PC incumbent Mike Holland takes Albert riding in the 2020 election.
Riding background
Since 1999 the district has reliably elected a PC candidate.
This district went mostly unchanged in the 2013 redistricting process, only adding the Salisbury area and more of the Riverview district.
Candidates
Liberal: Kelley Nagle
Progressive Conservative: Mike Holand (incumbent)
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Green: Jenny O’Neill
People’s Alliance: Sharon Buchanan
Independent: James Wilson
History
2018
PC incumbent Brian Keirstead was defeated by Mike Holland in the riding’s Tory party nomination race. Holland would go on to carry the riding for the Tories, pulling in 42.8 per cent of the vote.
Holland defeated Liberal candidate Catherine Black, who earned 21.8 per cent of the vote, and Sharon Buchanan, candidate for the People’s Alliance of New Brunswick, who earned 19 per cent.
2014
PC incumbent Wayne Steeves chose not to re-offer in the 2014 election and was replaced by candidate Brian Keirstead.
Keirstead won the seat with 40.8 per cent of the vote and defeated Liberal candidate Terry Keating, who earned 28.3 per cent of the vote.
2010
PC incumbent Wayne Steeves retained the seat for the Tories in 2010.
Steeves easily defeated the rest of the field, earning 62.3 per cent of the vote.
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