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The 1982 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick saw Richard Hatfield 's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. ( Bernard Lord beat this record in 1999 .) The Opposition Liberal Party had changed leaders four times since the eve of The 1978 Election . It chose Doug Young just months before the vote in a divisive contest that came down to a final ballot against Joseph A. Day . The PCs ran two separate campaigns - one in in enshrining francophone rights in the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms . The Liberals, divided by their recent leadership contest, ran a lackluster campaign which allowed Hatfield's and Simard's overtures to the Acadian population to carry many seats that had been Liberal strongholds for generations, including 10 of 21 Acadian ridings. The Parti Acadien made its last appearance, as the Conservatives adopted several key points of their former platform. The New Democratic Party Of New Brunswick elected Bob Hall as its first ever Member Of The Legislative Assembly . He was later joined by a second NDP MLA, Peter Trites , in a by-election. RESULTS
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