Election Name: | 1960 New Brunswick general election |
Country: | New Brunswick |
Type: | parliamentary |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1956 New Brunswick general election |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Previous Mps: | 43rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | June 27, 1960 |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1963 New Brunswick general election |
Next Year: | 1963 |
Next Mps: | 45th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly |
Seats For Election: | 52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
Majority Seats: | 27 |
Leader1: | Louis Robichaud |
Leader Since1: | 1958 |
Leaders Seat1: | Kent |
Last Election1: | 15 |
Seats1: | 31 |
Seat Change1: | 16 |
Percentage1: | 53.4% |
Swing1: | 7.3% |
Leader2: | Hugh John Flemming |
Leader Since2: | 1951 |
Last Election2: | 37 |
Seats2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 16 |
Percentage2: | 46.2% |
Swing2: | 6.0% |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Hugh John Flemming |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
After Election: | Louis Robichaud |
The 1960 New Brunswick general election was held on June 27, 1960, to elect 52 members to the 44th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The election resulted in the defeat of the incumbent Conservative government of Hugh John Flemming by the Liberals led by Louis Robichaud.
New Brunswick general election, 1960 | ||||
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Party | Leader | Seats | Pop Vote | |
New Brunswick Liberal Association | Louis Robichaud | 31 | 53.4% | |
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick | Hugh John Flemming | 21 | 46.2% | |
Other / Non-Partisan | 0 | 0.4% |