1987 New Brunswick general election

The 1987 New Brunswick general election was held on October 13, 1987, to elect 58 members to the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The Liberal Party won power for the first time since 1967. They did so in a landslide, winning all 58 seats in the legislature. This feat was only accomplished one other time in Canadian history, in the 1935 Prince Edward Island election.

1987 New Brunswick general election
October 13, 1987
58 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
NDP
Leader Frank McKenna Richard Hatfield George Little
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic
Leader since 1985 1967 1980
Leader's seat Chatham Carleton Centre (lost re-election) ran in Kings West (lost)
Last election 18 39 1
Seats won 58 0 0
Seat change 40 39 1
Popular vote 246,702 116,798 43,033
Percentage 60.39% 28.59% 10.55%
Swing 19.09% 18.86% 0.4%
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

Frank McKenna
Liberal

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