The 2006 New Brunswick general election was held on September 18, 2006, to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the

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. The campaign came earlier than expected: the incumbent

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Bernard Lord Bernard Lord (born September 27, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer, business executive and former politician. He served as the 30th premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. Lord was appointed as board chair of Ontario Power Generation in 2014. Ear ...

, had pledged a vote would be held on October 15, 2007 but when the ruling Progressive Conservatives faced a loss of its

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in the legislature, Lord said he did not want to face a

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and, moreover, feared that a

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could tip the balance of power to the opposition Liberals. The campaign was hard-fought with pundits and pollsters calling it too close to call throughout the five-week campaign. In the end, it was won by the Liberals led by

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. The Liberals won 29 seats to 26 for the Progressive Conservatives, although the Progressive Conservatives won a plurality of the popular vote (47.5% to 47.2%). Unusually, the Liberals won 17 of the 36 predominantly anglophone ridings, their best showing in a competitive election in English New Brunswick since the 1944 election. The Conservatives conversely did better than they have ever done while losing an election among Francophone ridings.

Overview

Following the report of the Commission on Legislative Democracy in December 2004, which recommended fixed election dates beginning on October 15, 2007,

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pledged to introduce legislation fixing election dates, beginning on that date. Due to this, and because it is tradition in New Brunswick to hold elections every four years, the Progressive Conservative government and media had routinely referred to this as the "2007 election" through early 2006. The opposition Liberals however always pledged to try to force an early election. From February through May 2006, it seemed possible that the Liberals might be successful in their goal as on February 17, 2006 Michael Malley left the Progressive Conservative

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creating a

situation, Malley later became Speaker and, as Speaker, controversially rejoined the government caucus. The situation remained difficult for some time as the Liberals gained control of several key committees upon Malley's defection and would not return control to the government as they did not recognize Malley's change of affiliation while speaker. On May 30, 2006, the House reaffirmed its confidence in Malley in a vote and on May 31, 2006 the government and opposition announced a truce to allow the House to function more easily including a legislative calendar through 2007. As a result, it seemed unlikely that the government would fall prior to its chosen date to go to the polls. However,

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, a Progressive Conservative MLA who had already announced that he would not run for re-election, said he would have to resign his seat as he had accepted a job in the private sector. Lord said that he would not face another

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and announced on August 10, 2006 that he would seek an election date of September 18. On August 18, Lord asked

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to dissolve the legislature and set the election date. The emerging key issues of the campaign seem to be leadership and energy prices. The Progressive Conservatives have for some years questioned the leadership abilities of

, the

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while the Liberals have been focusing on energy in general as a theme for some time. Moreover, energy has come to the forefront due to the introduction of gas price regulation by Lord's government on July 1, 2006, and the Liberals announced their energy platform prior to the beginning of the campaign. This election was the first campaign since the 1987 election in which Elizabeth Weir did not lead the smaller

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(NDP). In 2005, Weir stepped down after seventeen years as NDP leader. She was succeeded by

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-based social activist Allison Brewer, who stood for election in the riding of Fredericton-Lincoln. The Progressive Conservative party were again led by Bernard Lord and the Liberal Party by Shawn Graham. The campaign was derided by journalists and political scientists as boring in part because much of the campaign was before Labour Day when many families were still taking summer holidays and also because the overall aspects of the two main parties were similar. There were three English language debates and two French languages debates with some being declared draws, some wins for Lord and some wins for Graham by the experts. Opinion polls showed the Conservatives with a lead in the early days of the campaign but the last few weeks showed ties or slight edges to the Liberals within the margin of error. On election day, Shawn Graham and the Liberals won the most seats, however, they lost the popular vote. Bernard Lord was the first premier not elected to a third term since Hugh John Flemming lost his bid for a third term in the 1960 election while the NDP suffered a considerable blow being shut out of the legislature despite having won a seat in 5 of the last 6 elections and seeing their popular vote slip 4% to their worst showing since the 1974 election.

Issues

The Fredericton Daily Gleaner reported on August 11, 2006 that they had asked the leaders of each party for what they thought the key issues of the campaign would be: *Benard Lord, PC Leader: jobs, the economy, health care and senior care *Shawn Graham, Liberal Leader: education, economic development and energy *Allison Brewer, NDP Leader: high energy prices An

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, conducted for

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by the Innovative Research Group the last week of the campaign found the follow issues were top of mind for voters: *Health Care (22%) *Education (11%) *Jobs/Unemployment (10%) *Gas Prices/Oil (8%) *Political Leaders/Leadership (4%) *Senior Care/Nursing Homes (4%) *Taxes/Taxation (3%) *Cost of living/Inflation (3%) *Social Issues (2%)

Results

Results by party

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Results by region

Results by riding

Many new and changed districts will be used for the first time in this election as a result of an

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. Legend *bold denotes cabinet minister or party leader *''italics'' denotes a potential candidate who has not received his/her party's nomination *† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election ** denotes an incumbent seeking re-election in a new district

Northeast

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, , Greg Davis 3,248 (43.4%) , , , Roy Boudreau 4,232 (56.6%) , , , , , , , Roy Boudreau , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 2.

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, , Ronald Barriault 2,081 (25.9%) , , ,

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5,502 (68.5%) , , Lyndsey Gallant 454 (5.6%) , , , , , Donald Arseneault , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 3. Nigadoo-Chaleur , , Gérard Mallais 2,597 (35.7%) , , ,

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4,311 (59.5%) , , Lucie Desaulnier 334 (4.6%) , , , , , Roland Haché , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 4. Bathurst , , Nancy McKay 3,037 (46.1%) , , , Brian Kenny 3,224 (48.9%) , , Blair Lindsay 328 (5.0%) , , , , , Brian Kenny , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 5. Nepisiguit , , Gerry Legere 2,448 (42.3%) , , , Cheryl Lavoie 2,844 (49.2%) , , Charles Fournier 489 (8.5%) , , , , , Frank Branch† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 6.

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, , Claude L'Espérance 1,677 (23.2%) , , , Hédard Albert 4,580 (63.4%) , , Stéphane Doiron 966 (13.4%) , , , , , Hédard Albert , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 7. Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou , , , Paul Robichaud 4,348 (57.5%) , , Denis Roussel 2,795 (37.0%) , , Juliette Paulin 418 (5.5%) , , , , , Paul Robichaud , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 8.

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, , Louis-Philippe McGraw 3,235 (43.9%) , , ,

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4,142 (56.1%) , , , , , , , Denis Landry , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 9.

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, , , Claude Landry 4,043 (53.4%) , , Serge Rousselle 3,281 (43.3%) , , , , Stephane Richardson (Ind.) 250 (3.3%) , , , Elvy Robichaud† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 10.

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, , Guy Vautour 1,963 (28.7%) , , ,

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3,083 (45.1%) , , Roger Duguay 1,791 (26.2%) , , , , , Carmel Robichaud , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 11.

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, , Michael Malley 2,720 (38.4%) , , ,

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4,187 (59.1%) , , Dwayne Hancock 181 (2.6%) , , , , , Michael Malley , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 12. Miramichi Centre , , George Smith 2,732 (40.6%) , , , John Foran 3,747 (55.6%) , , Douglas Mullin 258 (3.8%) , , , , , John Foran , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 13. Southwest Miramichi , , Brent Taylor 2,844 (44.5%) , , , Rick Brewer 3,327 (52.1%) , , Lydia Calhoun 217 (3.4%) , , , , , Rick Brewer

Southeast

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4,332 (55.5%) , , Emery Comeau 3,112 (39.9%) , , Oscar Doucet 356 (4.6%) , , , , , Rose-May Poirier , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 15.

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, , Aldéo Saulnier 3,060 (45.0%) , , ,

3,534 (51.9%) , , Graham Cox 209 (3.1%) , , , , , Shawn Graham , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 16. Kent South , , , Claude Williams 4,890 (58.5%) , , Nadine Hébert 3,463 (41.5%) , , , , , , , Claude Williams , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 17. Shediac-Cap-Pelé , , Leo Doiron 3,639 (40.3%) , , , Victor Boudreau 5,116 (56.6%) , , Richard Pellerin 283 (3.1%) , , , , , Victor Boudreau , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 18. Tantramar , , , Mike Olscamp 2,690 (54.4%) , , John Higham 1,718 (34.7%) , , Virgil Hammock 536 (10.8%) , , , , ,

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3,845 (56.4%) , , Carl Bainbridge 287 (4.2%) , , , colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;", ''new district'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 20.

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* 4,347 (48.8%) , , Bruno Roy 4,289 (48.2%) , , Valier Santerre 271 (3.0%) , , , colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;", ''new district'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 21.

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2,827 (40.6%) , , Mark Robar 319 (4.6%) , , , , , Bernard Lord , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 22.

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3,317 (52.4%) , ,

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2,469 (44.9%) , , , Mike Murphy 2,707 (49.2%) , , Cindy Rix 326 (5.9%) , , , , , Mike Murphy , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 24.

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, , , John Betts 4,271 (54.6%) , , Shirley Smallwood 3,278 (41.9%) , , Ian Thorn 283 (3.6%) , , , , , John Betts , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 25. Petitcodiac , , ,

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4,651 (65.0%) , , Terry Keating 2,116 (29.6%) , , Rebecca Lewis-Marshall 392 (5.5%) , , , , , Wally Stiles , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 26. Riverview , , ,

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4,326 (63.3%) , , Ward White 2,302 (33.7%) , , Richard Grant 202 (3.0%) , , , , , Bruce Fitch , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 27.

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4,439 (70.0%) , , Clark Butland 1,902 (30.0%) , , , , , , , Wayne Steeves

Southwest

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 28. Kings East , , , Bruce Northrup 4,071 (57.2%) , , LeRoy Armstrong 2,798 (39.3%) , , Dana Brown 248 (3.5%) , , , , , LeRoy Armstrong , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 29. Hampton-Kings , , ,

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4,195 (58.6%) , , Linda Watson 1,787 (25.0%) , , Pat Hanratty 918 (12.8%) , , John Sabine ( Ind.) 255 (3.6%) , , , Bev Harrison , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 30.

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3,625 (51.3%) , , Lorena Henry 334 (4.7%) , , , , , Brenda Fowlie , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 31. Saint John-Fundy , , James Huttges 2,132 (37.8%) , , , Stuart Jamieson 3,124 (55.5%) , , Mark LeBlanc 377 (6.7%) , , , , , Stuart Jamieson , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 32.

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2,853 (48.6%) , , Paul Barry 2,765 (47.1%) , , Troy Polchies 249 (4.2%) , , , , , Margaret-Ann Blaney , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 33.

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3,406 (60.2%) , , Maureen Michaud 394 (7.0%) , , , , , Roly MacIntyre , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 34. Saint John Harbour , , Idee Inyangudor 1,139 (25.8%) , , , Ed Doherty 2,690 (60.9%) , , Dan Robichaud 547 (12.4%) , , David Raymond Amos (Ind.) 44 (1.0%) , , , Ed Doherty , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 35. Saint John Portland , , ,

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2,987 (50.0%) , , Colleen Knudson 2,710 (45.3%) , , Claire Mudge 281 (4.7%) , , , , , Trevor Holder , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 36.

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4,002 (59.0%) , , Jennifer Carkner 283 (4.2%) , , , , , Abel LeBlanc , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 37.

Fundy-River Valley Fundy-River Valley was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was established in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 19 ...

, , Borden DeLong 2,594 (42.8%) , , ,

Jack Keir Jack Keir is a former politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick to represent the electoral district of Fundy-River Valley in the 2006 election. A member of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, which formed the g ...

2,793 (46.1%) , , Percy Ward 285 (4.7%) , , Colby Fraser ( Ind.) 386 (6.4%) , , , Milt Sherwood† , - , rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;", 38.

Charlotte-The Isles Fundy-The Isles-Saint John Lorneville () is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. History The constituency was created as Charlotte-The Isles in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district ...

, rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Wayne Sturgeon 2,627 (40.3%) , rowspan=3 , , rowspan=3,

Rick Doucet Richard Michael Doucet (born in Sussex, New Brunswick) is a New Brunswick businessman and politician who has represented since 2003 the riding of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Family Doucet li ...

3,619 (55.6%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Sharon Greenlaw 267 (4.1%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, , , , Rick Doucet , - , colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''merged district'' , - , , , Eric Allaby† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 39.

Charlotte-Campobello Saint Croix is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The district includes the Town of St. Stephen and the Town of St. Andrews. It was created as Western Charlotte in 1994 by merging the old d ...

, , , Tony Huntjens 3,157 (50.0%) , , Robert Tinker 2,875 (45.3%) , , Andrew Graham 312 (4.9%) , , , , , Tony Huntjens

Central

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 40.

Oromocto Oromocto is a Canadian town in Sunbury County, New Brunswick. The town is located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Oromocto River, approximately southeast of Fredericton. The town's name is derived from the name o ...

, , ,

Jody Carr Jody Rochelle Carr (born July 3, 1975) is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, from 1999 to 2018, and served in the cabinet for part of 2006 as well as 2010-2014. Political career He first ...

3,181 (66.4%) , , Shelby Mercer 1,451 (30.3%) , , Stephen Beam 157 (3.3%) , , , , , Jody Carr , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 41.

Grand Lake-Gagetown Grand Lake-Gagetown was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its ...

, , Jack Carr 3,324 (45.7%) , , ,

Eugene McGinley Eugene Gregory Bernard McGinley (July 31, 1935 – July 16, 2019) was a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a 1972 by-election to represent the electoral district o ...

* 3,545 (48.7%) , , Helen Partridge 412 (5.7%) , , , colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;", ''new district'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 42.

Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton-Nashwaaksis was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in th ...

, , Mike Smith 3,698 (47.1%) , , , T.J. Burke* 3,855 (49.1%) , , Aaron Doucette 304 (3.9%) , , , colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;", ''new district'' , - , rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;", 43. Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Heather Hughes 2,800 (42.3%) , rowspan=3 , , rowspan=3,

Kelly Lamrock Kelly Lamrock (born February 5, 1970) is a lawyer and political consultant in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was previously a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak, and Minister ...

3,817 (57.7%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, , , , T.J. Burke , - , colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''merged district'' , - , , , Kelly Lamrock , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 44. Fredericton-Lincoln , , William Forrestall 2,427 (35.5%) , , ,

Greg Byrne Greg Byrne, King's Counsel, KC (born April 14, 1960, in Harvey, New Brunswick) is a lawyer and former Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, MLA in the Province (Canada), province of New Brunswick, Canada. Byrne was educated at Fredericton Hig ...

3,354 (49.0%) , , Allison Brewer 1,057 (15.5%) , , , colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''new district'' , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 45.

Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton-Silverwood was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created using the name Fredericton South in the 1973 redrawing of electoral districts by splitting the two-member ...

, , Brad Green 2,880 (40.1%) , , , Rick Miles 3,335 (47.4%) , , Dennis Atchison 815 (11.6%) , , , , , Brad Green , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 46. New Maryland-Sunbury West , , ,

Keith Ashfield Keith John Ashfield (March 28, 1952 – April 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician. He served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district of Fredericton from 2008 to 2015 and, before that, was a member of the New Brunswick Legi ...

3,222 (52.0%) , , Les Smith 2,666 (43.0%) , , Brecken Hancock 307 (5.0%) , , , , , Keith Ashfield , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 47.

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, , , Carl Urquhart 3,100 (48.2%) , , Trent Jewett 2,943 (45.8%) , , Derek Simons 382 (5.9%) , , , , , Scott Targett† , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 48.

York North York North was a federal riding in Ontario, Canada, that was in the House of Commons of Canada from Confederation in 1867 until 2004. The federal riding was eliminated in 2003 when it was redistributed between two new ridings of Newmarket� ...

, , , Kirk MacDonald 4,061 (55.7%) , , Larry Jewett 2,854 (39.1%) , , Anne Leslie 379 (5.2%) , , , , , Kirk MacDonald

Northwest

, - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 49.

Woodstock The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...

, , ,

David Alward David Nathan Alward (born December 2, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 32nd premier of New Brunswick, 2010 to 2014. Alward has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 1999 and has been the leader of the ...

3,867 (54.1%) , , Art Slipp 2,936 (41.1%) , , Garth Brewer 345 (4.8%) , , , , , David Alward , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 50. Carleton , , ,

Dale Graham Dale Allison Graham (born October 6, 1951''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1997'', Kathryn O'Handley ) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014, as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswi ...

4,148 (64.1%) , , Gwen Cullins-Jones 2,086 (32.2%) , , Jason Robar 235 (3.6%) , , , , , Dale Graham , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 51.

Victoria-Tobique Victoria-Tobique was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This riding was created in New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 197 ...

, , Chris McLaughlin 1,447 (25.6%) , , ,

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4,043 (71.6%) , , Paul Kendal 153 (2.7%) , , , , , Larry Kennedy , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 52. Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André , , Maurice Picard 2,733 (40.6%) , , , Ron Ouellette 3,752 (55.7%) , , Pierre Cyr 254 (3.8%) , , , , , Ron Ouellette , - , rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;", 53.

Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche-La-Vallée was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada. It was created in 2006 as a result of a merger of the old district of Madawaska-la-Vallée with the district of Restigouche West, less small portions on the ...

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Percy Mockler Percy Paul Mockler (born April 14, 1949 in St. Leonard, New Brunswick) is a retired Canadian politician who served as a Canadian Senator for New Brunswick from 2009 until his retirement in 2024. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Mo ...

3,835 (53.0%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Burt Paulin 2,806 (38.8%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, Alain Martel 599 (8.3%) , rowspan=3, , rowspan=3, , , , Burt Paulin , - , colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''merged district'' , - , , , Percy Mockler , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 54. Edmundston-Saint-Basile , , ,

Madeleine Dubé Madeleine "Mado" Dubé (born September 26, 1961) is a Canadian social worker and politician from New Brunswick. Early life and education Dubé was born on September 26, 1961, in Edmundston, the daughter of Adrien and Huguette Dubé. She atten ...

5,631 (71.6%) , , Jean-Louis Johnson 2,000 (25.4%) , , Michael Bosse 235 (3.0%) , , , , , Madeleine Dubé , - , style="background:whitesmoke;", 55. Madawaska-les-Lacs , , , Jeannot Volpé 4,268 (63.2%) , , Élaine Albert 2,297 (34.0%) , , Jeff Thibodeau 183 (2.7%) , , , , , Jeannot Volpé

Timeline

*October 8, 2004 - Elizabeth Weir resigns as leader of the New Brunswick NDP after leading her party through four elections. *June 30, 2005 - The ''Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act'' is passed in the

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, which sets forth a process under which the province will have new

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. *July 21, 2005 - Environment & Local Government Minister

resigns from cabinet after the provincial

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finds she had violated the privacy act in revealing personal information about Liberal MLA Stuart Jamieson. *September 25, 2005 - Allison Brewer is elected leader of the NDP at a

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. *October 13, 2005 - Elizabeth Weir resigns her seat in the legislature, a

is called two days later for November 14. The Tories and Liberals both announce high-profile candidates and the media speculates that the winner of the by-election will have the momentum going into the general election. Weir's NDP, which was caught without notice of her resignation, is expected by pundits to finish third. *October 31, 2005 - Family and Community Services Minister Tony Huntjens resigns after revealing the identity of an

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man who is a

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of his department to the media. *November 14, 2005 - The Liberals win a by-election in a seat formerly held by NDP MLA Elizabeth Weir, defeating Conservative star candidate Michelle Hooton, who many considered the frontrunner, by a 2 to 1 margin. *January 7, 2006 - Over the course of his beginning of year interviews, Lord reveals that he will introduce legislation fixing election dates, beginning with a date in 2007. *February 14, 2006 - Lord announces a major cabinet shuffle moving over half of his ministers, changing several departments and dumping three of his most well-known ministers, two of whom say they are leaving as they will not be candidates in the next election. In the meantime, he adds former minister Brenda Fowlie back to cabinet and Speaker

who will have to resign from his non-partisan post. *February 17, 2006 - Progressive Conservative

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(MLA) Michael Malley announces he will sit as an

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making the government a

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. *March 28, 2006 - **Independent MLA Michael Malley is elected Speaker of the legislature. This makes the standings of the ordinarily voting members of the legislature 27 Progressive Conservatives, 26 Liberals, 1 Independent. Malley, as Speaker, would only vote in the case of a tie and, by tradition, would normally vote in favour of confidence motions. Thus an election at a time other than Lord's choosing is unlikely. **

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Jeannot Volpe introduces what he calls a "super good

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" in which the government provides tax credits for heating costs, eliminates the

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from heating costs, regulates the prices of gasoline and home heating oil, personal and small business tax cuts, investments in struggling forestry companies, hiring 240 more teachers for the public school system and no longer using the value of the homes of seniors as an offset to the level of support they can receive in a nursing home. *April 13, 2006 - Malley announces from the speaker's chair that he is rejoining the government caucus. Government House Leader

argues that this restores the government majority and that therefore, the Liberals should honour a previous agreement to preserve a working majority on committees of the whole. The Liberals argued that it is improper for a speaker to change his affiliation and refuse to recognize the government as a majority. The legislature becomes somewhat deadlocked as the government controls the primary debate of the chamber, but the opposition controls the votes at committees where legislation and budgetary estimates are approved. *May 1, 2006 - The Liberals offer to end the growing deadlock in the legislature by having Malley resign the speakership and placing one of their own members up for election as speaker. Under such an arrangement, the Conservatives would have 28 voting members, the Liberals 25 and the one independent Frank Branch. In exchange for giving the government this working majority, they demand an election be held on September 25, 2006. Lord rejects this offer. *May 30, 2006 - A Liberal motion to remove Malley from the speakership is defeated 27–25. The Liberals therefore accept the legitimacy of the Speaker becoming a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. *May 31, 2006 - Government House Leader

and Opposition House Leader

announce an agreement to end the stalemate in the House. The Liberals, again recognizing the government's majority, will pair with the Speaker in Committees of the Whole and will guarantee passage of the budget by June 16. In return, the government will allow the opposition to chair four committees, including a new committee on

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, pass several opposition bills and hold fall sittings of the legislature. *June 12, 2006 - Corporate Research Associates, which conducts a quarterly opinion poll in New Brunswick, releases a survey conducted May 17 to June 6 showing that the Progressive Conservatives have taken a lead over the Liberals for the first time since August 2003. *June 20, 2006 - Lord announces he will introduce legislation fixing election dates on the third Monday of October beginning with an election on October 15, 2007. *August 1, 2006 - The ''

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'' reports that former minister

is set to resign from the legislature which would cause another minority government. Lord says he will not face another minority and will call an election if this happens. *August 8, 2006 - The '' Fredericton Daily Gleaner'' reports that Lord will meet Mesheau on August 11 and an election call is expected later that day. *August 10, 2006 - Bernard Lord confirms that the election will be held on September 18, 2006, although an election call is not expected until August 19. *August 14, 2006 - The

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and the Liberals criticize Lord and his ministers for making election style announcements using government resources, something that would be forbidden after the election is formally called. *August 16, 2006 - The Liberal Party begins airing television and radio commercials and erecting billboards. *August 18, 2006 - Lord asks

to dissolve the legislature, one day earlier than he originally suggested he would catching the other parties off guard, and sets the election date for September 18. *September 1, 2006 - Candidate nominations are due. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives field full slates in all 55 ridings, while the NDP, with 48 candidates, fails to do so for the first time since 1982. *September 5, 2006 - It is announced that

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, the

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arm of

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, will not provide simultaneous translation for NDP leader Allison Brewer in their televised debate. As a result, Brewer announces she will not participate, leaving only Bernard Lord and Shawn Graham in the French leader's debate. All three leaders will participate in the English debate. The NDP late files a complaint with the Radio-Canada

. *September 7, 2006: **The Liberals release their election platform entitled "Charter for Change" **The three leaders participate in an English leaders' debate on CBC and PC leader Bernard Lord and Liberal leader Shawn Graham participate in a French leaders' debate on Radio-Canada (the French arm of CBC). Both were pre-taped and air simultaneously. Most pundits say that the debates will not sway many voters as there was no clear winner but some suggest Lord won the English debate while Graham won the French. *September 9, 2006 - The first day of advanced polls. *September 10, 2006 -

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airs English and French debates live. *September 11, 2006: **The NDP releases their platform "Clear Voice, Clear Choice". **The second and final day of advanced polls. It is later reported that there is a 50% increase in advanced voter turnout over 2003. *September 12, 2006 - Corporate Research Associates releases a poll commissioned by

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which shows the Liberals at 44%, the PCs at 42% and the NDP at 10%. *September 13, 2006 - The Progressive Conservatives release their platform "Getting Results Together". *September 14, 2006 - Innovative Research Group releases a poll commissioned by CTV which shows the Liberals at 45%, the PCs at 43% and the NDP at 11%. *September 15, 2006 - Omnifacts Bristol releases a poll showing the PCs and Liberals tied at 46% with the NDP at 7%. *September 18, 2006 - Election Day, polls open at 10:00am local time and close at 8:00pm. **8:51 PM:

projects a Liberal majority government. **8:54 PM:

projects a Liberal majority government. *September 20, 2006 - Premier-designate Shawn Graham meets with outgoing Premier Bernard Lord and appoints a transition team. The team will be chaired by Doug Tyler and consist of Tyler, Allan Maher and

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. *October 3, 2006 - Graham and his

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are to be sworn in on this date.

Political parties

*The ruling

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(PC Party) sought a third mandate and try to secure a larger, more workable

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. They held 28 of 55 seats prior to dissolution and were led by

who was fighting his third election as leader. They won 26 seats in the election, becoming the official opposition. **The Conservatives used "Getting Results Together" for their campaign slogan. *The opposition

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returned to power after suffering their worst ever defeat and winning only 10 seats in 1999 election, and after coming within 10 votes in the riding of

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of tying the PCs with 27 seats each in the 2003 election. They held 27 of 55 seats prior to dissolution and were led by

, who will fight his second election as leader. They won 29 seats and formed the government. **The Liberals will be using "People for A Change" for their campaign slogan. *The

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(NDP) fought its first election without Elizabeth Weir as the leader in almost two decades. Many New Brunswickers viewed the NDP and Weir as interchangeable. Weir held the party's only seat in the legislature but she resigned and the Liberal won it in a by-election. The NDP

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Allison Brewer as their new leader on September 25, 2005, she tried to convince New Brunswickers that the NDP was not a one-woman-party. Whether she achieved that goal or not is impossible to tell, but the results of the election were disappointing for the NDP, they failed to win any seats and had their lowest showing in the popular vote (5.1%) since the 1974 election. **The NDP used "Clear Voice, Clear Choice" as their campaign slogan.

Opinion polls

The only inter-election opinion polling regularly conducted in New Brunswick is by the

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-based Corporate Research Associates. Every CRA poll from the November 2003 to June 2006 showed the Liberals in the lead by varying amounts. However, their last pre-election poll, released on June 12, 2006, showed the Progressive Conservatives making a comeback with 45% to 39% for the Liberals and 9% for the NDP. The CRA poll conducted during the 2003 election campaign showed the Liberals and PCs tied at 41% each, the only polling company to predict the close result that became of that campaign. Polls conducted during the election campaign - Figures represent decided voters * This poll reused the same sample as the August 22–24 poll and is therefore not a random sampling and not technically an opinion poll.

References

Bibliography

*¹Davies, Carl. "Election Fever Hits Provincial Capital".

Telegraph-Journal The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, owned by Postmedia Network. It serves as both a provincial daily and as a local newspaper for Saint John. The ''Telegraph-Journal'' is the only New ...

, August 1, 2006, pages A1, A8. *²Taylor, Mark. "Election Call Could Come Friday".

The Daily Gleaner ''The Daily Gleaner'' is a morning daily newspaper serving the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, and the upper Saint John River Valley. The paper was printed Monday through Saturday, until dropping to Tuesday through Saturday in 2022 and anno ...

, August 8, 2006, pages A1-2.

External links

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