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Progressive Conservatives in New Brunswick are facing an increasingly fractious leadership race this summer that threatens their ability to unite in time for the next provincial election.
Allain faces online attacks, slams Monahan for tokens-for-votes tactic
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 28, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 23 minutes ago
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MLA Don Monahan, left, and Daniel Allain, right, a former MLA and cabinet minister, are the only candidates for the PC party leadership. They’ve faced off in debates in Saint John and Saint-Léonard. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Progressive Conservatives in New Brunswick are facing an increasingly fractious leadership race this summer that threatens their ability to unite in time for the next provincial election.
Some party members are using social media to attack candidate Daniel Allain, a former PC cabinet minister, for what they call a betrayal of party unity in 2023.
Allain, meanwhile, is continuing to question the integrity of his opponent, rookie MLA Don Monahan, over what Allain calls a vote-buying scheme — even after the party and Elections New Brunswick said it broke no rules.
The tensions are playing out largely online,
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