Dominic LeBlanc an early winner in New Brunswick vote

Sam Farley · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 8:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

The astir salient MP successful New Brunswick, Liberal Dominic LeBlanc, was 1 of aboriginal winners Monday nighttime arsenic a acquainted national predetermination nighttime signifier took signifier successful the province.

With a tiny proportionality of polls reporting successful astir ridings, Liberals were leading successful 5 and elected 2 Conservatives were starring successful the different three.

The Liberals held 7 of 10 ridings successful the past Parliament.

LeBlanc, the curate of intergovernmental affairs, is the projected victor successful Beauséjour, a spot he's since 2000.

The ample riding includes overmuch of New Brunswick's Acadian coastal regions from Kouchibouguac National Park down done Bouctouche and Shediac and down to Sackville and Port Elgin.

LeBlanc held cardinal roles successful the authorities of erstwhile premier curate Justine Trudeau, including a constituent person in Canada's tariff quality with the United States. 

LeBlanc beat Conservative Nathalie Vautour, the Green Party's Josh Shaddick, the NDP's Alex Gagne, People's Party of Canada's Eddie Cornell and Libertarian Donna Allen. 

Also projected to triumph is Serge Cormier successful the Liberal stronghold of  Acadie-Bathurst, which includes the metropolis and overmuch of the Acadian Peninsula. Cormier has held the riding since 2015. He won against Conservative James Brown, the NDP's Ty Boulay and the People's Party of Canada's Randi Rachelle Raynard.

While inactive early, the Liberals besides pb successful the Brunswick's 3 largest cities, Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton.

Conservatives up successful galore races

Back up northbound in Madawaska-Restigouche, the pb has gone backmost and distant betwixt Conservative Michael Morin, a councillor successful Haut-Madawaska, and Liberal campaigner Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault, a councillor successful Kedgwick. They some lead the NDP's Daisy Petersen and Nancy Mercier with the People's Party of Canada. 

So acold aboriginal results successful 3 Conservative strongholds amusement leads.

John Williamson leads successful Saint John-St. Croix, which includes St. Stephen and Charlotte County up to Saint John West, which was added to the riding successful the latest redrawing of national districts. Williamson was archetypal elected successful 2011, but mislaid successful 2015 to Liberal Karen Ludwig, who is running again successful this election. Williamson was re-elected successful 2019 and has served since.

Also moving are New Democrat Andrew Hill, Green Gerald Irish and Libertarian Keith Tays.

Incumbent Rob Moore leads successful Fundy-Royal, a large, agrarian riding that begins connected the outskirts of Saint John and goes up the Fundy seashore to the outskirts of Moncton. With the redrawing of the riding, it present includes Riverview. Moore, erstwhile curate successful the Stephen Harper cabinet, was archetypal elected successful 2004, was defeated successful 2015, won again successful 2019 and has served since. 

Moore leads Liberal Bill Kudla, a retired electrician. He besides leads the Greens' Hans Johnsen, the NDP's Cindy Andrie and People's Party of Canada's Alastair MacFarlane.

Richard Bragdon also leads in Tobique-Mactaquac, which includes Woodstock and overmuch of occidental New Brunswick. Bragdon, who was archetypal elected successful 2019, and bushed Liberal Julian Moulton, who a  Neqotkuk First Nation, the Green Party's Liam MacDougall, the New Democrat Michael John Winter and Vern Brundle of the People's Party of Canada.

Liberals  disconnected to a pb successful Miramichi-Grand Lake

In 1 of New Brunswick's astir hotly contested races,  Lisa Harris, who was elected arsenic a Liberal MLA for the portion 3 times, is starring Mike Dawson, a Progressive Conservative MLA archetypal elected successful 2022. Conservative Jake Stewart, who won the spot past time, bowed retired of the contention successful March aft resignations and contention successful his riding office. Harris besides leads Green Matthew Ian Clark and New Democrat Josh Floyd. 

The riding is ample and rural, including downtown Miramichi down to Grand Lake arsenic good arsenic portion of the Acadian Peninsula and parts of Kent County.