| Jurisdiction: | NB |
| #: | 59th |
| Type: | Minority |
| Status: | inactive |
| Term-Begin: | October 23, 2018 |
| Term-End: | August 17, 2020 |
| Pm: | Hon. Brian Gallant |
| Pm-Begin: | 2014-10-07 |
| Pm-End: | 2018-11-09 |
| Pm2: | Hon. Blaine Higgs |
| Pm-Begin2: | 2018-11-09 |
| Pm-End2: | 2020-08-17 |
| Lo: | Blaine Higgs |
| Lo-Begin: | 2016-10-22 |
| Lo-End: | 2018-11-09 |
| Lo2: | Brian Gallant |
| Lo-Begin2: | 2018-11-09 |
| Lo-End2: | 2019-02-14 |
| Lo3: | Denis Landry |
| Lo-Begin3: | 2019-02-14 |
| Lo-End3: | 2020-08-17 |
| Party: | Liberal Party (until November 2018) |
| Partynew: | Progressive Conservative Party (after November 2018) |
| Party2: | Progressive Conservative Party (until November 2018) |
| Party2new: | Liberal Party (after November 2018) |
| Party3: | People's Alliance |
| Party4: | Green Party |
| Sc: | Hon. Daniel Guitard |
| Scterm: | October 23, 2018 - August 17, 2020 |
| Sessionbegin: | October 23, 2018 |
| Sessionend: | November 20, 2018 |
| Sessionbegin2: | November 20, 2018 |
| Sessionend2: | August 17, 2020 |
| Monarch-Begin: | 1952-02-06 |
| Monarch-End: | 2022-09-08 |
| Viceroy: | Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau |
| Viceroy-Begin: | 2014-10-23 |
| Viceroy-End: | 2019-08-02 |
| Viceroy2: | Brenda Murphy |
| Viceroy-Begin2: | 2019-09-08 |
| Members: | 49 |
| Lastparl: | 58th |
| Nextparl: | 60th |
The 59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly consisted of the members elected in the 2018 general election and subsequent by-elections. The legislature was dissolved on August 17, 2020, in advance of the 2020 New Brunswick general election.
| Affiliation | Members | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Election Results | 22 | 20 | --> | 21 | 20 | --> | 3< | -- | --> | ||
| 3< | -- | --> | |||||||||
| 0 | 1 | --> | |||||||||
| 0 | 2 | --> | |||||||||
| Total members | 49 | 47 | 87 --> | ||||||||
| Total seats | 49 | ||||||||||
The incumbent Premier of New Brunswick Brian Gallant (Liberal) received permission from Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau to attempt to form a minority government. While Gallant's Liberals finished second in the election by one seat to the Progressive Conservatives, neither party had enough seats to constitute a majority and as incumbent Gallant was given the opportunity first to attempt to form a government.[1]
On November 2, 2018, Gallant's minority government was defeated by a non-confidence vote.[2] Roy-Vienneau then asked Blaine Higgs of the Progressive Conservative party, to form a minority government on November 9, 2018.
The election resulted in the first minority government in New Brunswick since 1920. Despite the fact that the Progressive Conservatives ended up winning one more seat than his party, premier Brian Gallant sought and received permission to attempt to form a government. Following Gallant's government's defeat in a non-confidence vote (November 1), Blaine Higgs was appointed as the new premier on November 9, shortly after Gallant's resignation earlier that day.
| bgcolor=FF0000 | J.LeBlanc | bgcolor=FF0000 | K.Chiasson | bgcolor=FF0000 | Horsman | bgcolor=FF0000 | Lowe | bgcolor=FF0000 | McKee | bgcolor=FF0000 | D'Amours | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=FF0000 | Bourque | bgcolor=FF0000 | F.Landry | bgcolor=FF0000 | Thériault | bgcolor=FF0000 | LePage | bgcolor=FF0000 | C.Chiasson | bgcolor=FF0000 | M.LeBlanc | bgcolor=#2ECC71 | Arseneau | bgcolor=#979A9A | Gauvin | ||||||||
| bgcolor=FF0000 | Arseneault | bgcolor=FF0000 | Melanson | bgcolor=FF0000 | D.LANDRY | bgcolor=FF0000 | Rogers | bgcolor=FF0000 | Harvey | bgcolor=FF0000 | Harris | bgcolor=FF0000 | Kenny | bgcolor=#2ECC71 | COON | bgcolor=#2ECC71 | Mitton | ||||||
| bgcolor=FF0000 | Guitard | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bgcolor=#9999ff | Holder | bgcolor=#9999ff | Savoie | bgcolor=#9999ff | HIGGS | bgcolor=#9999ff | Steeves | bgcolor=#9999ff | Shephard | bgcolor=#8E44AD | AUSTIN | bgcolor=#8E44AD | Conroy | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=#9999ff | S.Wilson | bgcolor=#9999ff | Flemming | bgcolor=#9999ff | Anderson-Mason | bgcolor=#9999ff | Fitch | bgcolor=#9999ff | Stewart | bgcolor=#9999ff | Cardy | bgcolor=#8E44AD | DeSaulniers | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=#9999ff | Wetmore | bgcolor=#9999ff | M.Wilson | bgcolor=#9999ff | Carr | bgcolor=#9999ff | Holland | bgcolor=#9999ff | Urquhart | bgcolor=#9999ff | Oliver | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=#9999ff | Northrup | bgcolor=#9999ff | Fairgrieve | bgcolor=#9999ff | Crossman |
| Number of members per party by date | 2019 | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20 | Sep 10 | Oct 7 | Feb 14 | Progressive Conservative | 22 | 21 | 20 | Liberal | 21 | 20 | Green | 3 | People's Alliance | 3 | Independent | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total members | 49 | 48 | 47 | Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Government Majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –5 | –6 | –5 | –6< | -- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government with Confidence-and-Supply Partners Majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Membership changes in the 59th Assembly | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | September 24, 2018 | See List of Members | Election day of the 2018 New Brunswick general election | |||
| September 10, 2019 | Greg Thompson | Saint Croix | Progressive Conservative | Death | ||||||
| October 7, 2019 | Brian Gallant | Shediac Bay-Dieppe | Liberal | Resignation | ||||||
| February 14, 2020 | Robert Gauvin | Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou | Independent | Left the Progressive Conservative Caucus due to policy differences. | ||||||