KISS NB (Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick), founded in 2017[1] by former dairy farmer and ambulance volunteer, Gerald Bourque, is an unregistered political party based in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick | |
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| Former provincial party | |
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| Leader | Gerald Bourque |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | 208 Upper Woodlands Road Woodlands, New Brunswick E6B 1N1 |
| Ideology | Fiscal conservatism |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Seats in Legislature | 0 / 49 |
| Website | |
| kissnb | |
The party was created to advocate for the creation of a provincial constitution that would put strict limits on the borrowing and spending powers of the provincial government of New Brunswick.[2] As of 2020 and the subsequent years of the COVID pandemic, KISS NB has also taken a hardline stance against vaccine mandates and lockdown measures taken by the Blaine Higgs led provincial government.[3]
While the party fielded candidates in nine ridings during the 2018 New Brunswick provincial elections, no seats were won.
The founder, Bourque previously ran in the riding of Fredericton-York in the 2014 provincial election as an independent, receiving 2.9 per cent of the vote.[1]
The party was officially registered in March 2018, but was deregistered after the election on 31 October 2018 for failing to run at least ten candidates in the 2018 election.[4]
The party was reregistered on 26 August 2020 as the KISS N.B. Political Party[5] and fielded four candidates in the 2020 election. After failing to nominate ten candidates again, the party was deregistered for a second time on October 31, 2020.[6]
Election results
edit| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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| 2018 | Gerald Bourque | 366 | 0.10 | 0 / 49
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| 2020 | Gerald Bourque | 124 | 0.04 | 0 / 49
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Results by riding (2018)
edit| Riding | Candidate | Votes[7] |
|---|---|---|
| Restigouche West | Travis Pollock | 62 |
| Bathurst West-Beresford | James Risdon | 64 |
| Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin | Dawson Brideau | 19 |
| Gagetown-Petitcodiac | Carolyn MacDonald | 56 |
| Fredericton-Grand Lake | Gerald Bourque | 19 |
| New Maryland-Sunbury | Danelle Titus | 14 |
| Fredericton-York | Sandra Bourque[a] | 34 |
| Carleton-York | Lloyd Maurey | 40 |
| Carleton-Victoria | Carter Edgar[8] | 58 |
Notes
edit- ^ Wife of Gerald Bourque
References
edit- ^ a b Jordan Gill (2 April 2017). "New political party aims to keep it simple". CBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Gerald Bourque (1 September 2020). "KISS NB POLITICAL PARTY". KISS NB. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Gerald Bourque (7 July 2021). "CEASE AND DESIST ORDER". KISS NB. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ Poffenroth, Kimberly A. (22 February 2019). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Thirty Ninth General Election, September 24, 2018" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. p. ii. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Registry of Political Parties - KISS N.B. Political Party" (PDF). Elections NB. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Poffenroth, Kimberly A. "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Fortieth General Provincial Election September 14, 2020" (PDF). Elections New Brunswick. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "2018 New Brunswick Election Results" (PDF). Elections NB. pp. 40–50. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Corinne Fitzherbert (9 September 2018). "KISS NB candidate added to Carleton-Victoria ballot". The Victoria Star. www.telegraphjournal.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "KISS NB puts up smattering of candidates to get message out". CBC News. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- "New Political Party KISS NB Fielding Candidates In This Election". www.country94.ca. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- Patrick Lacelle (31 March 2017). "Gerald Bourque fonde un nouveau parti: le KISS NB" [Gerald Bourque founds a new party: KISS NB] (in Canadian French). L'Acadie Nouvelle. Retrieved 25 September 2018.