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Premier-designate Susan Holt announced her 19-person cabinet Friday, ahead of a swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, which contains a number of new faces. The cabinet includes just two members with previous cabinet experience and 10 first-time MLAs. Headlining the list of front-bench rookies is former Horizon Health CEO Dr. John Dornan, who will serve as minister […]
Holt has become the first woman premier-designate in the province’s history. She credits the victory to her campaign’s focus on health care and affordability — she is promising to open 30 community health clinics across the province, to remove the provincial sales tax on electricity bills, and to cap rent increases. The Liberals’ win signals […]
Within days, Susan Holt could become the next premier of New Brunswick — and the first woman ever to lead the province. The latest opinion surveys suggest a tight election race between Holt’s Liberals and Premier Blaine Higgs’s Progressive Conservatives as voters across the province prepare to go to the polls on Monday. The Green Party, led by David Coon, was a distant third in […]