21st New Brunswick Legislature

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The 21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between June 21, 1866, and June 3, 1870.

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The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon. Charles Hastings Doyle became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1867 following Confederation. He was succeeded by Francis Pym Harding in October 1867 and then Lemuel Allan Wilmot in July 1868.

The speaker was selected as John H. Gray. From 1867 to 1870, Bliss Botsford held the position of speaker.

The Confederation Party led by Peter Mitchell formed the government; Mitchell was a member of the province's Legislative Council. Andrew R. Wetmore became leader after Mitchell was named to the Canadian senate.

History

Members

Electoral DistrictNamePartyFirst elected
  Saint John County Charles N. Skinner Liberal 1866
  John H. Gray Conservative 1866
  Robert D. Wilmot [1] Conservative 1866
  James Quinton Independent 1866
  Joseph Coram (1867) Independent 1867
  John Waterbury Cudlip (1867) Independent 1867
  George Edwin King (1867) Conservative 1867
  York Hiram Dow Independent 1866
  Charles Fisher [2]
John Pickard (1867) [2] 		Liberal 1866
 Alexander Thompson Independent 1866
  John A. Beckwith Conservative 1866
  William Hayden Needham (1868) Independent 1868
  John Pickard (1867) Independent 1867
  Westmorland Albert J. Smith [2] Liberal 1866
  Bliss Botsford Independent 1866
  Angus McQueen Independent 1866
  Amand Landry Independent 1866
  Joseph Lytle Moore (1867) Independent 1867
  Kings George Ryan Independent 1866
  William P. Flewelling Independent 1866
 John Flewelling Independent 1866
  Gideon McLeod (1867) Independent 1867
  Queens John Ferris [2] Liberal 1866
  Robert Thorne Babbit Independent 1866
  Walter S. Butler (1867) Independent 1867
  Charlotte John McAdam [1] Conservative 1866
  James G. Stevens [3] Independent 1866
 Francis Hibbard Independent 1866
  James W. Chandler [3] Independent 1866
  Benjamin Robert Stephenson (1867) Liberal 1867
 Henry Frye (1867) Independent 1867
  John S. Covert (1868) Independent 1868
  Northumberland John M. Johnson [2] Independent 1866
 Edward Williston Independent 1866
  Richard Sutton Independent 1866
  George Kerr Conservative 1866
  William Moore Kelly (1867) Independent 1867
  Jacob C. Gough Conservative 1867, 1869
  Sunbury John Glasier Liberal 1866
  William E. Perley Conservative 1866
  John S. Covert (1868) Liberal 1868
  Kent William S. Caie Independent 1866
  Owen McInerney [4] Independent 1866
  Urbain Johnson (1869) Liberal 1869
  Gloucester Robert Young Independent 1866
  John Meahan Independent 1866
  Carleton Charles Connell [2]
James Hartley (1867) [5] 		Independent 1866
  William Lindsay Liberal 1866
  James Hartley (1867) Independent 1867
  George W. White (1868) Conservative 1868
  Restigouche John McMillan [2] Independent 1866
  Alexander C. DesBrisay Independent 1866
 William Montgomery (1867) Independent 1867
  Albert Abner R. McClelan [1] Independent 1866
  John Lewis [4] Independent 1866
  Amos Atkinson Bliss (1867) Conservative 1867
  Victoria Benjamin Beveridge Independent 1866
  Vital Hébert [6] Independent 1866
  Lévite Thériault (1868) Liberal 1868
  Charles A. Hammond (1868) Independent 1868
  Saint John City Samuel Leonard Tilley Conservative 1866
  Andrew R. Wetmore Conservative 1866
  William Keans (1867) Independent 1867

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 named to the Senate of Canada
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 elected to federal seat
  3. 1 2 resigned seat after being named a judge
  4. 1 2 named to Legislative Council
  5. ↑ died in 1868
  6. ↑ died in 1867

References

Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1866–1870		Succeeded by
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