44th New Brunswick Legislature

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The 44th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between November 17, 1960, and March 12, 1963.

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Joseph Leonard O'Brien was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Ernest Richard was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by Louis Robichaud defeated the Progressive Conservatives to form the government. The Liberals promised, among other things, to reform sales of alcoholic beverages, to build a canal across the Isthmus of Chignecto, and to re-open the moose hunt. [1]

History

Members

Electoral DistrictNameParty
Saint John County C. A. McIlveen Progressive Conservative
Parker D. Mitchell Progressive Conservative
York Harry Ames Progressive Conservative
George Everett Chalmers Progressive Conservative
C. Weldon Lawrence Progressive Conservative
J. F. McInerney Progressive Conservative
Westmorland Joseph E. Leblanc Liberal
Donald C. Harper Liberal
Cléophas Léger Liberal
Percy Mitton Liberal
Kings R. Gordon L. Fairweather [2]
John B. M. Baxter, Jr. (1962)
Progressive Conservative
Cyril B. Sherwood Progressive Conservative
Harry N. Jonah [3]
George E. Horton (1962)
Progressive Conservative
Queens Wilfred Bishop Progressive Conservative
J. Arthur Moore Progressive Conservative
Charlotte Kenneth J. Webber Liberal
Henry G. Irwin Liberal
Leon G. Small Liberal
Alfred Hawkins Liberal
Northumberland Clarence S. Menzies Liberal
Graham Crocker Liberal
Norbert Thériault Liberal
Paul B. Lordon [4]
J. Fraser Kerr (1961)
Liberal
Sunbury R. Lee MacFarlane Liberal
William R. Duffie Liberal
Kent Louis J. Robichaud Liberal
Hugh A. Dysart Liberal
André F. Richard Liberal
Gloucester Michel Fournier Liberal
Ernest Richard Liberal
Claude Savoie Liberal
H. H. Williamson Liberal
Bernard A. Jean Liberal
Carleton Fred A. McCain Progressive Conservative
Edison Stairs Progressive Conservative
Hugh J. Flemming [2]
Richard B. Hatfield (1961)
Progressive Conservative
Restigouche Georges L. Dumont Liberal
John D. Alexander Liberal
Patrick Guérette Liberal
Albert Claude D. Taylor Progressive Conservative
Everett Newcombe Progressive Conservative
Victoria T. E. Duffie Liberal
J. Stewart Brooks Progressive Conservative
Madawaska Laurier Lévesque Liberal
J. Adrien Lévesque Liberal
Jean Marc Michaud Liberal
Saint John City Donald D. Patterson Progressive Conservative
George L. Keith Progressive Conservative
George E. McInerney Progressive Conservative
R. M. Pendrigh Progressive Conservative
Moncton L.G. DesBrisay Liberal
Gilbert Robichaud Liberal

Notes

  1. Cormier 2004 , p. 101
  2. 1 2 elected to federal seat
  3. named a judge
  4. resigned seat

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Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1960–1963
Succeeded by