Liberal Dominic LeBlanc projected to win 9th term in Beauséjour

Shane Magee · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 10:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 31 minutes ago

Prominent Liberal furniture curate Dominic LeBlanc was cruising Monday nighttime to a ninth word successful the southeast New Brunswick riding of Beauséjour.  

LeBlanc was projected to triumph the riding with much than 60 per cent of the ballot arsenic of 10:50 p.m. Monday erstwhile 155 of 221 polls had been counted.

"I'm truly arrogant and blessed to beryllium re-elected successful my constituency," LeBlanc told reporters astatine an lawsuit successful Shediac on Monday evening.

LeBlanc, 57, has held the spot since 2000. The riding includes the communities of Shediac, Sackville and portions of Dieppe.

He said he's tense each predetermination time and slept severely the nighttime before.

"I ne'er instrumentality an predetermination for granted," LeBlanc said. "Every clip you thrust by somebody's location and you spot your opponents motion connected their lawn, you tin ideate that it conscionable increases your nervousness. I've been similar that each election."

He ran against Conservative Nathalie Vautour, Alex Gagné with the NDP, Josh Shaddick with the Green Party, Eddie Cornell with the People's Party and Libertarian Donna Allen.

Speaking successful different interrogation with CBC News earlier results were known extracurricular Atlantic Canada, LeBlanc said helium was assured the Liberals would signifier a bulk government.

"That's surely what I'm hoping for," LeBlanc said. "I deliberation it's realistic, but we person to hold for the votes to beryllium counted."

Late successful the evening, CBC projected the enactment would signifier the authorities but it was excessively soon to accidental if it would be a bulk government.

LeBlanc has held a assortment of high-profile furniture roles during his clip successful office, including curate of fisheries and oceans, intergovernmental affairs, nationalist information and precocious concern nether Justin Trudeau. 

When Mark Carney became premier minister, LeBlanc was named curate of planetary commercialized and intergovernmental affairs, taking a cardinal relation successful the commercialized quality with the United States.

LeBlanc was diagnosed with lymphocytic lymphoma successful 2017, erstwhile helium was fisheries minister, which helium overcame. He spent clip successful infirmary during the 2019 election. 

LeBlanc's father, Roméo LeBlanc, held the riding betwixt 1972 and 1984 for the Liberals.