8th New Brunswick Legislature explained

The 8th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 30, 1821, and 1827.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick George S. Smyth. Howard Douglas became lieutenant governor in 1824.

The speaker of the house was selected as William Botsford. In 1824, after Botsford was appointed a judge, Ward Chipman, Jr. was elected speaker. Harry Peters succeeded Chipman as speaker in 1826.

Members

Electoral DistrictName
Saint John CountyWard Chipman[1]
Robert Parker (1826)
Andrew S. Ritchie
John McNeil Wilmot
Charles Simonds
YorkPeter Fraser
John Allen
John Dow
Stair Agnew[2]
William Taylor (1822)
WestmorlandWilliam Botsford
William Crane (1824)
Rufus Smith
Joseph Crandall[3]
Malcolm Wilmot (1823)
Benjamin Wilson
KingsJohn Cougle Vail
David B. Wetmore
QueensSamuel Scovil
William Peters
CharlotteHugh Mackay
John Campbell
Peter Stubs
Joseph N. Clarke
NorthumberlandRichard Simonds
Hugh Munro
SunburyElijah Miles
Amos Perley[4]
William Wilmot (1824)
Saint John CityHugh Johnston, Jr.
Harry Peters

Notes

  1. appointed judge
  2. died in 1821
  3. declared ineligible because he was a preacher
  4. died in 1822

References