1956 New Brunswick general election

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52 seats of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
Leader	Hugh John Flemming	Austin Claude Taylor
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	1951	1952
Leader's seat	Carleton	Westmorland
Last election	36	16
Seats won	37	15
Seat change	Increase1	Decrease1
Percentage	52.2%	46.1%
Swing	Increase3.3%	Decrease3.1%

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The 1956 New Brunswick general election was held on June 18, 1956, to elect 52 members to the 43rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government of Hugh John Flemming was re-elected.

New Brunswick general election, 1956
Party	Leader	Seats	Pop Vote
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick	Hugh John Flemming	37	52.2%
New Brunswick Liberal Association	Austin Claude Taylor	15	46.1%
Social Credit Party	0	1.6%
Other / Non-Partisan		0	0.1%

Popular vote PC   52.20% Liberal   46.10% Social Credit   1.60% Others   0.10%

Seats summary PC   71.15% Liberal   28.85%

• Frank B. Feigert (1989). Canada Votes, 1935-1988. Duke University Press. p. 160.