New Brunswick general election, 1991

1987 ←

September 23, 1991

→ 1995

58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		CoR	PC
Leader	Frank McKenna	Arch Pafford	Dennis Cochrane
Party	Liberal	Confederation of Regions	Progressive Conservative
Leader since	1985	1989	1990
Leader's seat	Chatham	Ran in Miramichi-Newcastle (lost)	Petitcodiac
Last election	58	0	0
Seats won	46	8	3
Seat change	12	8	3
Popular vote	193,890	87,256	85,210
Percentage	47.11%	21.18%	20.69%
Swing	13.28%	–	7.89%

	Fourth party
	NDP
Leader	Elizabeth Weir
Party	New Democratic
Leader since	1988
Leader's seat	Saint John South
Last election	0
Seats won	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	44,384
Percentage	10.78%
Swing	0.23%

Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote

Premier before election

Frank McKenna
Liberal

Premier-designate

Frank McKenna
Liberal

The 32nd New Brunswick general election was held on September 23, 1991, to elect 58 members to the 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Though Frank McKenna's Liberals were expected to win a second term after sweeping all 58 seats in 1987, any of the other three parties were considered contenders for official opposition.

The New Democratic Party was led by Elizabeth Weir, who had been the strongest and most consistent voice of opposition to the Liberals since her election as party leader in 1988. In the ensuing three years, thanks to the lack of opposition members in the legislature (MLAs), her firebrand style had made her a well-known name in New Brunswick politics.

The fledgling Confederation of Regions Party had been created out of the ashes of the Hatfield Tories when the latter went from majority government to zero seats in 1987. CoR was running numerous former Tory MLAs and candidates, and even some former Tory cabinet ministers. Its base of support was in English-speaking regions of New Brunswick, where many conservatives had become alienated by Hatfield's close relationship with Acadians.

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