May 17, 2008 - The Green Party of New Brunswick is formed. Mike Milligan is elected as the interim leader of the party until a convention can be held in the fall. November 3, 2008 - Progressive Conservative Jack Carr holds a seat previously held by fellow Progressive Conservative Keith Ashfield who was elected as Conservative MP for Fredericton restoring the standings in the legislature to 32 Liberals, 23 Progressive Conservatives. 2009 March 9, 2009 - Liberal Burt Paulin wins a seat previously held by Progressive Conservative Percy Mockler changing the standings in the legislature to 33 Liberals, 22 Progressive Conservatives. December 25, 2009 - Premier Shawn Graham "says he's ready to fight the next election on his controversial plan to sell NB Power to Hydro-Québec." 2010 January 4, 2010 - Justice Minister Michael Murphy unexpectedly resigns his seat to "spend more time with his family and return to practising law". February 5, 2010 - Cabinet Minister Stuart Jamieson is forced to leave his cabinet post for suggesting that the NB power deal be put to a referendum. March 24, 2010 - Premier Shawn Graham announces that the proposed sale of NB Power has been canceled. May 10, 2010 - Premier Shawn Graham shuffles the New Brunswick cabinet. Bernard LeBlanc is reinstated as minister of justice, and also named the first minister responsible for public engagement. Brian Kenny is promoted to the tourism portfolio. Cheryl Lavoie enters cabinet as minister of state for seniors. Donald Arseneault gains title of deputy premier. May 19, 2010 - Progressive Conservatives release Vision for Citizen Engagement and Responsible Government, a pre-campaign document that outlines the PC strategy to improve citizen engagement. June 9, 2010 - People's Alliance officially forms the newest N.B. political party under the leadership of former Tory Kris Austin. September 27, 2010 - David Alward is elected into office as Premier of New Brunswick. Results |- style="background:#ccc;" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# ofcandidates !colspan="4"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular vote |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;"|2006 | style="text-align:center;"|Dissolution | style="text-align:center;"|Elected | style="text-align:center;"|% Change | style="text-align:center;"|# | style="text-align:center;"|% | style="text-align:center;"|Change |align=left|Progressive Conservative |align=left|David Alward |align="right"|55 |align="right"|26 |align="right"|21 |align="right"|42 |align="right"|+16 |align="right"|181,397 |align="right"|48.80% |align="right"|+1.30% |align=left|Liberal |align=left|Shawn Graham |align="right"|55 |align="right"|29 |align="right"|32 |align="right"|13 |align="right"|-16 |align="right"|128,078 |align="right"|34.45% |align="right"|-12.65% |align=left|New Democratic |align=left|Roger Duguay |align="right"|55 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| |align="right"|38,686 |align="right"|10.41% |align="right"|+5.26% |align=left|Jack MacDougall |align="right"|49 |align="right"|* |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| |align="right"|16,943 |align="right"|4.56% |align="right"|* |align=left|Kris Austin |align="right"|14 |align="right"|* |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| |align="right"|4,363 |align="right"|1.17% |align="right"|* | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"|Independent