Abstract
This article traces the rise and fall of one of Canada’s recently formed populist, “New Right” parties, the Confederation of Regions Party of New Brunswick (COR-NB). The COR-NB, which was wiped out in the provincial election of 1995, was a programmatic party based on political protest, which advocated a libertarian ideology. The experience showed that partisan realignment is possible in peripheral areas like New Brunswick, but that the anger that led to the formation of the party has been turned inward and has destroyed the party’s coherence. The author describes the formation and disintegration of the party, in the context of Canada’s historical cases of right-wing populist third parties. It is argued that New Brunswick should not be regarded as particularly “conservative” and “exceptional” in the Canadian political and social context.
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