17th New Brunswick Legislature

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The 17th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between July 17, 1856, and April 1, 1857.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton.

Charles Simonds was chosen as speaker for the house.

List of members

Electoral DistrictName
Saint John County John H. Gray
Robert D. Wilmot
John F. Godard
Charles Simonds
York Charles Macpherson
John C. Allen
Charles Fisher
George L. Hatheway
Westmorland Albert J. Smith
Bliss Botsford
Amand Landry
Robert K. Gilbert
Kings Sylvester Z. Earle
Hugh McMonagle
Walter B. Scovil
Queens John Earle
John Ferris
Charlotte James Boyd
Arthur Hill Gillmor
John McAdam
George Dixon Street
Northumberland George Kerr
Peter Mitchell
Richard Sutton
John M. Johnson
Sunbury William E. Perley
David Tapley
Kent Francis McPhelim
Lestock P. W. DesBrisay
Gloucester Joseph Read
William End
Carleton Charles Connell
Charles Perley
Restigouche John Montgomery
Andrew Barberie
Albert John Lewis
Abner R. McClelan
Victoria Charles Watters
James Tibbits
Saint John City James A. Harding
Joseph Wilson Lawrence

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Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1856–1857
Succeeded by