Moncton East provincial by-election, 2007

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A provincial by-election was held in New Brunswick on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly riding of Moncton East.^[1]

As a result of Bernard Lord's resignation, a by-election had to be called within six months of January 31, 2007. The date was set for March 5, 2007. The governing Liberals were hopeful that they can win the seat as it was held by Liberal Ray Frenette from 1974 to 1998 and because they are showing strength in recent opinion polls across the province.

[edit] Candidates

The Liberal leader, Premier Shawn Graham, said he would not interefere in the nomination process, leaving it up to the riding to determine a candidate but that, as he has only 3 women in his caucus, he added that he "will be actively searching for women to run".^[1] Of the three candidates there were two men (Chris Collins, Daniel LeBlanc) and one woman (Gilberte Losier). Chris Collins, a Moncton City Councillor, was nominated to as the Liberal Candidate for Moncton East.
Chad Peters, a staffer with the Conservative Party's legislative office, and former Elvis impersonator, was nominated on February 10, 2007. ^[2]
Hélène Lapointe, a former president of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party, was acclaimed her party's nominee on February 17, 2007. ^[3]

[edit] Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on March 5, 2007
	Liberal	Chris Collins	2628	58.3%	+17.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Chad Peters	1508	33.4%	-21.4%
	New Democrat	Hélène Lapointe	373	8.3%	+3.7%

[edit] Sources

^ Daniel McHardie, "Liberal throws hat in ring for Lord's Moncton East seat", page A2, Telegraph-Journal, December 16, 2006.
^ Quentin Casey. "Tory candidate takes first step toward filling Lord's sizeable shoes", page A1, Telegraph-Journal, February 12th, 2007
^ Quentin Casey. "Tory candidate takes first step toward filling Lord's sizeable shoes", page A1, Telegraph-Journal, February 12th, 2007