New Brunswick general election, 2010

New Brunswick general election, 2010

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55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   NDP Leader David Alward Shawn Graham Roger Duguay Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since October 18, 2008 May 11, 2002 October 13, 2007 Leader's seat Kent Ran in Tracadie-Sheila (lost) Last election 26 seats, 47.5% 29 seats, 47.1% 0 seats, 5.1% Seats before 21 32 0 Seats won 42 13 0 Seat change 21 19 0 Popular vote 181,776 128,113 38,737 Percentage 48.84% 34.42% 10.41% Swing 1.34pp 12.68pp 5.26pp
Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote
Premier before election Shawn Graham Liberals Premier-designate David Alward Progressive Conservatives

Shawn Graham
Liberals

David Alward
Progressive Conservatives

The 37th New Brunswick general election was held on September 27, 2010, to elect 55 members to the 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Liberal government won 13 seats, while the opposition Progressive Conservatives won a landslide majority of 42 seats in the legislature. As leader of the PC party, David Alward became New Brunswick's 32nd premier.

The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – acting on the advice of the Premier – would have originally been able to call an election earlier or as late as 2011; however a bill in the 56th Legislature has fixed election dates to the fourth Monday of September every four years beginning with this election. While an election could still have been called earlier in the event of a vote of no confidence, this did not take place.

With the defeat of Liberals, this election marked the first time in New Brunswick's history that a political party was voted out of office after just one term. The Liberals' 34.42% share of the popular vote marked the party's worst in the province's history.

* Party did not run candidates in the last election

The following is a list of ridings which were narrowly lost by the indicated party. For instance, under the Liberal column are the 10 seats in which they came closest to winning from the Conservatives, while under the Conservative column are the 10 seats in which they came closest to winning from the Liberals. Listed is the name of the riding, and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost.