1982 New Brunswick general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 May 2025 1982 New Brunswick general election New Brunswick parliamentary no no 1978 New Brunswick general election 1978 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly October 12, 1982 members 1987 New Brunswick general election 1987 58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats were needed for a majority NB PC nohash Richard Hatfield 1967 NB PC name Carleton Centre 30 39 9 47.45% 3.06% Lib NB Liberal nohash Doug Young 1982 NB Liberal name Tracadie 28 18 10 41.3% 3.06% NDP NB NDP nohash George Little 1980 NB NDP name Ran in Kings West (lost) 0 1 1 10.2% 3.72% New Brunswick general election, 1982 results by riding.svg 400px 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 Richard Hatfield NB PC name Richard Hatfield Premier after election NB PC name thumb|right|250px|Rendition of party representation in the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election #6495ED Progressive Conservatives (39) #F08080 Liberals (18) sandybrown New Democrats (1) The 1982 New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. (Bernard Lord beat this record in 1999.) Background The Opposition Liberal Party 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. Campaign The PCs ran two separate campaigns - one in English 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 ten days before the election call. Over 400 notable Acadians 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 Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 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 made its last appearance, as the Conservatives adopted several key points of their former platform. The New Democratic Party of New Brunswick elected Bob Hall as its first ever Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was later joined by a second NDP MLA, Peter Trites, in a by-election. Results 1982 New Brunswick Election ResultsPartyLeaderResultsSeats% of votes castProgressive ConservativeRichard Hatfield3947.45Liberal Doug Young1841.30New DemocraticGeorge Little110.20 Parti Acadien Louise Blanchard00.87 Independents  00.18Total  58100.00 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NB PC 47.45 Liberal NB Liberal 41.30 New Democratic NB NDP 10.20 Others NB Independent 1.05Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NB PC 67.24 Liberal NB Liberal 31.03 New Democratic NB NDP 1.72 Results by riding North Consisting of Victoria, Madawaska, Restigouche and Gloucester county ridings. NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria-Tobique |NB PC background| |J. Douglas Moore 3,015 | |Maurice A. Dionne 2,556 | |Earl W. Christensen 333 | | |NB PC background| |J. Douglas Moore |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls | |Bessie Cote 2,017 |NB Liberal background| |Everard H. Daigle 3,129 | |Patricia Morrell 155 | | |NB Liberal background| |Everard H. Daigle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska-les-Lacs |NB PC background| |Jean-Pierre Ouellet 3,071 | |Luc Daigle 2,545 | |Rino Pelletier 176 | | |NB PC background| |Jean-Pierre Ouellet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska Centre | |Jacques Tremblay 1,152 |NB Liberal background| |Gérald Clavette 2,774 | |Rodolphe Martin 241 | | |NB Liberal background| |Gérald Clavette |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmundston |NB PC background| |Jean-Maurice Simard 3,393 | |Laurier Levesque 2,572 | |Louise Winchester 426 | | |NB PC background| |Jean-Maurice Simard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Madawaska South |NB PC background| |Percy Mockler 2,561 | |Héliodore Côté 2,108 | |Paul Murphy 87 | | |NB Liberal background| |Héliodore Côté |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Restigouche West |NB PC background| |Yvon Poitras 2,885 | |Alfred J. Roussel 2,680 | | | |Armand Ploudre (Parti acadien) 1,195 |NB Liberal background| |Alfred J. Roussel |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Campbellton |NB PC background| |Fernand G. Dubé 3,917 | |Lumina Senechal 2,467 | |John F. "Lofty" MacMillan 556 | | |NB PC background| |Fernand G. Dubé |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Dalhousie | |A.R. Sandy MacLean 1,866 |NB Liberal background| |Allan Maher 3,179 | |Bertha Huard 621 | |Réal Gendron (Parti acadien) 91 |NB Liberal background| |Allan Maher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Restigouche East | |Aurèle Desrosiers 2,012 |NB Liberal background| |Rayburn Donald Doucett 2,418 | |Wayne Lapointe 507 | | |NB Liberal background| |Rayburn Donald Doucett |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nigadoo-Chaleur | |Daniel Comeau 2,601 |NB Liberal background| |Pierre Godin 4,057 | |Rhéal Boudreau 996 | |André Blanchard (Parti acadien) 174 |NB Liberal background| |Pierre Godin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nepisiguit-Chaleur | |Patrice Battah 1,502 |NB Liberal background| |Frank Branch 3,510 | |Sherwood Scott 634 | |Léon Losier (Parti acadien) 205 |NB Liberal background| |Frank Branch |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bathurst | |Jim MacLaggan 2,820 |NB Liberal background| |Paul Kenny 3,406 | |Kevin Mann, Jr. 2,352 | | |NB Liberal background| |Paul Kenny |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Caraquet |NB PC background| |Emery Robichaud 4,619 | |Onil Doiron 3,733 | |Yvon Roy 271 | |Louise Blanchard (Parti acadien) 966 |NB Liberal background| |Onil Doiron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shippagan-les-Îles |NB PC background| |Jean Gauvin 5,238 | |André Robichaud 3,487 | | | |Laval Auclair (Parti acadien) 113 |NB PC background| |Jean Gauvin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tracadie | |Henri Thomas 3,440 |NB Liberal background| |Doug Young 5,308 | | | |Michael Blanchard (Parti acadien) 301Fernand Losier (Ind.) 193 |NB Liberal background| |Doug Young |} Central Consisting of Carleton, York, Sunbury and Northumberland county ridings. NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton North |NB PC background| |Charles G. Gallagher 2,189 | |Robert D. MacElwain 1,725 | |Larry Lamont 240 | | |NB PC background| |Charles G. Gallagher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton Centre |NB PC background| |Richard B. Hatfield 2,266 | |David E. Crouse 1,976 | |L. William Maxon 128 | | |NB PC background| |Richard B. Hatfield |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carleton South |NB PC background| |Steven P. Porter 2,811 | |Stephen A.R. "Steve" Paget 1,534 | |Arthur L. Slipp 451 | | |NB PC background| |Steven P. Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|York North |NB PC background| |David Bishop 4,278 | |John Hildebrand 3,667 | |Elizabeth Weir 1,115 | | |NB PC background| |David Bishop |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|York South |NB PC background| |Les Hull 5,289 | |Ralph Annis 3,933 | |Dan Weston 664 | | |NB PC background| |Les Hull |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fredericton South |NB PC background| |Dave Clark 5,507 | |Steve Patterson 4,369 | |Tom Good 1,716 | |Harry John Marshall (Ind.) 87 |NB PC background| |Bud Bird† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fredericton North |NB PC background| |Edwin G. Allen 6,392 | |Bob C. Chase 3,384 | |Nancy MacFarland 958 | | |NB PC background| |Edwin G. Allen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Sunbury |NB PC background| |Horace Smith 3,192 | |Michael Edward McTiernan 2,680 | |Anna Trefry 401 | | |NB PC background| |Horace Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Oromocto |NB PC background| |Joe Mombourquette 2,583 | |LeRoy Washburn 2,534 | | | | |NB Liberal background| |LeRoy Washburn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Southwest Miramichi | |Sterling Hambrook 2,343 |NB Liberal background| |Morris Green 3,225 | |John Barry 244 | |Floyd Wilson (Ind.) 183 |NB Liberal background| |Morris Green |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Miramichi-Newcastle |NB PC background| |Paul Dawson 3,461 | |John McKay 2,988 | |Jerry Dunnett 761 | | |NB Liberal background| |John McKay |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Chatham | |John J. Barry 2,537 |NB Liberal background| |Frank J. McKenna 2,618 | |John T. McLaughlin 633 | | |NB Liberal background| |Frank Kane† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay du Vin |NB PC background| |Roger "Butch" Wedge 2,579 | |Reg MacDonald 2,462 | |Harold J. Manual 155 | |Robert Wilfred Melanson (Parti acadien) 35 |NB Liberal background| |Norbert Thériault† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Miramichi Bay |NB PC background| |James K. "Jim" Gordon 3,263 | |Alcide Léger 3,051 | |J. Albert Richardson 275 | | |NB Liberal background| |Edgar LeGresley† |} South West Consisting of Queens, Kings, Saint John and Charlotte county ridings. NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens North |NB PC background| |Wilfred G. Bishop 1,911 | |Cyril MacDonald 1,330 | |Frank Wuhr 212 | |William Taylor (Ind.) 93 |NB PC background| |Wilfred G. Bishop |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens South |NB PC background| |Robert B. McCready 1,799 | |Dawn Bremner 1,437 | |Mike Gormley 212 | | |NB Liberal background| |Robert B. McCready |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NB PC background| |John B. M. Baxter 5,226 | |Malcolm A. Barry 3,219 | |George Little 3,034 | | |NB PC background| |John B. M. Baxter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings Centre |NB PC background| |Harold Fanjoy 4,012 | |Edward Kelly 2,165 | |Marian Jefferies 1,283 | | |NB PC background| |Harold Fanjoy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings East |NB PC background| |Hazen Elmer Myers 3,808 | |Gordon A. Lewis 2,161 | |Mark Connell 1,011 | | |NB PC background| |Hazen Elmer Myers |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Fundy |NB PC background| |Bev Harrison 3,064 | |Fred Fuller 1,746 | |Lawrence D. Hanley 1,585 | | |NB PC background| |Bev Harrison |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|East Saint John |NB PC background| |G.S. "Gerry" Merrithew 4,246 | |Brian Fraser Hurley 2,359 | |Peter Trites 2,254 | | |NB PC background| |Gerry Merrithew |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Harbour | |Foster Hammond 1,892 |NB Liberal background| |Louis Edward Murphy 2,055 | |Dee Dee M.A. Daigle 695 | | |NB Liberal background| |Louis Edward Murphy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John South |NB PC background| |Nancy Clark Teed 1,890 | |Brian McCarthy 1,521 | |David Brown 1,012 | | |NB PC background| |Nancy Clark Teed |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John Park | |Twyla Hartt 1,920 |NB Liberal background| |Shirley Dysart 2,247 | |David T. Pye 727 | | |NB Liberal background| |Shirley Dysart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John North |NB PC background| |Eric J. Kipping 2,223 | |Joseph A. Day 2,078 | |Erik Kraglund 1,079 | | |NB PC background| |Eric J. Kipping |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saint John West |NB PC background| |G. M. Keith Dow 4,590 | |Al Brien 2,701 | |Barry Robson 1,167 | | |NB PC background| |Rodman Logan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte-Fundy |NB PC background| |James Tucker 2,291 | |Eric Allaby 1,272 | |Jim Aucoin 260 | | |NB PC background| |James Tucker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte Centre | |Gregory F. Thompson 1,384 |NB Liberal background| |Sheldon A. Lee 1,471 | |Wayne Townsend 217 | | |NB Liberal background| |Sheldon A. Lee |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Charlotte West |NB PC background| |Leland W. McGaw 1,992 | |Dave E. Lively 1,237 | |Joseph N. Hansen 330 | | |NB PC background| |Leland W. McGaw |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Stephen-Milltown |NB PC background| |Bob Jackson 2,155 | |Joel Hansen 1,372 | |Judy Olsen 243 | | |NB PC background| |Bill Cockburn† |} South East Consisting of Kent, Westmorland and Albert county ridings. NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent North | |Elzée Thebeau 2,129 |NB Liberal background| |Conrad Landry 2,750 | |Charles R. Richard 357 | | |NB Liberal background| |Joseph Daigle† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent Centre | |Fernand Savoie 1,244 |NB Liberal background| |Alan R. Graham 2,691 | |Derrold H. Barnes 216 | |Ronald S. MacDonald (Ind.) 77 |NB Liberal background| |Alan R. Graham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kent South |NB PC background| |Omer Léger 4,829 | |Bertin LeBlanc 3,732 | |Gérald Mazerolle 236 | | |NB Liberal background| |Bertin LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shediac | |Alfred Landry 4,842 |NB Liberal background| |Azor LeBlanc 5,135 | |Henri-Eugène Duguay 273 | |Omer Bourque (Parti acadien) 86 |NB Liberal background| |Azor LeBlanc |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tantramar | |Irvin D. Robinson 2,063 | |John Gideon Carter 1,334 |NB NDP background| |Robert Arthur Hall 2,503 | | |NB PC background| |Lloyd Folkins† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Memramcook |NB PC background| |Clarence Cormier 4,032 | |William "Bill" Malenfant 3,951 | |Ulysse Bastarache 438 | | |NB Liberal background| |Bill Malenfant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton East | |Norman H. Crossman 2,688 |NB Liberal background| |Ray Frenette 3,817 | |Raymond Boucher 687 | |Gilles Frenette (Parti acadien) 165Raymond Leger (Ind.) 75 |NB Liberal background| |Ray Frenette |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton North | |Kathryn Barnes 3,032 |NB Liberal background| |Mike McKee 4,768 | |Thomas F. Wilson 802 | | |NB Liberal background| |Mike McKee |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moncton West |NB PC background| |Mabel DeWare 4,242 | |Wayne Patterson 2,892 | |Brian Harvey 601 | | |NB PC background| |Mabel DeWare |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Petitcodiac |NB PC background| |C.W. "Bill" Harmer 6,388 | |Hollis Stanley Steeves 3,813 | |Charles B. Sullivan 1,474 | | |NB PC background| |Bill Harmer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Riverview |NB PC background| |Brenda M. Robertson 4,949 | |Jim Anderson 2,151 | |Ed Foley 582 | | |NB PC background| |Brenda M. Robertson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Albert |NB PC background| |Malcolm MacLeod 2,827 | |Gordon L. Rattray 1,360 | |Gary Wayne Bannister 605 | | |NB PC background| |Malcolm MacLeod |} Further reading Byers R. B. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1982 1984 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442671966 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_r4m2 registration Category:1982 elections in Canada Category:Elections in New Brunswick Category:1982 in New Brunswick Category:October 1982 in Canada