New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party
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New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party
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| Former provincial party | |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Dissolved | March 31, 2002 |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Anti-Bilingualism |
| Colours | Green, Yellow |
The New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party was a political party in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. It was the only branch of the Confederation of Regions Party to win any seats. It held official status in the Legislative Assembly between 1991 and 1995, before losing all its seats in the following election.
In the late 1980s, support for the Progressive Conservative Party of Premier Richard Hatfield had collapsed because of corruption scandals in the government. As well, many English-speaking New Brunswickers were unhappy with the government's promotion of official bilingualism (the use of English and French in public services).
CoR promised to repeal the 1969 Official Languages Act, which made the French language equal for official purposes with English on a province-wide basis. CoR proposed providing government services in French only in areas with a large francophone population. The French-speaking Acadian population believed this to be an anti-francophone policy, so the CoR had no support in areas with large francophone populations.
In the 1988 federal election, the CoR party had considerable success in New Brunswick. CoR nominated candidates in seven of the ten federal ridings in the 1988 election, and won 4.3% of the vote within the province.
The CoR party's provincial wing was founded in 1989. Miramichi businessman Arch Pafford was elected leader, and former Hatfield cabinet minister Ed Allen became the party's most notable candidate.
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