The 2014 New Brunswick general election was held on September 22, 2014, to elect 49 members to the 58th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
The 2013 redistribution reduced the size of the legislature from 55 seats to 49.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association, led by Brian Gallant, won a majority government, defeating Incumbent Premier David Alward's Progressive Conservatives, which became the second single-term government in New Brunswick's history. The New Democratic Party, led by Dominic Cardy won the highest support in its history, though failed to win any seats. As a result of these losses, both Alward and Cardy resigned as leaders of their respective parties. The Green Party of New Brunswick improved on its results from the previous election, with party leader David Coon winning the party's first seat, and becoming only the second Green politician (after British Columbia MLA Andrew J. Weaver) elected to a provincial legislature.
Fracking was a major issue in the election as a whole. Most commentators described the election as a referendum on it.
Polling in the weeks leading up to the campaign gave the Liberals a wide lead over the governing Progressive Conservatives. Some commentators openly speculated about whether the Liberals were on track to repeat the 1987 provincial election, when they won every seat in the Legislative Assembly. As the campaign progressed, however, the gap in popular support between the two parties narrowed significantly. Some attributed this in part to a television interview with CBC New Brunswick anchor Harry Forestell in which Gallant gave inaccurate numbers relating to his proposal for a tax increase on the province's wealthiest residents. In the final poll of the campaign, the Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives were tied at 40 per cent support each.
The election marked the first time that the province used electronic vote tabulation machines from Dominion Voting in a provincial election. They had previously been used in New Brunswick municipal elections. On election night, the machines displayed vote totals which were verified by Elections New Brunswick officials and entered into a province-wide database for the media. By 11:45 PM, these unverified numbers were to have been replaced by totally machine-reported numbers from the tabulators themselves with no human interventions or errors possible to distort results. It was "a program processing the initial results that had a glitch", not the tabulators themselves, according to officials.
Elections New Brunswick grew uncomfortable with the human involvement and influence of the unevenly tabulated results. It brought the results reporting to a standstill as counts were reverified by hand before further resignations or concessions were triggered.
At 10:45 p.m. Atlantic time, Elections New Brunswick officially suspended the results reporting count, with 17 ridings still undeclared, while it investigated the delay. It called for over sixty tabulator count devices to be brought to central locations for verification without relying on the reporting program. At no time was there an allegation of fraud by any party or public official.
As a result of the controversy, both the Progressive Conservatives and the People's Alliance Party called for a hand count of all ballots, with the former refusing to concede the election until the following day. Michael Quinn, the province's chief electoral officer determined no total recount was necessary. Recounts were held in 7 of 49 ridings and the results were upheld with variations of no more than 1 vote per candidate per riding.
The following sitting members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) had announced that they would not re-offer at this election:
New boundaries were in effect as a result of an electoral redistribution replacing the districts used in the 2006 and 2010 elections. Candidates had to file their nomination papers by September 2, 2014 to appear on the ballot.
Legend
|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Restigouche West | |Martine Coulombe*<br />1,710<br />20.08% || |Gilles LePage<br />4,940<br />58.02% | |Gilles Cyr<br />351<br />4.12% | |â | |Charles Thériault (Independent)<br />1,514<br />17.78% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Campbellton-Dalhousie |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Joseph Elias<br />1,879<br />24.27% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Donald Arseneault<br />4,820<br />62.25% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jamie O'Rourke<br />762<br />9.84% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Heather Wood<br />282<br />3.64% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Donald Arseneault |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Greg Davisâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Restigouche-Chaleur | |Gilberte Boudreau<br />1,120<br />14.84% || |Daniel Guitard<br />4,069<br />53.92% | |Ray Godin<br />2,198<br />29.12% | |Mario Comeau<br />160<br />2.12% | | || |Roland Hachéâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bathurst West-Beresford | |Anne Bard-Lavigne<br />1,778<br />25.54% || |Brian Kenny*<br />4,367<br />62.74% | |Etienne Arseneau<br />564<br />8.10% | |Catherine Doucet<br />252<br />3.62% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore | |Ryan Riordon*<br />1,894<br />26.31% || |Denis Landry*<br />4,431<br />61.56% | |Benjamin Kalenda<br />559<br />7.77% | |Gerry Aubie<br />314<br />4.36% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Caraquet | |Suzanne Morais-Vienneau<br />1,814<br />21.86% || |Hédard Albert<br />4,716<br />56.82% | |Mathieu Chayer<br />1,579<br />19.02% | |Sophie Chiasson-Gould<br />191<br />2.30% | | || |Hédard Albert |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou | |Paul Robichaud<br />3,970<br />45.60% || |Wilfred Roussel<br />4,014<br />46.10% | |Juliette Paulin<br />497<br />5.71% | |Tony Mallet<br />226<br />2.60% | | || |Paul Robichaud |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Tracadie-Sheila | |Claude Landry<br />2,195<br />23.97% || |Serge Rousselle<br />5,916<br />64.61% | |François Rousselle<br />861<br />9.40% | |Nancy Benoit<br />121<br />1.32% | |Donald Thomas (Independent)<br />64<br />0.70% || |Claude Landry
|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Miramichi Bay-Neguac | |Serge Robichaud<br />3,307<br />38.76% || |Lisa Harris<br />4,199<br />49.22% | |Curtis Bartibogue<br />785<br />9.20% | |Filip Vanicek<br />240<br />2.81% | | || |Serge Robichaud |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Miramichi |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Robert Trevors<br />2,743<br />34.51% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Bill Fraser<br />3,974<br />50.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Roger Vautour<br />328<br />4.13% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Patty Deitch<br />307<br />3.86% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Michael "Tanker" Malley (Independent)<br />596<br />7.50% || |Bill Fraser |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Robert Trevors |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin || |Jake Stewart<br />3,837<br />47.62% | |Norma Smith<br />2,951<br />36.63% | |Douglas Mullin<br />361<br />4.48% | |Kevin Matthews<br />214<br />2.66% | |Wes Gullison (PANB)<br />694<br />8.61% || |Jake Stewart
|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kent North | |Nancy Blanchard<br />1,559<br />16.60% || |Bertrand LeBlanc<br />4,699<br />50.02% | |Allan Marsh<br />1,294<br />13.77% | |Rébeka Frazer-Chiasson<br />1,707<br />18.17% | |Raven-Chanelle Arsenault-Augustine (PANB)<br />135<br />1.44% || |Bertrand LeBlanc |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kent South |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Claude Williams<br />3,216<br />33.75% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Benoît Bourque<br />4,637<br />48.66% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Paul Musgrave<br />535<br />5.61% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Tina Beers<br />953<br />10.00% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Joël MacIntosh (PANB)<br />188<br />1.97% || |Brian Gallant |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Claude Williams |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Shediac Bay-Dieppe | |Dolorès Poirier<br />1,678<br />19.15% || |Brian Gallant*<br />5,661<br />64.61% | |Agathe Lapointe<br />803<br />9.16% | |Stephanie Matthews<br />620<br />7.08% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé | |Carmel Brun<br />1,718<br />18.81% || |Victor Boudreau<br />5,496<br />60.18% | |Bernice Boudreau<br />1,175<br />12.87% | |Charles Thibodeau<br />743<br />8.14% | | || |Victor Boudreau |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Memramcook-Tantramar | |Mike Olscamp<br />2,037<br />26.45% || |Bernard LeBlanc*<br />3,515<br />45.64% | |Hélène Boudreau<br />972<br />12.62% | |Megan Mitton<br />1,178<br />15.29% | | || |Mike Olscamp |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dieppe | |Normand Léger<br />1,360<br />18.44% || |Roger Melanson<br />4,866<br />65.97% | |Sandy Harquail<br />736<br />9.98% | |Françoise Aubin<br />414<br />5.61% | | || |Roger Melanson |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Moncton East | |Jane Mitton-MacLean<br />2,521<br />33.01% || |Monique LeBlanc<br />3,443<br />45.09% | |Roy MacMullin<br />1,105<br />14.47% | |Matthew Clark<br />567<br />7.43% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Moncton Centre | |Marie-Claude Blais*<br />1,589<Br>25.21% || |Chris Collins*<br />3,339<br />52.98% | |Luc Leblanc<br />866<br />13.74% | |Jeffrey McCluskey<br />508<br />8.06% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Moncton South | |Sue Stultz<br />2,247<br />34.91% || |Cathy Rogers<br />2,903<br />45.10% | |Elisabeth French<br />757<br />11.76% | |Rish McGlynn<br />530<br />8.23% | | || |Sue Stultz |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Moncton Northwest || |Ernie Steeves<br />3,012<br />42.15% | |Brian Hicks<br />2,773<br />38.80% | |Jason Purdy<br />783<br />10.96% | |Mike Milligan<br />436<br />6.10% | |Carl Bainbridge (PANB)<br />142<br />1.99% || |John Bettsâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Moncton Southwest || |Sherry Wilson*<br />2,523<br />38.80% | |Tyson Milner<br />2,274<br />34.97% | |Charles Doucet<br />1,129<br />17.36% | |Mathieu LaPlante<br />392<br />6.03% | |Lucy Goguen (PANB)<br />184<br />2.83% | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Riverview || |Bruce Fitch<br />3,751<br />52.73% | |Tammy Rampersaud<br />2,097<br />29.48% | |Danie Pitre<br />723<br />10.16% | |Linda Hardwick<br />542<br />7.62% | | || |Bruce Fitch |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Albert || |Brian Keirstead<br />3,163<br />40.78% | |Terry Keating<br />2,190<br />28.24% | |Kelly-Sue O'Connor<br />880<br />11.35% | |Ira Wilbur<br />929<br />11.98% | |Bill Brewer (PANB)<br />594<br />7.66% || |Wayne Steevesâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Gagetown-Petitcodiac || |Ross Wetmore*<br />3,352<br />44.47% | |Barak Stevens<br />2,499<br />33.15% | |Anthony Crandall<br />978<br />12.97% | |Fred Harrison<br />709<br />9.41% | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district
|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins || |Bruce Northrup<br />3,677<br />49.86% | |Heike MacGregor<br />1,710<br />23.19% | |Billy Carter<br />652<br />8.84% | |Stephanie Coburn<br />570<br />7.73% | |LeRoy Armstrong (PANB)<br />766<br />10.39% || |Bruce Northrup |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Hampton || |Gary Crossman<br />2,679<br />38.74% | |John Cairns<br />1,618<br />23.40% | |Bev Harrison*<br />1,796<br />25.97% | |John Sabine<br />554<br />8.01% | |Joan K. Seeley (PANB)<br />269<br />3.89% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Quispamsis || |Blaine Higgs<br />3,884<br />51.35% | |Mary Schryer<br />2,390<br />31.60% | |Angela-Jo Griffin<br />938<br />12.40% | |Patrick Kemp<br />238<br />3.15% | |Brandon Gardner (PANB)<br />114<br />1.51% || |Blaine Higgs |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rothesay || |Ted Flemming<br />3,039<br />45.24% | |Stephanie Tomilson<br />1,838<br />27.36% | |John Wilcox<br />1,559<br />23.21% | |Ann McAllister<br />282<br />4.20% | | || |Ted Flemming |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Saint John East |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Glen Savoie<br />2,323<br />36.88% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Gary Keating<br />2,332<br />37.02% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Phil Comeau<br />1,167<br />18.53% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Sharon Murphy<br />353<br />5.60% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jason Inness (PANB)<br />124<br />1.97% || |Glen Savoie |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|merged district |- || |Glen Taitâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Portland-Simonds || |Trevor Holder<br />2,782<br />48.90% | |Michael Butler<br />1,905<br />33.49% | |Tony Sekulich<br />743<br />13.06% | |Sheila Croteau<br />259<br />4.55% | | || |Trevor Holder |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Saint John Harbour | |Carl Killen<br />1,615<br />30.84% || |Ed Doherty<br />1,686<br />32.19% | |Gary Stackhouse<br />1,120<br />21.39% | |Wayne Dryer<br />701<br />13.39% | |Arthur Watson (PANB)<br />115<br />2.20% || |Carl Killen |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Saint John Lancaster || |Dorothy Shephard<br />2,619<br />39.18% | |Peter McGuire<br />2,162<br />32.35% | |Abel LeBlanc<br />1,535<br />22.97% | |Ashley Durdle<br />283<br />4.23% | |Mary Ellen Carpenter (Independent)<br />85<br />1.27% || |Dorothy Shephard |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Kings Centre || |Bill Oliver<br />2,431<br />35.66% | |Shannon Merrifield<br />2,110<br />30.95% | |Daniel Anderson<br />1,642<br />24.09% | |Mark Connell<br />311<br />4.56% | |Colby Fraser (Independent)<br />323<br />4.74% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West | |Jim Parrott*<br />1,828<br />25.39% || |Rick Doucet<br />4,498<br />62.47% | |Terry James<br />558<br />7.75% | |Krysta Oland<br />316<br />4.39% | | || |Rick Doucet |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Charlotte-Campobello | |Curtis Malloch<br />2,982<br />39.19% || |John Ames<br />3,176<br />41.73% | |June Greenlaw<br />515<br />6.77% | |Derek Simon<br />453<br />5.95% | |Joyce Wright (PANB)<br />484<br />6.36% || |Curtis Malloch
|- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Oromocto-Lincoln |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Jody Carr<br />2,827<br />41.97% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Trisha Hoyt<br />2,354<br />34.95% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Amanda Diggins<br />857<br />12.72% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jean Louis Deveau<br />379<br />5.63% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Jeff Langille (PANB)<br />318<br />4.72% || |Jody Carr |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Craig Leonard |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fredericton-Grand Lake |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Pam Lynch<br />2,403<br />28.79% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Sheri Shannon<br />2,330<br />27.91% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Bronwen Mosher<br />879<br />10.53% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Dan Weston<br />358<br />4.29% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Kris Austin(PANB)<br />2,377<br />28.48% || |Pam Lynch |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Ross Wetmore |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|New Maryland-Sunbury || |Jeff Carr<br />3,391<br />40.95% | |Michael Pearson<br />2,595<br />31.34% | |Aimee Foreman<br />1,787<br />21.58% | |Kelsey Adams<br />508<br />6.13% | | || |Jack Carrâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fredericton South | |Craig Leonard*<br />1,938<br />26.17% | |Roy Wiggins<br />1,601<br />21.62% | |Kelly Lamrock<br />1,465<br />19.78% || |David Coon<br />2,272<br />30.68% | |Courtney Mills (Independent)<br />130<br />1.76% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fredericton North | |Troy Lifford*<br />2,445<br />31.73% || |Stephen Horsman<br />2,589<br />33.60% | |Brian Duplessis<br />1,560<br />20.25% | |Madeleine Berrevoets<br />791<br />10.27% | |Patricia Wilkins (PANB)<br />320<br />4.15% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fredericton-York || |Kirk MacDonald*<br />2,886<br />35.42% | |Randy McKeen<br />2,365<br />29.03% | |Sharon Scott-Levesque<br />1,695<br />20.80% | |Dorothy Diamond<br />583<br />7.16% | |Rick Wilkins (PANB)<br />379<br />4.65%<br />Gerald Bourque (Independent)<br />240<br />2.95% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fredericton West-Hanwell |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Brian Macdonald<br />2,971<br />35.21% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Bernadine Gibson<br />2,384<br />28.25% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Dominic Cardy<br />2,502<br />29.65% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Gayla MacIntosh<br />582<br />6.90% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| || |Brian Macdonald |- | colspan="2" style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|merged district |- || |Carl Urquhart |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carleton-York || |Carl Urquhart*<br />3,662<br />46.53% | |Ashley Cummings<br />2,203<br />27.99% | |Jacob Elsinga<br />816<br />10.37% | |Terry Wishart<br />602<br />7.65% | |David Graham (PANB)<br />587<br />7.46% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district
|- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carleton || |David Alward*<br />4,061<br />56.77% | |Thomas Reid<br />1,588<br />22.20% | |Jeremiah Clark<br />580<br />8.11% | |Andrew Clark<br />750<br />10.49% | |Steven Love (PANB)<br />174<br />2.43% | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|new district |- | rowspan="3" style="background:whitesmoke;"|Carleton-Victoria |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Colin Lockhart<br />3,049<br />39.76% |rowspan=3 | |rowspan=3|Andrew Harvey<br />3,131<br />40.83% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Joe Gee<br />683<br />8.91% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Garth Farquhar<br />464<br />6.05% |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Carter Edgar (Independent)<br />216<br />2.82%<br />Terry Ritchie (Independent)<br />125<br />1.63% || |Dale Grahamâ |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;"|merged district |- || |Wes McLeanâ |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Victoria-la-Vallée | |Danny Soucy<br />3,056<br />38.20% || |Chuck Chiasson<br />3,969<br />49.62% | |Joe Berube<br />546<br />6.83% | |Daniel Zolondek<br />428<br />5.35% | | || |Danny Soucy |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmundston-Madawaska Centre || |Madeleine Dubé<br />3,666<br />48.16% | |Michel LeBlond<br />3,423<br />44.97% | |Alain Martel<br />523<br />6.87% | | | | || |Madeleine Dubé |- | style="background:whitesmoke;"|Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston | |Yvon Bonenfant<br />2,616<br />35.92% || |Francine Landry<br />4,106<br />56.39% | |Widler Jules<br />560<br />7.69% | | | | || |Yvon Bonenfant