Rick DeSaulniers
Rick DeSaulniers | |
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| Leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick | |
| In office April 22, 2022 – June 30, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Kris Austin |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton-York | |
| In office September 24, 2018 – August 17, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Kirk MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Cullins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rick DeSaulniers |
| Party | People's Alliance of New Brunswick |
Rick DeSaulniers is a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick from 2022 to 2025. In the 2018 election,[1] he was elected as the MLA for the electoral district of Fredericton-York. He lost his seat in the 2020 general election.[2]
DeSaulniers was named interim leader of the People's Alliance in April 2022 after party leader Kris Austin and Michelle Conroy crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives on March 30, 2022.[3]
On May 28, 2022, DeSaulniers was acclaimed as the new leader of the People's Alliance.[4] In the 2024 election, he ran against former party leader Kris Austin in Fredericton-Grand Lake and placed fourth with 5.6%.[5]
On June 30, 2025, the People's Alliance deregistered as a party, ending his tenure as leader.[5]
Election results
| 2024 New Brunswick general election: Fredericton-Grand Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kris Austin | 4,456 | 54.0% | +22.7 | ||||
| Liberal | Kevin Dignam | 2,277 | 27.6% | +18.4 | ||||
| Green | Ken Washburn | 862 | 10.4% | -3.0 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Rick DeSaulniers | 461 | 5.6% | -39.2 | ||||
| New Democratic | Arthur Taylor | 195 | 2.4% | +1.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,251 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[6] | ||||||||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ryan Cullins | 3,730 | 42.41 | +11.53 | ||||
| Green | Melissa Fraser | 2,110 | 23.99 | +8.50 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Rick DeSaulniers | 1,991 | 22.64 | -11.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Randy McKeen | 872 | 9.91 | -8.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steven J. LaForest | 68 | 0.77 | -0.38 | ||||
| KISS | Gerald Bourque | 24 | 0.27 | -0.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,795 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 36 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,831 | 70.41 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,542 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from People's Alliance | Swing | +1.52 | ||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| People's Alliance | Rick DeSaulniers | 3,033 | 33.7 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kirk MacDonald | 2,777 | 30.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Amber Bishop | 1,652 | 18.4 | |||||
| Green | Amanda Wildeman | 1,393 | 15.5 | |||||
| New Democratic | Evelyne Godfrey | 103 | 1.1 | |||||
| KISS | Sandra Bourque | 34 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 8,992 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | |||||||
| Turnout | 9,010 | 72.40% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 12,444 | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Fredericton area awash in colours as 4 parties send MLAs to legislature". CBC News New Brunswick, September 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Live New Brunswick election results 2020: Real-time results in the provincial election". Global News. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
- ↑ Poitras, Jacques (22 April 2022). "People's Alliance supporters push to resurrect party ahead of June byelections". CBC. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ Poitras, Jacques (31 May 2022). "People's Alliance lives on, chooses new leader". CBC. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- 1 2 Huras, Adam. "It's over: People's Alliance deregisters as party, this time for good". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "2024 results".