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CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs calls election for Oct. 21

  • The Canadian Press

  • Canadian Press

  • September 19, 2024

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs makes a harmonized sales tax announcement in Moncton, N.B., on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Higgs has said he plans this morning to seek approval from Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy to dissolve the legislature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward

FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called a provincial election for Oct. 21.

The Progressive Conservative premier made the announcement this morning after visiting Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy at her official residence in Fredericton.

Higgs is seeking a third term in office after leading the province since 2018.

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