27th New Brunswick Legislature explained

The 27th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 13, 1890, and September 28, 1892.

Samuel Leonard Tilley served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Albert S. White was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by Andrew G. Blair was able to form a government with the support of independent members.

The 27th New Brunswick Legislature abolished the upper house, the Legislative Council, on April 16, 1891. Donald Desserud and Stewart Hyson argued that "the impetus to rid theprovince of its upper assembly seems to have been less a concern over the council’s elite status, and more because it cost money to operate. Nevertheless, the time it took to abolish the upper chamber tested the patience of New Brunswick’s premier, Andrew Blair (1883-1896), who complained that his appointees to the upper chamber -- chosen for their supposed willingness to support his reform agenda -- developed an alarming independence once they took their seats. Blair eventually got the vote he wanted; however, the council imposed a condition: the council would continue until the next election. So Blair requested and was granted a dissolution two years early, and 'An Act Relating to the LegislativeCouncil' formally abolished the chamber on 16 April 1891."[1]

Members

Electoral DistrictName
Saint John CountyHarrison A. McKeown
Alfred Augustus Stockton
James Rourke
William Shaw
York[2] A.G. Blair[3]
William Wilson
Richard Bellamy[4]
John Anderson (1890)
John Anderson
Thomas Colter (1890)
WestmorlandO.M. Melanson
Henry A. Powell[5]
Joseph A. McQueen (1891)
H.T. Stevens
Henry A. Powell (1891)
D.L. Hanington
KingsWilliam Pugsley
Albert S. White
George L. Taylor
QueensThomas Hetherington
Albert Palmer
CharlotteJames Mitchell
William Douglas
George F. Hibbard
James Russell
NorthumberlandJames Robinson
L.J. Tweedie
John P. Burchill
John O'Brien
SunburyWilliam E. Perley
Charles B. Harrison
KentJames D. Phinney
Olivier J. Leblanc[6]
Auguste Théophile Léger (1891)
GloucesterPatrick G. Ryan
Joseph Poirier
CarletonMarcus C. Atkinson
George R. Ketchum
RestigoucheWilliam Murray
Charles H. LaBillois
AlbertW.J. Lewis
Gains S. Turner
VictoriaJames E. Porter
MadawaskaLévite Thériault
Saint John CitySilas Alward
A.C. Smith

Notes

  1. Desserud . Donald . Bringing New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly into the 21st Century . Series of Papers on Provincial and Territorial Legislatures . 2011 . 8.
  2. election protested and second election held in October 1890
  3. reelected
  4. lost second election
  5. election appealed
  6. ran for federal seat

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