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Encyclopedia > New Brunswick general election, 1999
Results of the 1999 election
Results of the 1999 election

The 1999 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick marked the debut of both Camille Theriault and Bernard Lord as leaders of the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives respectively. It was Elizabeth Weir's third general election as leader of the New Democratic Party. nb election map 1999 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... nb election map 1999 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... Camille Henri Th riault (born February 25, 1955 in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick) is a former premier of New Brunswick. ... Bernard Lord (born September 27, 1965 in Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... The New Brunswick Liberal Association (NBLA), more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a political party in New Brunswick, Canada. ... Elizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. ... The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in New Brunswick, Canada that is linked with the federal New Democratic Party of Canada. ...


Theriault's Liberals were widely expected to win a fourth majority government from the outset of the campaign, but Lord's Tories were able to capitalize on the issue of highway tolls and use it to portray the Liberals as arrogant.


Following a huge surge in the final weeks of the campaign, Lord became Premier with his party winning its largest majority in the history of New Brunswick. (?what about the New Brunswick general election, 1987?) A premier is an executive official of government. ... In the 1987 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, the Liberal Party swept to victory, for the first time since 1970, in a massive landslide by winning all 58 seats in the legislature. ...


See also Canadian Politics in 1999.


Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1995 Dissolution Elected % Change # % Change
     Progressive Conservative Bernard Lord 55 6 9 44 +289% 209,008 53.0% +22.1%
     Liberal Camille Theriault 55 48 45 10 -77% 146,934 37.3% -14.3%
     New Democratic Elizabeth Weir 55 1 1 1 - 34,526 8.8% -0.9%
     Confederation of Regions Jim Webb 18 - - - - 2,807 0.7% -6.4%
     Natural Law Christopher Collrin 9 - - - - 527 0.1% -0.2%
     Independents n/a 4 - - - - 435 0.1% -0.3%
Total 196 55 55 55 - 394,237 100% +1.2%


In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a political party in New Brunswick, Canada. ... Bernard Lord (born September 27, 1965 in Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... The New Brunswick Liberal Association (NBLA) is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian provice of New Brunswick. ... Camille Henri Th riault (born February 25, 1955 in Baie-Ste-Anne, New Brunswick) is a former premier of New Brunswick. ... The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in New Brunswick, Canada that is linked with the federal New Democratic Party of Canada. ... Elizabeth Jane Weir is a lawyer and politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. ... The Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) was a right-wing Canadian political party founded in 1984 by Elmer Knutson. ... The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party, the political arm of Maharishi Mahesh Yogis Transcendental Meditation movement. ...

Preceded by:
1995 NB election
List of New Brunswick elections Followed by:
2003 NB election


The 1995 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a reinvigorated Progressive Conservative Party. ... New Brunswick, a Canadian province, has a unicameral legislature which is at least elected once every five years at a general election. ... Results of the 2003 election Starting out as a predicted landslide for Bernard Lords Progressive Conservatives, the New Brunswick general election, 2003 quickly turned around when Shawn Graham, leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick, took on auto insurance rates as a cause. ...


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