New Brunswick voters send 11 female MLAs to legislature

New Brunswick voters elected 11 female MLAs in the province's 49 ridings on Monday night a bump up from the 2014 election results.

Female MLAs will account for 22 per cent of MLAs in the legislative assembly, according to the unofficial election results.

The province's last legislature, elected in 2014, had eight women, representing about 16 per cent of MLAs.

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There were 241 candidates runningin the 2018 election,93 were women and 148 were men. That put the amount of female candidates at38.6 per cent, an increase from 32.2 per cent in 2014.

But the percentage fell short of the goal of a non-partisan group called Women for 50%, which had hoped women would make up half the candidates.

New Brunswick's candidate diversity

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In the 2018 New Brunswick provincial election, 93 of the 241 candidates are women, making up 38.6 per cent of those running.

Only the NDP achieved that milestone, with 25women, or 51 per cent of its candidates, running under the party banner, thelargest number of any political party. The NDP did not win a seat in Monday's election.

The winners

Green Party candidate Megan Mittonwas elected in Memramcook-Tantramar and Michelle Conroywas elected for the People's Alliance in Miramichi.

The successful Liberal female candidates are:

• Monique LeBlancin Moncton East
• Cathy Rogers in Moncton South
• Francine Landry inMadawaska les Lacs-Edmundston
• IsabelleThriault in Caraquet
• Lisa Harris in MiramichiBay-Neguac

The successful PC female candidates are:

• Mary Wilson in Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
• Sherry Wilson in MonctonSouthwest
• AndreaAnderson-Mason inFundy-The Isles-Saint John West
• Dorothy Shephard in Saint John-Lancaster

New Brunswick election night in 90 seconds

6 years ago

Duration 1:40

As PCs claim victory, Liberals try to hold onto power.

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