Provincial legislature in “uncharted territory”

A historic provincial election in New Brunswick has brought four political parties to the legislature, with the Green Party and the People’s Alliance Party each winning three seats in addition to the Progressive Conservative’s 22 and Liberal’s 21 seats. Only twice before have two parties joined the Liberals and Conservatives in the legislature: in 1920 (the United Farmers won nine seats and the Farmer-Labour party won two); and 1995 (the Confederation of Regions party won eight seats and the NDP won one).

“We’re in uncharted territory,” said Green Party of New Brunswick leader David Coon. New Brunswick residents will soon have the opportunity to see in action the different values and visions between new party caucuses. There was strong engagement in the election, with 67.11 percent of voters participating, up from 64.65 percent in the 2014 election.

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