New Brunswick general election, 1878

The 4th New Brunswick general election was held in June 1878, to elect 41 members to the 24th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The election was held before the adoption of party labels. John James Fraser was appointed premier of New Brunswick on May 4, 1878, following the resignation of George Edwin King, and led his governmenet into the election weeks later.

Of forty-one MLAs, thirty-one supported the government, and ten formed the opposition.

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Elections and referendums in New Brunswick
General elections	Pre-Confederation 1785 1793 1795 1802 1809 1816 1819 1820 1827 1830 1835 1837 1843 1846 1850 1854 1856 1857 1861 1865 1866 Post-Confederation 1870 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1892 1895 1899 1903 1908 1912 1917 1920 1925 1930 1935 1939 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2006 2010 2014 next
Referendums	1967 2001
See also: List of New Brunswick by-elections