Two other parties that have elected members in the past — the People's Alliance and the New Brunswick New Democratic Party — have fewer candidates than in the last election in 2020.

The NDP has 23 candidates, down from 33 four years ago. The Alliance has 13, down from 36 in 2020.

The Liberal and Progressive Conservatives parties, led by Susan Holt and Blaine Higgs respectively, are the only parties with candidates in all 49 ridings. (Chad Ingraham/CBC)

The newly created Libertarian Party, with 18, is running more candidates than the Alliance, including leader Keith Tays in Fundy-The Isles-Saint John Lorneville.

But two other parties created in the lead-up to this election have fallen short of the minimum threshold of 10 candidates required to maintain their registered status.

The People’s Alliance, led by Rick DeSaulniers and the New Brunswick New Democratic Party, led by Alex White have fewer candidates than in the last election in 2020. (Jonathan Colicott/CBC, Gilles Landry/Radio-Canada)

The Consensus Party of New Brunswick is running three candidates, including leader Lenny O'Brien in Beausoleil-Grand-Bouctouche-Kent.

And the Social Justice Party of New Brunswick has only two candidates. Leader and founder Tanya Roberts, who predicted to CBC News last month that her party would win the election, is not among them.

Tanya Roberts, leader of the Social Justice Party of New Brunswick, is not one of the two candidates has running in this election. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

New Brunswick's chief electoral officer is required by law to cancel the registrations of parties that field fewer than 10 candidates, making them ineligible for per-vote public funding over the next four years.

The law gives a party "a reasonable opportunity to be heard" before a final decision, so the cancellation "cannot take place" before election day on Oct. 21, according to Elections New Brunswick.

That means the Consensus Party and Social Justice Party candidates will be listed with the party names on election ballots.