New Brunswick Legislature Explained

New Brunswick Legislature
Legislature:60th New Brunswick Legislature
Houses:
Crown-In-Parl:The lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)
Session Room:New Brunswick Legislature.png
Meeting Place:Legislative Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

The New Brunswick Legislature is the legislature of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)[1] and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. The legislature has existed de jure since New Brunswick separated from Nova Scotia in 1784, but was not first convened until 1786.

Like the Canadian federal government, New Brunswick uses a Westminster-style system, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections. Usually the leader of the party with the most seats is asked by the lieutenant governor to form a government who then becomes Premier of New Brunswick and appoints an Executive Council of New Brunswick. The premier is New Brunswick's head of government, while the lieutenant governor represents Canada's head of state Charles III, King of Canada.

The legislature was originally bicameral, with an upper house called the Legislative Council of New Brunswick. The upper house was abolished in 1892.[2]

List of legislatures

Following is a list of the 58 times the legislature has been convened since 1786.

AssemblyPeriodElectionDissolution
60th New Brunswick Legislature2020–presentSeptember 14, 2020TBA
59th New Brunswick Legislature2018–2020September 24, 2018August 17, 2020
58th New Brunswick Legislature2014–2018September 22, 2014August 23, 2018
57th New Brunswick Legislature2010–2014September 27, 2010August 21, 2014
56th New Brunswick Legislature2006–2010September 18, 2006August 2010
55th New Brunswick Legislature2003–2006June 9, 2003August 18, 2006
54th New Brunswick Legislature1999–2003June 7, 1999May 10, 2003
53rd New Brunswick Legislature1995–1999September 11, 1995May 8, 1999
52nd New Brunswick Legislature1991–1995September 23, 1991August 12, 1995
51st New Brunswick Legislature1987–1991October 13, 1987August 22, 1991
50th New Brunswick Legislature1982–1987October 12, 1982August 29, 1987
49th New Brunswick Legislature1978–1982October 23, 1978September 1, 1982
48th New Brunswick Legislature1974–1978November 18, 1974September 15, 1978
47th New Brunswick Legislature1970–1974October 26, 1970October 11, 1974
46th New Brunswick Legislature1967–1970October 23, 1967September 3, 1970
45th New Brunswick Legislature1963–1967April 22, 1963September 8, 1967
44th New Brunswick Legislature1960–1963June 27, 1960March 12, 1963
43rd New Brunswick Legislature1956–1960June 18, 1956May 13, 1960
42nd New Brunswick Legislature1952–1956September 22, 1952April 17, 1956
41st New Brunswick Legislature1948–1952June 28, 1948July 16, 1952
40th New Brunswick Legislature1944–1948August 28, 1944May 8, 1948
39th New Brunswick Legislature1939–1944November 20, 1939July 10, 1944
38th New Brunswick Legislature1935–1939June 27, 1935October 24, 1939
37th New Brunswick Legislature1930–1935June 18, 1930May 22, 1935
36th New Brunswick Legislature1925–1930August 10, 1925May 26, 1930
35th New Brunswick Legislature1920–1925October 9, 1920July 17, 1925
34th New Brunswick Legislature1917–1920February 24, 1917September 16, 1920
33rd New Brunswick Legislature1912–1917June 20, 1912January 20, 1917
32nd New Brunswick Legislature1908–1912March 3, 1908May 25, 1912
31st New Brunswick Legislature1903–1908March 3, 1903January 23, 1908
30th New Brunswick Legislature1899–1903February 18, 1899February 5, 1903
29th New Brunswick Legislature1895–1899October, 1895January 26, 1899
28th New Brunswick Legislature1892–1895October, 1892September 28, 1895
27th New Brunswick Legislature1890–1892January 20, 1890September 28, 1892
26th New Brunswick Legislature1886–1890April 26, 1886December 30, 1889
25th New Brunswick Legislature1882–1886June, 1882April 2, 1886
24th New Brunswick Legislature1878–1882June, 1878May 25, 1882
23rd New Brunswick Legislature1874–1878May–June, 1874May 14, 1878
22nd New Brunswick Legislature1870–1874June–July, 1870May 15, 1874
21st New Brunswick Legislature1866–1870May–June, 1866June 3, 1870
20th New Brunswick Legislature1865–1866February–March, 1865May 9, 1866
19th New Brunswick Legislature1861–1865June, 1861February 8, 1865
18th New Brunswick Legislature1857–1861April–May, 1857May 14, 1861
17th New Brunswick Legislature1856–1857June–July, 1856April 1, 1857
16th New Brunswick Legislature1854–1856June, 1854May 30, 1856
15th New Brunswick Legislature1850–1854June–July, 1850May 19, 1854
14th New Brunswick Legislature1846–1850October, 1846May 31, 1850
13th New Brunswick Legislature1843–1846December, 1842– January, 1843September 16, 1846
12th New Brunswick Legislature1837–1842September–October, 1837December 1, 1842
11th New Brunswick Legislature1835–1837December, 1834– January, 1835August 18, 1837
10th New Brunswick Legislature1830–1834October, 1830
9th New Brunswick Legislature1827–1830June, 1827
8th New Brunswick Legislature1820–1827June, 1820
7th New Brunswick Legislature1819–1820October, 1819
6th New Brunswick Legislature1816–1819August–September, 1816
5th New Brunswick Legislature1809–1816September–October, 1809July, 1816
4th New Brunswick Legislature1802–1809October–November 1802
3rd New Brunswick Legislature1795–1802August–September, 1795May, 1802
1793–1795December, 1792- January, 17931795
1786–1792November, 1785December, 1792

Notes and References

  1. Interpretation Act. RSNB. 1973. I-13. 38. http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cs/I-13//20160525. Attorney General of New Brunswick. .
  2. Book: Levy . Gary . White. Graham. Provincial and territorial legislatures in Canada . University of Toronto Press . 1989. 9781442678873 . 254.

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