1952 New Brunswick general election

1952 New Brunswick general election
← 1948 September 22, 1952 1956 →
52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hugh John Flemming John B. McNair
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1951 1940
Leader's seat Carleton York (lost re-election)
Last election 5 47
Seats won 36 16
Seat change Increase31 Decrease31
Percentage 48.9% 49.2%
Swing Increase17.7% Decrease8.6%
Premier before election

John B. McNair
Liberal

Premier after election

Hugh John Flemming
Progressive Conservative

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Rendition of party representation in the 42nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.
  Progressive Conservatives (36)
  Liberals (16)

The 1952 New Brunswick general election was held on September 22, 1952, to elect 52 members to the 42nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Liberals were defeated by the Progressive Conservatives.

New Brunswick general election, 1952
Party Leader Seats Pop Vote
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick Hugh John Flemming 36 48.9%
New Brunswick Liberal Association John B. McNair 16 49.2%
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Claude P. Milton 0 1.3%
Social Credit Party 0 0.5%
Other / Non-Partisan 0 0.1%
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 49.20%
PC
 
 48.90%
CCF
 
 1.30%
Social Credit
 
 0.50%
Others
 
 0.10%
Seats summary
PC
 
 69.23%
Liberal
 
 30.77%