. Members of ...
, , , Eric J. Kipping 2,223 , , Joseph A. Day 2,078 , , Erik Kraglund 1,079 , , , , , Eric J. Kipping , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saint John West , , , G. M. Keith Dow 4,590 , , Al Brien 2,701 , , Barry Robson 1,167 , , , , ,
Rodman Logan Rodman Emmason Logan (September 7, 1922 – September 15, 2004) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a ...
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Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-Fundy was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, i ...
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Eric Allaby Kenneth Eric Allaby (born August 7, 1943 on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick) is a former New Brunswick politician. He first ran for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, as a Liberal in the 1982 election but was defeated. He ran and won ...
1,272 , , Jim Aucoin 260 , , , , , James Tucker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Charlotte Centre Charlotte Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, ...
, , Gregory F. Thompson 1,384 , , , Sheldon A. Lee 1,471 , , Wayne Townsend 217 , , , , , Sheldon A. Lee , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Charlotte West Western Charlotte or Charlotte West may refer to: *Charlotte West (horse), a British thoroughbred racehorse * Charlotte West (electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada * Western Charlotte, New Brunswick, a ...
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South East

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Kent Centre Kent Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kent (1827-1974 electoral district), Kent in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973, 1973 electoral redistribution, and wa ...
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Alan R. Graham Alan Robert Graham (born June 20, 1942) is a retired Canadians, Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick and he is the father of Shawn Graham, who was Premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. Family history Alan Graham is a son of ...
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Omer Léger Omer Léger (born March 31, 1931) is a merchant and Canadian politician. Léger served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick having replaced former Premier Louis J. Robichaud and having his final provincial election defeat at the hands o ...
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Shediac Shediac (official in both languages; ''Shédiac'' is colloquial French) is a heavily Acadian town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The town is home to the famous Parlee Beach and is known as the "Lobster Capital of the World". It hosts ...
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Azor LeBlanc Azor LeBlanc (October 27, 1927 - July 31, 2011) was a business owner and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Shediac in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 to 1991 as a Liberal member. He was born in Cap-P ...
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Lloyd Folkins Lloyd George Folkins (February 24, 1913 – September 7, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a c ...
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Memramcook Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac der ...
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Clarence Cormier Clarence J. Cormier (July 14, 1930 – April 26, 2012) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1987, as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of Memramcook. He was minister ...
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Moncton East Moncton East (french: Moncton-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral b ...
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Ray Frenette Joseph Raymond Frenette (April 16, 1935 – July 13, 2018) was a Canadian politician in New Brunswick. He was a Liberal representative for the riding of Moncton East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 until 1998 when he reti ...
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Moncton West Moncton South (french: Moncton-Sud) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It occupies the southern portion of the city of Moncton. It was created in 1973 out of the multi-member district of ...
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Mabel DeWare Mabel Margaret DeWare ( Keiver; 9 August 1926 – 17 August 2022) was a Canadian politician, senator, and curler. DeWare was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, to parents Mary and Hugh Keiver. She skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Cana ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Brunswick General Election, 1982 1982 elections in Canada Elections in New Brunswick 1982 in New Brunswick October 1982 events in Canada