KISS NB

Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick
Active provincial party
Leader Gerald Bourque
Founded 2017
Headquarters 208 Upper Woodlands Road
Woodlands, New Brunswick
E6B 1N1
Ideology Fiscal conservatism
Political position Undecided
Colours     
Seats in Legislature
0 / 49
Website
kissnb.com

KISS NB (Keep It Simple Solutions, New Brunswick), founded in 2017, is a political party registered in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

While the party fielded candidates in nine ridings during the 2018 New Brunswick provincial elections, no seats were won.

Gerald 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 satirical paper The Manatee published an article stating that the party had won nine seats in the election, forming a minority government. In the article, voters stated they had voted for the party either as a protest vote or because they were under the mistaken impression that they were voting for similarly named rock band, KISS.[2]

Candidates


Riding Candidate Votes
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[lower-alpha 1] 34
Carleton-York Lloyd Maurey 40
Carleton-Victoria Carter Edgar[3] 58

Election results

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2018 Gerald Bourque 366 0.10
0 / 49
 Increase 0 Increase 6th N/A

Notes

  1. ↑ Wife of Gerald Bourque

References

  1. ↑ Jordan Gill (April 2, 2017). "New political party aims to keep it simple". CBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Rudy Walters (24 September 2018). "KISS NB wins provincial election in startling upset". The Manatee. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Corinne Fitzherbert (9 September 2018). "KISS NB candidate added to Carleton-Victoria ballot". The Victoria Star. www.telegraphjournal.com. Retrieved 25 September 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  • "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. August 31, 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 French). L'Acadie Nouvelle. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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