2003 New Brunswick general election

The 2003 New Brunswick general election was held on June 9, 2003, to elect 55 members to the 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. Although polls initially suggested a landslide victory for Premier Bernard Lord's Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, the dynamics of the race shifted after Shawn Graham, leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick, took on auto insurance rates as a key issue of his campaign. Lord and the Progressive Conservatives were ultimately re-elected by a narrow margin of just 2 seats.

2003 New Brunswick general election
June 9, 2003
55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.67%
  First party Second party Third party
 
NDP
Leader Bernard Lord Shawn Graham Elizabeth Weir
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since 1997 2002 1988
Leader's seat Moncton East Kent Saint John Harbour
Last election 44 10 1
Seats won 28 26 1
Seat change 16 16
Popular vote 174,092 170,028 36,989
Percentage 45.4% 44.4% 9.7%
Swing 7.6% 7.1% 0.9%
Map of New Brunswick's ridings coloured in based on the winning parties and their popular vote
Premier before election

Bernard Lord
Progressive Conservative

 Premier after election

Bernard Lord
Progressive Conservative

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