Blaine Higgs

The Honourable Blaine Higgs MLA
Higgs in 2024
34th Premier of New Brunswick
Incumbent
Assumed office November 9, 2018
Monarchs	Elizabeth II Charles III
Lieutenant Governor	Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau Brenda Murphy
Deputy	Robert Gauvin (2018–20)
Preceded by	Brian Gallant
Leader of the Opposition
In office October 22, 2016 – November 9, 2018
Preceded by	Bruce Fitch
Succeeded by	Brian Gallant
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
Incumbent
Assumed office October 22, 2016
Preceded by	Bruce Fitch (interim)
Minister of Finance
In office October 12, 2010 – October 7, 2014
Premier	David Alward
Preceded by	Greg Byrne
Succeeded by	Roger Melanson
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Quispamsis
Incumbent
Assumed office September 27, 2010
Preceded by	Mary Schryer
Personal details
Born	Blaine Myron Higgs (1954-03-01) March 1, 1954 (age 70) Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Other political affiliations	Confederation of Regions (1989–dissolved 2002)
Spouse	Marcia Higgs

Blaine Myron Higgs MLA (born March 1, 1954) is a Canadian politician who is the 34th and current premier of New Brunswick since 2018 and leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) since 2016.

Higgs graduated from the University of New Brunswick as an engineer, going on to spend 33 years working for Irving Oil. Higgs, a unilingual, vehemently opposed bilingualism is his early political journey and joined the right-wing, anti-bilingual New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party, of which he ran for leadership in 1989. As a Progressive Conservative, Higgs was first elected to the legislature in the 2010 provincial election and served as the Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2014 under the leadership of David Alward. In the 2018 provincial election, Higgs narrowly carried the PCs to a minority government, despite losing the popular vote. Higgs and the PCs were re-elected in the 2020 provincial election, though this time with a majority government. He is running for re-election in the 2024 provincial election.