Blaine Higgs (born March 1, 1954 in Woodstock, New Brunswick) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election and came to be Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2014 under the government of David Alward.Higgs represents the electoral district of Quispamsis as a member, and, since 22 October 2016, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. On that date the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election was held and on the third ballot he defeated former Saint John Mayor Mel Norton, 1,563 to 1,169. Wikipedia