1948 New Brunswick general election
June 28, 1948
52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader John B. McNair Hugh H. Mackay
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since 1940 1939
Leader's seat York Kings
Last election 36 12
Seats won 47 5
Seat change Increase11 Decrease7
Percentage 57.8% 31.2%
Swing Increase9.5% Decrease8.8%
Premier before election

John B. McNair
Liberal

 Premier after election

John B. McNair
Liberal

Rendition of party representation in the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.
  Liberals (47)
  Conservatives (5)

The 1948 New Brunswick general election was held on June 28, 1948, to elect 52 members to the 41st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

The Liberal government of John B. McNair was re-elected.

The election was held using 17 districts, electing between two and five members each, through Block Voting. Carleton, which elected 2 Progressive-Conservatives and a Liberal, was the only district where mixed representation was produced. The rest each produced one-party sweeps.

New Brunswick general election, 1948
Party Leader Seats Pop Vote
New Brunswick Liberal Association John B. McNair 47 57.8%
Conservative Party of New Brunswick Hugh H. Mackay 5 31.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Joseph C. Arrowsmith 0 6.0%
Social Credit Party 0 3.1%
Other / Non-Partisan 0 1.9%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 57.80%
PC
 
 31.20%
CCF
 
 6.00%
Social Credit
 
 3.10%
Others
 
 1.90%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 90.38%
PC
 
 9.62%

References

  • Frank B. Feigert (1989). Canada Votes, 1935-1988. Duke University Press. pp. 160.


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