NB Election
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New Brunswick election called for Oct. 21 as Higgs looks to stay in powerPremier Blaine Higgs has called an election for Oct. 21, launching a four-week campaign against a backdrop of political controversy and divisive topics.CanadaSep 19
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New Brunswick Indigenous group says Tory position on treaty rights ‘troublesome’The chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation, which represents six communities, says that the parties were sent questions on Indigenous treaty rights, titles, policing and systemic racism.CanadaSep 18
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N.B. election 2024: Liberal and Green parties pitch themselves as strategic optionBoth the Liberal and Green parties are pitching themselves to left-of-centre voters as the best chance to replace Tory premier Blaine Higgs.PoliticsSep 13
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Head of N.B. elections gives inside look at agency during political drama of 2023The chief electoral officer has said her office spent more than $3.2 million in total pre-election expenditures last year, including nearly $2 million that cannot be recovered.PoliticsFeb 15
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Election speculation cost New Brunswick nearly $2 million: chief electoral officerNew Brunswick's chief electoral officer said Elections New Brunswick far exceeded the budget for 2023-2024 because it had to be ready in case voters were called to the polls early.PoliticsJan 20
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N.B. Liberals release policy document as work on election platform heats upOne political watcher says the document may be an attempt to present the party as a government-in-waiting ahead of this year's election.PoliticsJan 18
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N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs’s early election waffling cost taxpayers money: oppositionFor months Higgs waffled on calling an early election, repeatedly saying since June he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that had gripped his party.PoliticsNov 7, 2023
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Opposition leaders say N.B. premier could use poison pill to trigger election callNew Brunswick opposition leaders are criticizing Premier Blaine Higgs after he left the province guessing about whether he would plunge them into an early election campaign.PoliticsOct 13, 2023
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Why Blaine Higgs and his PC government may gamble on an early N.B. electionNew Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has refused to rule out an early election, but political watchers say there's both opportunity and danger in that decision.CanadaSep 28, 2023
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New Brunswick Court of Appeal says 2020 snap election call by Higgs was legalThe court dismissed advocacy group Democracy Watch's argument that the premier's early election call was illegal because of the province's fixed-date election law.CanadaDec 9, 2022
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