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    Contours of the Religious Voting Cleavage in 21st Century New Brunswick
    (2017) Carleton, Alexander James Richards; Stewart, David Kenney; Sigurdson, Richard F; Sayers, Anthony Michael; Lucas, Jack
    At the federal level of elections in Canada, the years from 2000-2011 saw a cooling of a longstanding trend: Catholics voting for the Liberals. This constituency has been a staple of their electoral coalition and a large part of their success in the 20th century. An analysis of voting habits in New Brunswick reveals that voting by religion is still a phenomenon in the province, with Catholics holding on to their traditional preference. This remains the case in the province even across a variety of social and demographic variables.