1960 New Brunswick general election

The 1960 New Brunswick general election was held on June 27, 1960, to elect 52 members to the 44th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The election resulted in the defeat of the incumbent Conservative government of Hugh John Flemming by the Liberals led by Louis Robichaud.

New Brunswick general election, 1960
Party	Leader	Seats	Pop Vote
New Brunswick Liberal Association	Louis Robichaud	31	53.4%
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick	Hugh John Flemming	21	46.2%
Other / Non-Partisan		0	0.4%

Popular vote Liberal   53.40% PC   46.20% Others   0.40%

Seats summary Liberal   59.62% PC   40.38%

1960 New Brunswick general election

June 27, 1960
55 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Louis Robichaud Hugh John Flemming Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1958 1951 Last election 15 37 Seats won 31 21 Seat change 16 16 Percentage 53.4% 46.2% Swing 7.3% 6%
Premier before election Hugh John Flemming Progressive Conservative Premier after election Louis Robichaud Liberal

Rendition of party representation in the 44th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by this election.

  Liberals (31)

  Progressive Conservatives (21)

References

• Frank B. Feigert (1989). Canada Votes, 1935-1988. Duke University Press. p. 160.