1982 New Brunswick general election

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1982 New Brunswick general election

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58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 30 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lib NDP Leader Richard Hatfield Doug Young George Little Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since 1967 1982 1980 Leader's seat Carleton Centre Tracadie Ran in Kings West (lost) Last election 30 28 0 Seats won 39 18 1 Seat change 9 10 1 Percentage 47.45% 41.3% 10.2% Swing 3.06% 3.06% 3.72%
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
Premier before election Richard Hatfield Progressive Conservative Premier after election Richard Hatfield Progressive Conservative

The 1982 New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. (Bernard Lord beat this record in 1999.)