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The 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1978. It was dissolved on September 1, 1982.
The 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1978. It was dissolved on September 1, 1982.
Robert McCready was chosen as speaker in 1979 even though he had been elected as a Liberal member. James Tucker succeeded McCready as speaker in 1981.
Premier Richard Hatfield led the government. The Progressive Conservative Party was the ruling party.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association, more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick, Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867. It is the current governing party in the province, led by premier Susan Holt.
Official party status refers to the Westminster practice which is officially used in the Parliament of Canada and the provincial legislatures of recognizing parliamentary caucuses of political parties. In official documents, this is sometimes referred to as being a recognized party.
John Babbitt McNair was the 23rd premier of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1952. He worked as a lawyer, politician and judge.
The 1978 New Brunswick general election was held on October 23, 1978, to elect 58 members to the 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party narrowly won its third term.
Robert Waldron MacQuarrie was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
The 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2003 and was dissolved on August 18, 2006.
The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn in on October 3, 2006 but it was called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick on February 6, 2007.
The 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1999 and was dissolved on May 10, 2003.
The 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1995 and was dissolved on May 8, 1999.
New Brunswick has had, since the Legislative Council was abolished by an act passed on 16 April 1891, a unicameral legislature called the New Brunswick Legislature, consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly with 49 seats. The legislature functions according to the Westminster system of government. Elections are now held at least every five years but may be called at any time by the lieutenant governor on consultation with the premier.
The 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1991 and was dissolved on August 12, 1995.
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1994 the position has been elected by MLAs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by motion of the house, in practice moved by the Premier of New Brunswick usually after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition. Shirley Dysart was the first Speaker to be elected by his or her peers.
The 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1987. It was dissolved on August 22, 1991.
The 40th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 20, 1945, and May 8, 1948. It was elected in the 1944 New Brunswick general election and subsequent by-elections.
The 46th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 27, 1968, and September 3, 1970.
Joseph Henry Wilfred Sénéchal MM, BCL was a Canadian lawyer, a decorated World War II soldier, and a politician.
The 48th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1974. It was dissolved on September 15, 1978.
The 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1982. It was dissolved on August 29, 1987.
Robert Black McCready was a restaurateur and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, representing Queen's County from 1967 to 1974 as a Liberal member and then Queens South from 1978 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative MLA.
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