New Brunswick Liberal Association

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The New Brunswick Liberal Association (French: Association libérale du Nouveau-Brunswick), commonly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party, or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick, Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867. It is the current governing party in the province, led by premier Susan Holt. The current political organization emerged in the 1880s to serve as an organization housing the supporters of Premier Andrew G. Blair and, later, federal Liberal Party of Canada leader Wilfrid Laurier. They compete with the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick to form government in the provincial legislature. The Green Party of New Brunswick is the only other party that has seats in the legislature, with the New Brunswick New Democratic Party not being currently...

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