1948 New Brunswick general election

The 1948 New Brunswick general election was held on June 28, 1948, to elect 52 members to the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

1948 New Brunswick general election

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52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader John B. McNair Hugh H. Mackay Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1940 1939 Leader's seat York Kings Last election 36 12 Seats won 47 5 Seat change 11 7 Percentage 57.8% 31.2% Swing 9.5% 8.8%
Premier before election John B. McNair Liberal Premier after election John B. McNair Liberal

Rendition of party representation in the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.

  Liberals (47)

  Conservatives (5)

The Liberal government of John B. McNair was re-elected.

The election was held using 17 districts, electing between two and five members each, through Block Voting. Carleton, which elected 2 Progressive-Conservatives and a Liberal, was the only district where mixed representation was produced. The rest each produced one-party sweeps.

New Brunswick general election, 1948
Party	Leader	Seats	Pop Vote
New Brunswick Liberal Association	John B. McNair	47	57.8%
Conservative Party of New Brunswick	Hugh H. Mackay	5	31.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Joseph C. Arrowsmith	0	6.0%
Social Credit Party		0	3.1%
Other / Non-Partisan		0	1.9%

Popular vote Liberal   57.80% PC   31.20% CCF   6.00% Social Credit   3.10% Others   1.90%

Seats summary Liberal   90.38% PC   9.62%

References

• Frank B. Feigert (1989). Canada Votes, 1935-1988. Duke University Press. pp. 160.