New Brunswick’s Liberal premier aims to confound recent electoral history
New Brunswick voters are a fickle lot.
No sitting premier has managed to win a second term since 2003, with the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives simply swapping power back and forth.
Premier Brian Gallant aims to change that with a second straight Liberal majority in Monday’s provincial election. Polls have suggested he has the advantage, but pundits say the race has tightened — and Tory Leader Blaine Higgs could find a path to the premier’s office.
“The election is going to come down to about 10 seats,” says J.P. Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John.