2007 Moncton East provincial by-election

2007 Moncton East provincial by-election

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Moncton East riding
Turnout	N/A
First party Second party Third party   PC NDP Candidate Chris Collins Chad Peters Hélène Lapointe Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Popular vote 21,113 1,508 373 Percentage 58.3% 33.4% 8.3% Swing 17.7% 21.4% 3.7%
MLA before election Bernard Lord Progressive Conservative Subsequent MLA Chris Collins Liberal

A provincial by-election was held in New Brunswick on March 5, 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly riding of Moncton East.^[1]

As a result of Bernard Lord's resignation, a by-election had to be called within six months of January 31, 2007. The date was set for March 5, 2007. The governing Liberals were hopeful that they could win the seat as it was held by Liberal Ray Frenette from 1974 to 1998 and because they are showing strength in recent opinion polls across the province.

Candidates

• The Liberal leader, Premier Shawn Graham, said he would not interfere in the nomination process, leaving it up to the riding to determine a candidate but that, as he has only three women in his caucus, he added that he "will be actively searching for women to run".^[2] Of the three candidates there were two men (Chris Collins, Daniel LeBlanc) and one woman (Gilberte Losier). Chris Collins, a Moncton city councillor, was nominated as the Liberal candidate.
• Chad Peters, a staffer with the Conservative Party's legislative office, and a former Elvis impersonator, was nominated on February 10, 2007.^[3]
• Hélène Lapointe, a former president of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party, was acclaimed her party's nominee on February 17, 2007.^[3]

Results

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