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2003 New Brunswick general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	2003 New Brunswick general election
country	New Brunswick
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1999 New Brunswick general election
previous_year	1999
outgoing_members	54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
election_date	June 9, 2003
elected_mps	[members](55th-new-brunswick-legislative-assembly)
next_election	2006 New Brunswick general election
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
majority_seats	28
turnout	68.67%
image1	[[File:Bernard Lord crop.jpg	x160px]]
colour1
leader1	Bernard Lord
leader_since1	1997
party1
leaders_seat1	Moncton East
last_election1	44
seats1	28
seat_change1	16
popular_vote1	174,092
percentage1	45.4%
swing1	7.6%
image2	[[File:Shawn Graham 2007 (cropped).JPG	x160px]]
colour2
leader2	Shawn Graham
leader_since2	2002
party2
leaders_seat2	Kent
last_election2	10
seats2	26
seat_change2	16
popular_vote2	170,028
percentage2	44.4%
swing2	7.1%
image3	NDP
colour3
leader3	Elizabeth Weir
leader_since3	1988
party3
leaders_seat3	Saint John Harbour
last_election3	1
seats3	1
seat_change3
popular_vote3	36,989
percentage3	9.7%
swing3	0.9%
map_image	nb2003.PNG
map_size	300px
map_caption	Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote
title	Premier
before_election	Bernard Lord
before_party
after_election	Bernard Lord
posttitle	Premier after election
after_party

]] 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".

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

|- 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;"|# of candidates !colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Seats !colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Popular vote

- style="background-color:#CCCCCC"
-
-
}1 The Grey Party did not contest the 1999 election.

Results by region

Party Name	North
NB	East
NB	S. East
NB	Greater
Saint John/
Fundy Coast	Greater
Fred.	Upper
Saint John River
Valley	Total	28	45.4%	26	44.4%	1	9.7%	Total seats:	10	8	10	12	8	7	55	0.4%	0.1%
Progressive
Conservative	Seats:	2	3	8	6	4	5	Popular Vote:	45.9%	42.4%	49.5%	39.8%	42.1%	55.1%	Liberal	Seats:	8	5	2	5	4	2	Popular Vote:
Parties that won no seats:	Popular Vote:	-	-	0.3%	1.8%	0.2%	-	Independents	Popular Vote:	-	-	0.3%	0.3%	-	-

Candidates

Party leaders and cabinet ministers are denoted in bold.

Northern New Brunswick

|- | |Benoît Cyr 2,523 || |Burt Paulin 4,008 | |Antoine Duguay 257 | | ||

Benoît Cyr

| |Jean F. Dubé 2,771 || |Roy Boudreau 3,979 | |Murray Mason 294 | | ||

Jean F. Dubé

| |Paul McIntyre 3,088 || |Donald Arseneault 3,445 | |Joel Hickey 645 | | ||

Dennis Furlong

| |Hermel Vienneau 3,529 || |Roland Haché 3,887 | |Kate Hayward 380 | | ||

Roland Haché

| |Nancy MacKay 3,252 || |Brian Kenny 3,348 | |Mark Robar 304 | | ||

Marcelle Mersereau

| |Joel Bernard 2,200 || |Frank Branch 3,498 | |Normand Savoie 894 | | ||

Joel Bernard

| |Gaston Moore 3,550 || |Hédard Albert 3,649 | |Gérard Béland 457 | | ||

Gaston Moore

Paul Robichaud 4,788

| |Denis Roussel 2,846 | |Jean-Baptiste Bezeau 335 | | ||

Paul Robichaud

| |Louis-Philippe McGraw 3,045 || |Denis Landry 3,097 | |Rose Duguay 396 | | ||

Louis-Phillipe McGraw

Elvy Robichaud 4,583

| |Weldon McLaughlin 2,894 | |Stéphane Richardson 661 | | || |Elvy Robichaud |}

Eastern New Brunswick

|- | |Réjean Savoie 3,050 || |Carmel Robichaud 3,227 | |Hilaire Rouselle 729 | | ||

Réjean Savoie

Michael Malley 3,917

| |Frank Trevors 3,464 | |Dwayne Hancock 490 | | ||

Michael Malley

| |Kim Jardine 3,149 || |John Foran 3,763 | |Lance Lyons 663 | | ||

Kim Jardine

| |Norman Betts 2,823 || |Rick Brewer 3,395 | |Chris Ashford 332 | | ||

Norman Betts

Rose-May Poirier 3,289

| |Maurice Richard 2,968 | |Oscar Doucet 404 | | ||

Rose-May Poirier

| |Valmond Joseph Daigle 1,905 || |Shawn Graham 3,615 | |Jerry Cook 958 | | ||

Shawn Graham

Claude Williams 4,933

| |Stephen Doucet 4,065 | |Neil Gardner 671 | | ||

Claude Williams

| |Odette Babineau 3,063 || |Bernard Richard 6,464 | |Claudette Beland 313 | | || |Bernard Richard |}

Southeastern New Brunswick

|- || |Peter Mesheau 2,922 | |Susan Purdy 1,569 | |Geoff Martin 522 | | ||

Peter Mesheau

Cy LeBlanc 5,541

| |Elie Richard 5,451 | |Hélène Lapointe 786 | | ||

Cy LeBlanc

Bernard Lord 4,177

| |Chris Collins 3,113 | |Jean-Marie Nadeau 724 | | ||

Bernard Lord

Joan MacAlpine 3,143

| |Norman Branch 2,710 | |Stéphane Drysdale 437 | |Jean-Marc Dugas (Ind.) 226 John Gallant (Grey) 72 ||

Joan MacAlpine

| |René Landry 3,054 || |Mike Murphy 3,555 | |Nancy McBain 543 | | ||

René Landry

John Betts 4,230

| |Ray Goudreau 3,776 | |Richard Goulding 628 | | ||

John Betts

Wally Stiles 3,481

| |Bethany Dykstra 1,849 | |Tracy Trott 298 | |Dan Leaman (Grey) 120 ||

Wally Stiles

Bruce Fitch 3,794

| |Ward White 3,287 | |John Falconer 391 | | ||

vacant

Wayne Steeves 3,198

| |Clark Butland 2,311 | |Pat Pearson 457 | | ||

Wayne Steeves

| |Doug Cosman 2,713 || |Leroy Armstrong 3,169 | |George Horton 996 | | || |Doug Cosman |}

Greater [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] & Fundy Coast

|- || |Bev Harrison 3,392 | |Bob Bates 2,736 | |Pat Hanratty 1,336 | |John Hughes (Grey) 208 ||

Bev Harrison

Brenda Fowlie 3,265

| |Murray Driscoll 3,247 | |Kenneth Wilcox 970 | | ||

Brenda Fowlie

| |Rodney Weston 2,271 || |Stuart Jamieson 2,698 | |Liam Freill 517 | |Marjorie MacMurray (Grey) 172 ||

Rodney Weston

Margaret-Ann Blaney 3,135

| |Tom Young 2,456 | |Jeff Thibodeau 791 | |Mark LeBlanc (Grey) 145 ||

Margaret-Ann Blaney

| |Mel Vincent 1,501 || |Roly MacIntyre 2,160 | |Ralph Thomas 1,507 | |Bill Richard Reid (Grey) 223 ||

Carole Keddy

| |Dennis Boyle 1,286 | |Anne-Marie Mullin 1,231 || |Elizabeth Weir 1,929 | | ||

Elizabeth Weir

Trevor Holder 2,436

| |Colleen Knudson 2,307 | |Mary Arseneau 1,191 | | ||

Trevor Holder

| |Norm McFarlane 2,633 || |Abel LeBlanc 2,942 | |Walter Lee 1,365 | |Jim Webb (Grey) 170 ||

Norm McFarlane

Milt Sherwood 2,209

| |Kevin Quinn 1,991 | |Percy Ward 556 | |Ben Perry (Grey) 193 Colby Fraser (Ind.) 189 ||

Milt Sherwood

| |Sharon Tucker 1,573 || |Rick Doucet 2,777 | |Patty Hooper 1,149 | |Harold Smith (Grey) 118 ||

Sheldon Lee

| |Burton Flynn 1,124 || |Eric Allaby 1,359 | |Dick Grant 94 | | ||

Eric Allaby

Tony Huntjens 2,854

| |Madeleine Drummie 2,662 | |Andrew Graham 554 | | || |Tony Huntjens |}

Greater [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]

|- || |Jody Carr 4,314 | |Maurice Harquail 2,140 | |Terry Hovey 392 | |James Lee (Grey) 129 ||

Jody Carr

| |David Jordan 2,058 || |Eugene McGinley 4,376 | |David Babineau 614 | | ||

David Jordan

| |D. Peter Forbes 3,211 || |T.J. Burke 4,163 | |Dennis Atchison 1,418 | | ||

D. Peter Forbes

| |Eric MacKenzie 2,364 || |Kelly Lamrock 2,925 | |Penny Ericson 1,531 | | ||

Eric MacKenzie

Brad Green 3,309

| |Misty McLaughlin 2,797 | |Nan Luke 1,832 | | ||

Brad Green

Keith Ashfield 3,719

| |Joan Kingston 3,502 | |Kay Nandlall 923 | | ||

Keith Ashfield

| |Don Kinney 3,278 || |Scott Targett 3,783 | |Gary Hughes 618 | | ||

Don Kinney

Kirk MacDonald 3,337

| |Ray Dillon 3,236 | |Phillip Morgan 817 | | || |Kirk MacDonald |}

Upper [[Saint John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River]] Valley

|- || |David Alward 4,605 | |Lorne Drake 2,400 | |Nancy Reid 286 | | ||

David Alward

Dale Graham 4,190

| |Grant Robinson 2,287 | |Betty Brown 482 | | ||

Dale Graham

| |Dennis Campbell 2,001 || |Larry Kennedy 3,386 | |Harvey Bass 502 | | ||

Larry Kennedy

| |Jean-Guy Laforest 2,586 || |Ron Ouellette 4,385 | |Pierre Cyr 192 | | ||

Jean-Guy Laforest

Percy Mockler 3,858

| |Claude Malenfant 1,848 | |Mario Fortunato 201 | | ||

Percy Mockler

Madeleine Dubé 3,917

| |Margot Albert 1,841 | |Blair McInnis 110 | | ||

Madeleine Dubé

Jeannot Volpé 3,965

| |Louis LaBrie 2,391 | |Jason Carney 187 | | || |Jeannot Volpé |}

References

Elections New Brunswick, Canada. (February 5, 2014). "Provincial Election Results - Elections NB".
(2003-06-10). "New Brunswick Votes 2003". CBC.

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