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1878 New Brunswick general election
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Canadian provincial election
September 2023
The 1878 New Brunswick general election was held in June 1878, to elect 41 members to the Post-Confederation 24th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The election was held before the adoption of party labels. John James Fraser was appointed premier of New Brunswick on May 4, 1878, following the resignation of George Edwin King, and led his government into the election weeks later.http://archives.gnb.ca/documents/rs24/rs24_introduction_en-ca.pdf Records of the Executive Council (RS24): Introduction Provincial Archives of New Brunswick PDF 2026-04-24
Of forty-one MLAs (members of the Legislative Assembly), thirty-one were in support of the government, and ten formed the opposition.The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3138/9781442657007-018/html Election Data 2016-01-29 517–524 University of Toronto Press 978-1-4426-5700-7 en 10.3138/9781442657007-018
Results
New Brunswick general election, 1878 Party Leader Seats Government John James Fraser 31 Opposition 10TotalN/A41
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