1974 New Brunswick general election
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58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 New Brunswick general election was held on November 18, 1974, to elect 58 members to the
New Brunswick Liberal Party
. For the second election in a row, the Conservatives received a majority in the parliament despite receiving fewer votes than the Liberals.
Despite the Hatfield government's involvement in the failed
francophone seats in by-elections
. The Acadian support proved key during Hatfield's entire term as premier.
This was the first New Brunswick election in which candidates contested only single-member ridings, established as a result of the
1973 electoral redistribution
; previous elections had each county as an electoral district electing a varying number of members, based on their respective populations, with multi-member districts predominating.
Results
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1970 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Richard Hatfield | 58 | 32 | 32 | 33 | +1 | 145,304 | 46.86 | -1.54 | |
Liberal | Robert Higgins | 58 | 26 | 26 | 25 | -1 | 147,372 | 47.53 | -1.08 | |
New Democratic | Albert Richardson | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,092 | 2.93 | +0.10 | |
Parti Acadien
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Euclide Chaisson | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,607 | 1.16 | ||
Independents
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,723 | 1.52 |
References
- ISBN 9780822308942.
Further reading
- ISBN 9780802021960.