Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership elections

On May 27, 1925, John Babington Macaulay Baxter accepted an offer to lead the party in Saint John.{{cite news |title=J. B. M. Baxter Leader N.B. Conservatives |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lewiston-daily-sun/149593387/ |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=The Lewiston Daily Sun |date=May 28, 1925}}{{cite news |title=J. B. M. Baxter New Leader New Brunswick Conservatives |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/western-farmer-and-weekly-albertan/149593484/ |access-date=June 18, 2024 |work=Western Farmer and Weekly Albertan |date=June 4, 1925 |page=6}}

Baxter resigned as premier on appointment to the bench in 1931 and was succeeded as premier by Charles Richards on May 18 of that year. Richards was in turn appointed to the bench in 1933 and was succeeded as premier by Leonard Tilley on June 2 of that year. Following Tilley's personal defeat in the 1935 general election which also saw the Conservatives swept from power he resigned and Frederick C. Squires was chosen House leader on September 10.

(Held on October 27, 1937)

• Frederick C. Squires acclaimed

Squires resigned after the 1939 general election and Hugh H. Mackay was chosen House leader on January 20, 1940.

(Held on September 23, 1942)

• Hugh H. Mackay acclaimed

(Held on July 11, 1951)

• Hugh John Flemming acclaimed

Following his government's defeat in the 1960 general election Flemming was appointed to the federal cabinet and resigned as party leader. Cyril Sherwood was chosen House leader on November 5, 1960.

T. Babbitt Parlee was the only other contender.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette/149502412/ |title=New P.C. Leader Selected for N.B.|access-date=June 17, 2024}}

(Held on October 27, 1962)

• Cyril Sherwood acclaimed

(Held on November 26, 1966){{cite news |title=New Brunswick PC Leadership to Van Horne |work=Montreal Gazette |page=2 |date=November 28, 1966 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19661128&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}

• Charles Van Horne 458
• Richard Hatfield 135
• Roger Pichette 9

Van Horne was defeated in the 1967 election and resigned on February 8, 1968. Richard Hatfield was chosen House leader.

{{main|1969 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held on June 14, 1969){{cite news |last=Ferrabee |first=James |title=Hatfield wins PC leadership |work=Montreal Gazette |page=4 |date=June 16, 1969 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19690616&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}

• Richard Hatfield 799
• Charles Van Horne 554
• Mathilda Blanchard 13

Joe McDougall and William T. Walker withdrew before balloting.

{{Main|1989 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held November 4, 1989)

• Barbara Baird Filliter 1,021
• Hazen Myers 348

{{Main|1991 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held June 15, 1991)

• Dennis Cochrane 955
• Bev Lawrence 116

{{Main|1995 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held May 13, 1995)

• Bernard Valcourt 944
• Scott MacGregor 416
• John Hazen 47

{{Main|1997 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held October 18, 1997)

First Ballot:

• Bernard Lord 1,390
• Norm Betts 1,223
• Cleveland Allaby 663
• Margaret-Ann Blaney 527

Second Ballot (Blaney eliminated, Allaby withdrew):

• Bernard Lord 1,830
• Norm Betts 1,413

{{Main|2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held on October 18, 2008)

• David Alward 2,269
• Robert MacLeod 1,760

{{Main|2016 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election}}

(Held on October 22, 2016)

First Ballot:

• Blaine Higgs 1,228
• Mel Norton 1,078
• Monica Barley 948
• Mike Allen 892
• Jake Stewart 700
• Brian McDonald 605
• Jean F. Dubé 39

(Stewart, McDonald and Dubé eliminated)

Second Ballot:

• Blaine Higgs 1,417
• Mel Norton 993
• Monica Barley 861
• Mike Allen 829

(Barley and Allen eliminated)

Third Ballot:

• Blaine Higgs 1,563
• Mel Norton 1,169

• leadership convention
• Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

{{reflist}}

• Carty, Kenneth R., et al., Leaders and Parties in Canadian Politics: Experiences of the Provinces. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1992.
• Stewart,Ian and Stewart, David K., Conventional choices: Maritime leadership politics. University of British Columbia Press, 2007.
• Canadian Annual Review 1925–26.
• Canadian Annual Review 1930–31.

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