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1978 New Brunswick general election
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October 23, 1978
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58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Lib
NDP
Leader
Richard Hatfield
Joseph Daigle
John LaBossiere
Party
Progressive Conservative
Liberal
New Democratic
Leader since
June 14, 1969
May 6, 1978
1976
Leader's seat
Carleton Centre
Kent North
Ran in Kent Centre (lost)
Last election
33
25
0
Seats won
30
28
0
Seat change
3
3
Percentage
44.39%
44.36%
6.48%
Swing
2.37%
3.12%
3.55%
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.
Premier before election
Richard Hatfield
Progressive Conservative
Premier after election
Richard Hatfield
Progressive Conservative
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Rendition of party representation in the 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election
Progressive Conservatives (30)
Liberals (28)
The 1978 New Brunswick general election was held on October 23, 1978, to elect 58 members to the 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party narrowly won its third term.
The result was the closest in New Brunswick history: the governing PCs won 30 seats to 28 for the opposition. The popular vote was very close: 146,719 votes were cast for Conservative candidates, and 146,596 for Liberals. In order to secure a workable majority following the election, Hatfield appointed Liberal Robert McCready as speaker of the legislature, despite strong objections from McCready's Liberal colleagues; McCready went on to seek re-election as a Conservative and served in Hatfield's cabinet.
The Parti Acadien had its best ever showing in the election, winning 12% of the vote in the ridings where it fielded candidates, and coming within 200 votes of electing Armand Plourde in Restigouche West.
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