Richard B. Hatfield

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1931.04.19 - Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.

DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: 1991.04.26 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

OCCUPATION: Lawyer, Sales Manager.

POLITICAL PARTY: Progressive Conservative.

SENATE OF CANADA:
Date of Appointment: 1990.09.07.
Date of Retirement (Death): 1991.04.26

PREMIER OF NEW BRUNSWICK:
12 November 1970 - 26 October 1987.

NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE:
1987.10.13 - Carleton Centre - Defeated.
1982.10.12 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1978.10.23 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1974.11.18 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1970.10.26 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1967.10.23 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1963.04.22 - Carleton Centre - Re-Elected.
1961.06.19 (By) - Carleton Centre - Elected.

Leader of the Official Opposition, 1967 - 1970.

SENIOR NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT:
Acting Minister of Natural Resources (July 1984 - February 1985).

PARTY LEADERSHIP:
Candidate for Leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party, 1966. J.C. Van Horne was elected Leader over Hatfield and others.

Candidate for Leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party, June 1969. Elected by acclamation.

Leader, New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party, June 1969 - October 1987. In the 1970 elections, the PC won 32 seats (a gain of 6 seats) and captured majority governing status. In the 1974 elections, the PC won 33 seats (a gain of 1 seat) and held majority governing status. In the 1978 elections, the PC won 30 seats (a loss of 3 seats) and held majority governing status. In the 1982 elections, the PC won 39 seats (a gain of 9 seats) and held majority governing status. In the 1987 elections, the PC won no seats (a loss of all 39 seats, including Hatfield's own seat) and lost majority governing status. Hatfield resigned as Leader immediately after the 1987 elections.