Libertarian Party of New Brunswick

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| name = Libertarian Party of New Brunswick

| logo = Libertarian Party of New Brunswick logo.png

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| leader = Keith Tays

| president = François Provost

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| founded = July 2024{{cite news |last1=Button |first1=Marshall |title=Marshall Button: If you can't vote early, vote often |url=https://tj.news/new-brunswick/marshall-button-if-you-cant-vote-early-vote-often |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=October 17, 2024}}

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| ideology = Libertarianism, Individualism, Localism{{cn|date=October 2024}}

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| headquarters = New Brunswick

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| website = {{URL|http://www.lpnb.ca}}

| country = Canada

| native_name = {{lang|fr|Parti libertarien du Nouveau-Brunswick}}

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| colours = Navy Blue, Yellow

| blank1_title = Fiscal policy

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| state = New Brunswick

| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in New Brunswick

| elections_dab1 = List of post-confederation New Brunswick general elections

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The Libertarian Party of New Brunswick is a provincial political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick which adheres to the general principles of libertarianism to "significantly cut taxes and reduce the size of government".{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Nick |title=N.B. parties outside the legislature seek election night breakthrough |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/n-b-parties-outside-the-legislature-seek-election-night-breakthrough-1.7077940 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=CTV News |date=October 17, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/parties_assoc/rpp.html|title=Registered Political Parties - Elections NB|first=Canada|last=Elections New Brunswick|date=February 5, 2014|website=www.electionsnb.ca}} It was formed in the months prior to the 2024 New Brunswick general election, with party leader Keith Tays saying ""I don't expect to win any seats this early on just because we've had so little time to get the word out."{{cite web | last=Huras | first=Adam | title=New political party registers in N.B. ahead of provincial election | website=Telegraph-Journal | date=2024-08-06 | url=https://tj.news:443/new-brunswick/new-political-party-registers-in-new-brunswick-ahead-of-provincial-election | access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://tj.news/new-brunswick/two-more-political-parties-register-in-new-brunswick|title=Two more political parties register in New Brunswick {{pipe}} Telegraph-Journal}}{{cite news |last1=Poitras |first1=Jacques |title=N.B. election campaign kicking off for Oct. 21 vote |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-election-starts-1.7327170 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=September 19, 2024}}

The party advocates for free market growth, and "reducing the size and intrusiveness of government, cutting and eliminating taxes at every opportunity, and allowing peaceful, honest people to offer their goods and services without inappropriate interference from the government", specifically referencing a proposed provincial police force, a provincial referendum to determine the breadth of issues like abortion, school choice and self-defence.{{cite web | last=Boudreau | first=Alexandre | title=Le Parti de la responsabilité individuelle voit le jour au N.-B. | website=Acadie Nouvelle | date=2024-08-09 | url=https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2024/08/09/le-parti-de-la-responsabilite-individuelle-voit-le-jour-au-n-b/ | language=fr | access-date=2024-08-18}} Leader Keith Tays indicated that many of the initial party members had also opposed lockdowns and mandates during Covid-19.{{cite news |title=Once-mighty People's Alliance faces crowded field on the populist right |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/peoples-alliance-election-nb-2024-1.7348847 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=October 11, 2024}}

The party identifies as neither left-wing nor right-wing, noting its mandate is to "take power away from government because it's not the role of government to interfere in people's lives and people's businesses...we're talking about cutting government in half".{{cite news |last1=Cammarano |first1=Frédéric |title=Des partis de droite cherchent à chauffer les conservateurs dans leurs châteaux forts |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2112484/elections-nb-alliance-gens-libertarien |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=ICI Nouveau-Brunswick |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=October 16, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Élections provinciales : les tiers partis courtisent une partie de l'électorat ... |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10199146/elections-provinciales-tiers-partis-courtisent-une-partie-electorat-conservateur |access-date=October 22, 2024 |work=Le téléjournal Acadie |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=October 15, 2024}} However, they have been described by CBC News as being on the "populist right" and by the Telegraph-Journal as being on the "political right".