List of people from Bathurst, New Brunswick

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This is a list of notable people from Bathurst, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Bathurst, they all live or have lived in Bathurst and have had significant connections to the community.

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This article does not include the List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick as they have their own section.

Mayors of Bathurst

This list of mayors of Bathurst may be found in MacMillan (reference below, to 1983) or at the City Hall where the mayoral photographic portrait array is to the left of chambers.

NameYr inMo inYr outMo out
P.J. Burns 1912October1915April
J.N. Michaud, MD1915April1917April
W.H. Coffyn1917April1919April
T.M. Burns 1919April1921April
J.B. Hachey1921April1923April
W.J. Kent1923April1925April
J.L. Ryan, QC1925April1927April
A. Landry1927April1929April
G. Gilbert, KC1929April1931April
J.E. Connolly 1931April1933April
C.I. Veniot, MD1933April1935April
R.G. Duncan, MD1935April1937April
J.E. Connolly 1937April1939April
M.H. Poirier1939April1941April
E.H. Chalmers1941April1943April
J.E. Connolly 1943April1945April
A.M. Robichaud, QC1945April1947April
G.A. MacDonald1947April1949April
E.G. Byrne, KC 1949April1951April
S.L. Frenette, MD1951April1953February
M. Smith1953February1955February
L.G. Riordon1955February1957February
R.J. Cormier1957February1959February
G.A. MacDonald1959February1961February
V.J. Whelton1961February1963February
G. Vantassel1963 ?1965 ?
D. Young19651967
J.A. Picot19671969
H. Ferguson19691971
W.B. Orser, MD19711974
J.A. Duffy19741980
R. Clinch19801983
P. McLaughlin1983 ?

Federal Parliament representation

Members of Parliament for Gloucester County

Senators from the Bathurst subdivision

Other people from Bathurst


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