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OPINION Jamie Gillies: New Brunswick’s trend of electing young premiers
Posted by: pruck | September 21, 2014 | Leave a Comment
“Gallant would make it 6 premiers who have won provincial elections under the age 40 since 1960
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-votes-2014/jamie-gillies-new-brunswick-s-trend-of-electing-young-premiers-1.2772086
On Sept. 22, New Brunswick may elect Brian Gallant and the New Brunswick Liberal Party as the new government of the province. Gallant is 32 years old.
Liberal Louis J. Robichaud formed his majority government in 1960 when he was 34. (CBC)
If Gallant is able to win the election, this will make him the third “boy wonder” premier elected in the province since Bernard Lord upset Camille Thériault in 1999.
But it raises an interesting question: is New Brunswick out of step with other provinces and the federal government in electing such young leaders?”