New Brunswick general election, 1920
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35th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
The 35th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 17, 1921 and July 17, 1925.William Pugsley served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1921...
, the governing house of the province
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of New Brunswick
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, Canada
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. Although political parties had no standing in law, twenty-four MLA
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declared themselves to be Liberals
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, thirteen declared themselves to be Conservatives
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
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, nine declared themselves to members of the United Farmers
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, and two declared themselves Farmer-Labour.
The election resulted in the first minority government
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in New Brunswick since the advent of responsible government
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in the 1840s.