21st New Brunswick Legislature

The 21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between June 21, 1866 and June 3, 1870.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon. Charles Hastings Doyle became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1867 following Confederation. He was succeeded by Francis Pym Harding in October 1867 and then Lemuel Allan Wilmot in July 1868.

John H. Gray was chosen as speaker. Bliss Botsford served as speaker from 1867 to 1870.

The Confederation Party led by Peter Mitchell formed the government; Mitchell was a member of the province's Legislative Council. Andrew R. Wetmore became leader after Mitchell was named to the Canadian senate.

List of Members

Notes:

1. 1 2 3 named to the Senate of Canada
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 elected to federal seat
3. 1 2 resigned seat after being named a judge
4. 1 2 named to Legislative Council
5. ↑ died in 1868
6. ↑ died in 1867

References

• Journal of the House of Assembly of ... New Brunswick for the second session of the twentieth ... and the first session of the twenty first General Assembly (1866)