2003 New Brunswick general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 2003 New Brunswick general election New Brunswick parliamentary no no 1999 New Brunswick general election 1999 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly June 9, 2003 members 2006 New Brunswick general election 2006 55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 28 68.67% https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/election-results.html Provincial Election Results - Elections NB Canada Elections New Brunswick February 5, 2014 www.electionsnb.ca x160px NB PC nohash Bernard Lord 1997 NB PC name Moncton East 44 28 16 174,092 45.4% 7.6% x160px NB Liberal nohash Shawn Graham 2002 NB Liberal name Kent 10 26 16 170,028 44.4% 7.1% NDP NB NDP nohash Elizabeth Weir 1988 NB NDP name Saint John Harbour 1 1 36,989 9.7% 0.9% nb2003.PNG 300px Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote Premier Bernard Lord NB PC name Bernard Lord Premier after election NB PC name thumb|right|250px|Rendition of party representation in the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election. #6495ED Progressive Conservatives (28) #F08080 Liberals (26) sandybrown New Democrats (1) The 2003 New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect the 55 members of the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. Although early polls suggested a landslide victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives of Premier Bernard Lord, the dynamics of the race shifted after Shawn Graham, leader of the Liberal Party, made auto insurance rates a key issue of his campaign. Lord and the Progressive Conservatives were ultimately re-elected, but with their majority government reduced to just one seat, finishing only two seats ahead of Graham's Liberals. The New Democrats held their sole seat in the legislature. Campaign Leading up to the election, New Brunswick had its car insurance rates skyrocket. The Liberal Party of New Brunswick consequently focused its campaign on three points: improved universal health care, keeping the province's electric utility, NB Power, as a public crown corporation, and the lowering of automobile insurance rates. On the other hand, the campaign of Premier Bernard Lord and his Progressive Conservative Party faced a number of problems, especially after changing its position on the key issue of auto insurance several times during the 30-day campaign. The results were very close, and for most of election night as the results came in, the winner was unclear. Shawn Graham was even heard to remark on television as the night was drawing to a close that "Up to 5 minutes ago, I thought I was Premier".2003-06-10 New Brunswick Votes 2003 http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2003/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040215153807/http://www.cbc.ca/nbvotes2003/ 2004-02-15 CBC New Democratic Party of New Brunswick leader Elizabeth Weir was the only member of her party to win a seat. The party ran 55 candidates throughout the province. The newly founded but short-lived New Brunswick Grey Party, a branch of the Grey Party of Canada, also ran 10 candidates, including party leader Jim Webb. Results Results by party Summary of the 2003 Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick election results |- style="background-color:#CCCCCC" !rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Party !rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Party leader !rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|# ofcandidates !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote |- style="background-color:#CCCCCC" | style="text-align:center;" |1999 | style="text-align:center;" |Dissolution | style="text-align:center;" |Elected | style="text-align:center;" |% Change | style="text-align:center;" |# | style="text-align:center;" |% | style="text-align:center;" |Change NB PC row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Bernard Lord | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |44 | style="text-align:right;" |46 | style="text-align:right;" |28 | style="text-align:right;" |-39.1% | style="text-align:right;" |174,092 | style="text-align:right;" |45.45% | style="text-align:right;" |-7.6% NB Liberal row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Shawn Graham | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |10 | style="text-align:right;" |7 | style="text-align:right;" |26 | style="text-align:right;" |+271% | style="text-align:right;" |170,028 | style="text-align:right;" |44.39% | style="text-align:right;" |+7.1% NB NDP row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Elizabeth Weir | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |36,989 | style="text-align:right;" |9.66% | style="text-align:right;" |+0.9% NB Grey row-name | style="text-align:left;" |Jim Webb | style="text-align:right;" |10 | style="text-align:right;" |n/a1 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |  | style="text-align:right;" |1,550 | style="text-align:right;" |0.40% | style="text-align:right;" |n/a1 CA Independent row | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" |2 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |  | style="text-align:right;" |415 | style="text-align:right;" |0.11% | style="text-align:right;" |-0.1% CA vacant row | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Vacant | style="text-align:right;" |1 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" |  |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Total | style="text-align:right;" |177 | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |55 | style="text-align:right;" |- | style="text-align:right;" |383,074 |colspan="2"|100% |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" |Source: http://www.gnb.ca/elections |- |}1 The Grey Party did not contest the 1999 election. Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NB PC 45.45 Liberal NB Liberal 44.39 New Democratic NB NDP 9.66 Others NB Independent 0.50Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NB PC 50.91 Liberal NB Liberal 47.27 New Democratic NB NDP 1.82 Results by region Party NameNorthNBEastNBS. EastNBGreaterSaint John/Fundy CoastGreaterFred.UpperSaint John RiverValleyTotal NB PC rowProgressiveConservative Seats:23864528 NB PC row Popular Vote:45.9%42.4%49.5%39.8%42.1%55.1%45.4% NB Liberal rowLiberal Seats:85254226 NB Liberal row Popular Vote:47.7%50.2%42.0%41.0%44.3%40.6%44.4% NB NDP rowNewDemocratic Seats:---1--1 NB NDP row Popular Vote:6.4%7.4%7.9%17.2%13.4%4.3%9.7%Total seats: 10810128755Parties that won no seats: NB Grey row-name Popular Vote:--0.3%1.8%0.2%-0.4% NB Independent rowIndependents Popular Vote:--0.3%0.3%--0.1% Candidates Party leaders and cabinet ministers are denoted in bold. Northern New Brunswick NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|1. Restigouche West | |Benoît Cyr 2,523 |NB Liberal background| |Burt Paulin 4,008 | |Antoine Duguay 257 | |  |NB PC background| |Benoît Cyr |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|2. Campbellton | |Jean F. Dubé 2,771 |NB Liberal background| |Roy Boudreau 3,979 | |Murray Mason 294 | |  |NB PC background| |Jean F. Dubé |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|3. Dalhousie-Restigouche East | |Paul McIntyre 3,088 |NB Liberal background| |Donald Arseneault 3,445 | |Joel Hickey 645 | |  |NB PC background| |Dennis Furlong |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|4. Nigadoo-Chaleur | |Hermel Vienneau 3,529 |NB Liberal background| |Roland Haché 3,887 | |Kate Hayward 380 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Roland Haché |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|5. Bathurst | |Nancy MacKay 3,252 |NB Liberal background| |Brian Kenny 3,348 | |Mark Robar 304 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Marcelle Mersereau |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|6. Nepisiguit | |Joel Bernard 2,200 |NB Liberal background| |Frank Branch 3,498 | |Normand Savoie 894 | |  |NB PC background| |Joel Bernard |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|7. Caraquet | |Gaston Moore 3,550 |NB Liberal background| |Hédard Albert 3,649 | |Gérard Béland 457 | |  |NB PC background| |Gaston Moore |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|8. Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou |NB PC background| |Paul Robichaud 4,788 | |Denis Roussel 2,846 | |Jean-Baptiste Bezeau 335 | |  |NB PC background| |Paul Robichaud |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|9. Centre-Péninsule | |Louis-Philippe McGraw 3,045 |NB Liberal background| |Denis Landry 3,097 | |Rose Duguay 396 | |  |NB PC background| |Louis-Phillipe McGraw |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|10. Tracadie-Sheila |NB PC background| |Elvy Robichaud 4,583 | |Weldon McLaughlin 2,894 | |Stéphane Richardson 661 | |  |NB PC background| |Elvy Robichaud |} Eastern New Brunswick NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|11. Miramichi Bay | |Réjean Savoie 3,050 |NB Liberal background| |Carmel Robichaud 3,227 | |Hilaire Rouselle 729 | |  |NB PC background| |Réjean Savoie |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|12. Miramichi-Bay du Vin |NB PC background| |Michael Malley 3,917 | |Frank Trevors 3,464 | |Dwayne Hancock 490 | |  |NB PC background| |Michael Malley |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|13. Miramichi Centre | |Kim Jardine 3,149 |NB Liberal background| |John Foran 3,763 | |Lance Lyons 663 | |  |NB PC background| |Kim Jardine |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|14. Southwest Miramichi | |Norman Betts 2,823 |NB Liberal background| |Rick Brewer 3,395 | |Chris Ashford 332 | |  |NB PC background| |Norman Betts |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|15. Rogersville-Kouchibouguac |NB PC background| |Rose-May Poirier 3,289 | |Maurice Richard 2,968 | |Oscar Doucet 404 | |  |NB PC background| |Rose-May Poirier |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|16. Kent | |Valmond Joseph Daigle 1,905 |NB Liberal background| |Shawn Graham 3,615 | |Jerry Cook 958 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Shawn Graham |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|17. Kent South |NB PC background| |Claude Williams 4,933 | |Stephen Doucet 4,065 | |Neil Gardner 671 | |  |NB PC background| |Claude Williams |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|18. Shediac-Cap-Pélé | |Odette Babineau 3,063 |NB Liberal background| |Bernard Richard 6,464 | |Claudette Beland 313 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Bernard Richard |} Southeastern New Brunswick NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|19. Tantramar |NB PC background| |Peter Mesheau 2,922 | |Susan Purdy 1,569 | |Geoff Martin 522 | |  |NB PC background| |Peter Mesheau |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|20. Dieppe-Memramcook |NB PC background| |Cy LeBlanc 5,541 | |Elie Richard 5,451 | |Hélène Lapointe 786 | |  |NB PC background| |Cy LeBlanc |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|21. Moncton East |NB PC background| |Bernard Lord 4,177 | |Chris Collins 3,113 | |Jean-Marie Nadeau 724 | |  |NB PC background| |Bernard Lord |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|22. Moncton South |NB PC background| |Joan MacAlpine 3,143 | |Norman Branch 2,710 | |Stéphane Drysdale 437 | |Jean-Marc Dugas (Ind.) 226John Gallant (Grey) 72 |NB PC background| |Joan MacAlpine |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|23. Moncton North | |René Landry 3,054 |NB Liberal background| |Mike Murphy 3,555 | |Nancy McBain 543 | |  |NB PC background| |René Landry |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|24. Moncton Crescent |NB PC background| |John Betts 4,230 | |Ray Goudreau 3,776 | |Richard Goulding 628 | |  |NB PC background| |John Betts |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|25. Petitcodiac |NB PC background| |Wally Stiles 3,481 | |Bethany Dykstra 1,849 | |Tracy Trott 298 | |Dan Leaman (Grey) 120 |NB PC background| |Wally Stiles |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|26. Riverview |NB PC background| |Bruce Fitch 3,794 | |Ward White 3,287 | |John Falconer 391 | |  |NB PC background| |vacant |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|27. Albert |NB PC background| |Wayne Steeves 3,198 | |Clark Butland 2,311 | |Pat Pearson 457 | |  |NB PC background| |Wayne Steeves |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|28. Kings East | |Doug Cosman 2,713 |NB Liberal background| |Leroy Armstrong 3,169 | |George Horton 996 | |  |NB PC background| |Doug Cosman |} Greater Saint John & Fundy Coast NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|29. Hampton-Belleisle |NB PC background| |Bev Harrison 3,392 | |Bob Bates 2,736 | |Pat Hanratty 1,336 | |John Hughes (Grey) 208 |NB PC background| |Bev Harrison |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|30. Kennebecasis |NB PC background| |Brenda Fowlie 3,265 | |Murray Driscoll 3,247 | |Kenneth Wilcox 970 | |  |NB PC background| |Brenda Fowlie |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|31. Saint John-Fundy | |Rodney Weston 2,271 |NB Liberal background| |Stuart Jamieson 2,698 | |Liam Freill 517 | |Marjorie MacMurray (Grey) 172 |NB PC background| |Rodney Weston |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|32. Saint John-Kings |NB PC background| |Margaret-Ann Blaney 3,135 | |Tom Young 2,456 | |Jeff Thibodeau 791 | |Mark LeBlanc (Grey) 145 |NB PC background| |Margaret-Ann Blaney |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|33. Saint John Champlain | |Mel Vincent 1,501 |NB Liberal background| |Roly MacIntyre 2,160 | |Ralph Thomas 1,507 | |Bill Richard Reid (Grey) 223 |NB PC background| |Carole Keddy |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|34. Saint John Harbour | |Dennis Boyle 1,286 | |Anne-Marie Mullin 1,231 |NB NDP background| |Elizabeth Weir 1,929 | |  |NB NDP background| |Elizabeth Weir |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|35. Saint John Portland |NB PC background| |Trevor Holder 2,436 | |Colleen Knudson 2,307 | |Mary Arseneau 1,191 | |  |NB PC background| |Trevor Holder |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|36. Saint John Lancaster | |Norm McFarlane 2,633 |NB Liberal background| |Abel LeBlanc 2,942 | |Walter Lee 1,365 | |Jim Webb (Grey) 170 |NB PC background| |Norm McFarlane |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|37. Grand Bay-Westfield |NB PC background| |Milt Sherwood 2,209 | |Kevin Quinn 1,991 | |Percy Ward 556 | |Ben Perry (Grey) 193Colby Fraser (Ind.) 189 |NB PC background| |Milt Sherwood |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|38. Charlotte | |Sharon Tucker 1,573 |NB Liberal background| |Rick Doucet 2,777 | |Patty Hooper 1,149 | |Harold Smith (Grey) 118 |NB Liberal background| |Sheldon Lee |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|39. Fundy Isles | |Burton Flynn 1,124 |NB Liberal background| |Eric Allaby 1,359 | |Dick Grant 94 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Eric Allaby |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|40. Western Charlotte |NB PC background| |Tony Huntjens 2,854 | |Madeleine Drummie 2,662 | |Andrew Graham 554 | |  |NB PC background| |Tony Huntjens |} Greater Fredericton NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|41. Oromocto-Gagetown |NB PC background| |Jody Carr 4,314 | |Maurice Harquail 2,140 | |Terry Hovey 392 | |James Lee (Grey) 129 |NB PC background| |Jody Carr |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|42. Grand Lake | |David Jordan 2,058 |NB Liberal background| |Eugene McGinley 4,376 | |David Babineau 614 | |  |NB PC background| |David Jordan |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|43. Fredericton North | |D. Peter Forbes 3,211 |NB Liberal background| |T.J. Burke 4,163 | |Dennis Atchison 1,418 | |  |NB PC background| |D. Peter Forbes |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|44. Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak | |Eric MacKenzie 2,364 |NB Liberal background| |Kelly Lamrock 2,925 | |Penny Ericson 1,531 | |  |NB PC background| |Eric MacKenzie |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|45. Fredericton South |NB PC background| |Brad Green 3,309 | |Misty McLaughlin 2,797 | |Nan Luke 1,832 | |  |NB PC background| |Brad Green |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|46. New Maryland |NB PC background| |Keith Ashfield 3,719 | |Joan Kingston 3,502 | |Kay Nandlall 923 | |  |NB PC background| |Keith Ashfield |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|47. York | |Don Kinney 3,278 |NB Liberal background| |Scott Targett 3,783 | |Gary Hughes 618 | |  |NB PC background| |Don Kinney |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|48. Mactaquac |NB PC background| |Kirk MacDonald 3,337 | |Ray Dillon 3,236 | |Phillip Morgan 817 | |  |NB PC background| |Kirk MacDonald |} Upper Saint John River Valley NB PC Liberal NDP Other |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|49. Woodstock |NB PC background| |David Alward 4,605 | |Lorne Drake 2,400 | |Nancy Reid 286 | |  |NB PC background| |David Alward |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|50. Carleton |NB PC background| |Dale Graham 4,190 | |Grant Robinson 2,287 | |Betty Brown 482 | |  |NB PC background| |Dale Graham |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|51. Victoria-Tobique | |Dennis Campbell 2,001 |NB Liberal background| |Larry Kennedy 3,386 | |Harvey Bass 502 | |  |NB Liberal background| |Larry Kennedy |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|52. Grand Falls Region | |Jean-Guy Laforest 2,586 |NB Liberal background| |Ron Ouellette 4,385 | |Pierre Cyr 192 | |  |NB PC background| |Jean-Guy Laforest |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|53. Madawaska-la-Vallée |NB PC background| |Percy Mockler 3,858 | |Claude Malenfant 1,848 | |Mario Fortunato 201 | |  |NB PC background| |Percy Mockler |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|54. Edmundston |NB PC background| |Madeleine Dubé 3,917 | |Margot Albert 1,841 | |Blair McInnis 110 | |  |NB PC background| |Madeleine Dubé |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|55. Madawaska-les-Lacs |NB PC background| |Jeannot Volpé 3,965 | |Louis LaBrie 2,391 | |Jason Carney 187 | |  |NB PC background| |Jeannot Volpé |} See also References Further reading Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2003 2009 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9780802099853 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_e7f6 registration New Brunswick general Category:Elections in New Brunswick Category:2003 in New Brunswick Category:June 2003 in Canada