FOG BLOG NEW BRUNSWICK NEWS LOG: SUSAN HOLT ELECTED LEADER OF THE NEW BRUNSICK LIBERAL PARTY!

Susan Holt elected New Brunswick Liberal leader Holt is 1st woman to win the N.B. Liberal leadership Susan Holt is the first woman to win the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Party.

In a historic victory Saturday, Susan Holt has been chosen as the new leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party. She is the first woman to win the party's leadership in the province. She won on the third ballot with 51.67 per cent of the vote. Former Liberal MP T.J. Harvey was the runner-up. Holt will lead the party into the next election against the governing Progressive Conservatives now led by Premier Blaine Higgs. The former business leader and one-time adviser to former premier Brian Gallant pitched herself as someone who would bring a fresh approach to politics, a theme she repeated in her victory speech. "The people of New Brunswick have told us they are tired of politics as usual. They are tired of the conflict and the fighting. They are tired of partisanship," she said. "They want to see something different. We can be the party that leads a change for a new politics in New Brunswick that is transparent, authentic, empathetic and collaborative."