He served as the 27th Premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, winning every seat in the province in his first election.
These candidates won a total of 4,680 votes, or 0.5% of the popular vote in the province.
The demoralized party won only three seats in the entire province.
It marks the third time in the last four years that the Shamrocks have won top honours in the province.
Despite intense efforts to make the Progressive Conservatives appeal to Quebecers, the party won only two seats in the province.
In Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2012, the party won 0.59% of votes in the province.
The following table shows the number of seats won by the various parties in the metropolitan and local municipalities in the province.
Note that with 40% of the vote, the Conservatives did not win a single seat in the province.
The campaign successfully forced all potential competitors away from the polls, and the party won the election in the province by default.
This was the first time since 1914 that the party won a majority government in the province.