Voters walk past a voting sign after casting their ballot in the New Brunswick provincial election at a polling location in Fredericton, N.B., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
The Canadian Press is projecting that Blaine Higgs, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick since 2016, has lost in the riding of Quispamsis.
Higgs, 70, has been premier of New Brunswick since 2018, and was first elected to the legislature in 2010.