40th New Brunswick Legislature explained

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.

William George Clark served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1945. He was succeeded by David Laurence MacLaren in November of that year.

Harry O. Downey was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by John B. McNair formed the government.

Members

Electoral District	Name	Party
Saint John County	Robert McAllister	Progressive Conservative
	Alphonso C. Smith^[1] Edward C. Seeley	Progressive Conservative
York	Harry A. Corey	Liberal
	Donald T. Cochrane	Liberal
	Harry C. Greenlaw	Liberal
	John B. McNair	Liberal
Westmorland	Austin C. Taylor	Liberal
	Frank H. Copp	Liberal
	Édouard S. Léger	Liberal
	L. C. Dysart	Liberal
Kings	Elmore T. Kennedy	Progressive Conservative
	Hugh Mackay	Progressive Conservative
	John Woods	Progressive Conservative
Queens	Edward S. Darrah	Liberal
	H. C. Parker	Liberal
Charlotte	J.J. Hayes Doone	Liberal
	R. Fraser Keay	Liberal
	Hugh S. Balkam	Liberal
	Owen Morse	Liberal
Northumberland	William S. Anderson	Liberal
	Richard J. Gill	Liberal
	H. S. Murray	Liberal
	Hidulphe A. Savoie	Liberal
Sunbury	Gordon R. Lawson	Liberal
	F. A. McGrand	Liberal
Kent	J. Killeen McKee	Liberal
	Isaie Melanson	Liberal
	Armand Richard	Liberal
Gloucester	Frederick C. Young	Liberal
	Clovis T. Richard^[2] Michel Fournier (1945)	Liberal
	J. André Doucet	Liberal
	Joseph E. Connolly	Liberal
Carleton	Hugh J. Flemming	Progressive Conservative
	Gladstone W. Perry	Progressive Conservative
	Fred C. Squires	Progressive Conservative
Restigouche	Benoît Michaud Jean-Baptiste D'Astous (1945)	Liberal
	Edward Samuel Mooers	Liberal
Albert	Harry O. Downey	Liberal
	A. Russell Colpitts	Liberal
Victoria	Frederick W. Pirie^[3] Vernon R. Briggs	Liberal
	Michael F. McCluskey	Liberal
Madawaska	J. Gaspard Boucher	Liberal
	J. Hervé Proulx	Liberal
Saint John City	Laurance T. Dow	Progressive Conservative
	Ralph G. McInerney	Progressive Conservative
	W. Grant Smith	Progressive Conservative
	J. Starr Tait	Progressive Conservative
Moncton	Charles H. Blakeney	Liberal

Notes

1. died
2. elected to federal seat
3. named to Senate

References

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1948, PG Normandin