KISS NB
Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick | |
|---|---|
| Active provincial party | |
 | |
| Leader | Gerald Bourque |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | 208 Upper Woodlands Road , New Brunswick E6B 1N1 |
| Ideology | Fiscal conservatism |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 49 |
| Website | |
| kissnb | |
KISS NB (Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick), founded in 2017, is a political party registered in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
While the party fielded candidates in nine ridings during the 2018 New Brunswick provincial elections, no seats were won.
Gerald Bourque previously ran in the riding of Fredericton-York in the 2014 provincial election as an independent, receiving 2.9 per cent of the vote.[1]
The party was deregistered on 31 October 2018 for failing to run at least ten candidates in the 2018 election.[2]
The party was reregistered on 26 August 2020 as the KISS N.B. Political Party[3] and fielded four candidates in the 2020 election.
Election results[]
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Gerald Bourque | 366 | 0.10 | 0 / 49
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No seats |
| 2020 | Gerald Bourque | 124 | 0.04 | 0 / 49
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No seats |
Results by riding (2018)[]
| Riding | Candidate | Votes[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Restigouche West | Travis Pollock | 62 |
| Bathurst West-Beresford | James Risdon | 64 |
| Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin | Dawson Brideau | 19 |
| Gagetown-Petitcodiac | Carolyn MacDonald | 56 |
| Fredericton-Grand Lake | Gerald Bourque | 19 |
| New Maryland-Sunbury | Danelle Titus | 14 |
| Fredericton-York | Sandra Bourque[a] | 34 |
| Carleton-York | Lloyd Maurey | 40 |
| Carleton-Victoria | Carter Edgar[5] | 58 |
Notes[]
- ^ Wife of Gerald Bourque
References[]
- ^ Jordan Gill (2 April 2017). "New political party aims to keep it simple". CBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Poffenroth, Kimberly A. (22 February 2019). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Thirty Ninth General Election, September 24, 2018" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. p. ii. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Registry of Political Parties - KISS N.B. Political Party" (PDF). Elections NB. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "2018 New Brunswick Election Results" (PDF). Elections NB. pp. 40–50. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Corinne Fitzherbert (9 September 2018). "KISS NB candidate added to Carleton-Victoria ballot". The Victoria Star. www.telegraphjournal.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "KISS NB puts up smattering of candidates to get message out". CBC News. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "New Political Party KISS NB Fielding Candidates In This Election". www.country94.ca. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- Patrick Lacelle (31 March 2017). "Gerald Bourque fonde un nouveau parti: le KISS NB" [Gerald Bourque founds a new party: KISS NB] (in French). L'Acadie Nouvelle. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Political parties established in 2017
- Provincial political parties in New Brunswick