1st New Brunswick Legislature
The 1st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 3, 1786, and 1792. The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick, Thomas Carleton.[1] The first and second sessions were held at the Mallard House, an inn in Saint John. Subsequent sessions were held in Fredericton.
Amos Botsford was chosen as speaker for the house.
Composition
[edit]The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council.[1] The governor of New Brunswick was responsible for the appointment of the Legislative Council.[1]
History
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Members
[edit]| Electoral District | Name |
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| Saint John[2] | William Pagan |
| Jonathan Bliss | |
| Christopher Billop | |
| Ward Chipman | |
| John McGeorge | |
| Stanton Hazard | |
| York | Daniel Murray |
| Isaac Atwood | |
| Daniel Lyman | |
| Edward Stelle | |
| Westmorland | Amos Botsford |
| Charles Dixon | |
| Samuel Gay | |
| Andrew Kinnear | |
| Kings | John Coffin |
| Ebenezer Foster | |
| Queens | Samuel Dickinson |
| John Yeamans | |
| Charlotte | William Paine |
| James Campbell | |
| Robert Pagan | |
| Peter Clinch | |
| Northumberland | Elias Hardy |
| William Davidson | |
| Sunbury | William Hubbard |
| Richard Vandeburg |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Desserud, Donald; Hyson, Stewart (2012). "New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
- ^ The members elected for St. John were known as the Government candidates. Another group of candidates, Tertuluss Dickinson, Richard Lightfoot, Richard Bonsall, Peter Grim, Jonathan Boggs and Alexander Reid, actually received a majority of the votes but were unsuccessful because of the actions of the sheriff in validating the votes. A petition from the voters of St. John was addressed to the governor but was ignored. History of New Brunswick, J Hannay Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
References
[edit]- Foot-prints ; or Incidents in early history of New Brunswick, JW Lawrence (1883)
- Journal of the votes and proceedings of the House of Assembly of ... New-Brunswick from ... January to ... March, 1786 (1786)
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