CBC - New Brunswick Votes 2003

During the New Brunswick election, CBC Radio's provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras will be filing from the campaign trail. Watch for him in your community during the election -- then check in with him here to find out how the campaign is unfolding.

Moncton, June 5
Every political party looks for stars, and in Moncton North the Liberals have found theirs.

Mike Murphy is campaigning with a twinkle in his eye as the provincial election gets close. He knows he's doing well - especially among ladies of a certain age who know the Murphy family name. Mike's father Henry is a former Liberal MP and judge; cousin Brian is the mayor. MORE >>

Jacques Poitras was born and raised in Moncton and has worked as a journalist in New Brunswick for ten years, first for the Telegraph Journal and now for CBC Radio. He covered the 1995 and 1999 provincial elections and has also reported from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

As CBC's provincial affairs reporter he travels from the backrooms of the Legislature to the backroads of the province, searching for the political stories that affect the day-to-day lives of New Brunswickers.