Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house counterpart, the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, was abolished. Its members are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly" commonly referred to as "MLAs".

The New Brunswick Legislative Building is the current building that houses the Assembly. It opened in 1882, having been constructed by J.C. Dumaresq, following the destruction of the original building, known as Province Hall, by fire in 1880. It is a Victorian building with a 41 metre wide dome.

The legislative chamber is designed to have four rows on the government side and two rows on the opposition side. This is because elections have traditionally yielded a strong government majority; in fact on occasion, even with 2/3s of the seats on one side of the House, the government has spilled over to the opposition side. Only three elections — 1978, 2003 and 2006 — have required the House to be reoriented to three rows on either side which results in very cramped opposition benches.

1 Members
- 1.1 Former members
2 Party standings
3 See also

[edit] Members

Most of the current members were elected at the 56th general election held on September 18, 2006. The expection is Chris Collins, who was elected in a by-election on March 5, 2007 as a result of the resignation of Bernard Lord on January 31, 2007.

Hédard Albert	Liberal	Caraquet
David Alward	Progressive Conservative	Woodstock
Donald Arseneault	Liberal	Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Keith Ashfield	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland-Sunbury West
John Betts	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Crescent
Margaret-Ann Blaney	Progressive Conservative	Rothesay
Roy Boudreau	Liberal	Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
Victor Boudreau	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pélé
Rick Brewer	Liberal	Southwest Miramichi
Thomas J. Burke	Liberal	Fredericton-Nashwaaksis
Greg Byrne	Liberal	Fredericton-Lincoln
Jody Carr	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto
Chris Collins	Liberal	Moncton East
Ed Doherty	Liberal	Saint John Harbour
Rick Doucet	Liberal	Charlotte-The Isles
Madeleine Dubé	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston-Saint Basile
R. Bruce Fitch	Progressive Conservative	Riverview
John Winston Foran	Liberal	Miramichi Centre
Bill Fraser	Liberal	Miramichi-Bay du Vin
Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton
Shawn Graham	Liberal	Kent
Roland Haché	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur
Bev Harrison	Progressive Conservative	Hampton-Kings
Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Portland
Tony Huntjens	Progressive Conservative	Charlotte-Campobello
Stuart Jamieson	Liberal	Saint John-Fundy
Jack Keir	Liberal	Fundy-River Valley
Larry Kennedy	Liberal	Victoria-Tobique
Brian Kenny	Liberal	Bathurst
Kelly Lamrock	Liberal	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
Claude Landry	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila
Denis Landry	Liberal	Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Saveur
Cheryl Lavoie	Liberal	Nepisiguit
Abel LeBlanc	Liberal	Saint John Lancaster
Bernard LeBlanc	Liberal	Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe
Cy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Dieppe Centre-Lewisville
Joan MacAlpine-Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Moncton West
Kirk MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	York North
Roly MacIntyre	Liberal	Saint John East
Eugene McGinley†	Liberal	Grand Lake-Gagetown
Rick Miles	Liberal	Fredericton-Silverwood
Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative	Restigouche-la-Vallée
Mike Murphy	Liberal	Moncton North
Bruce Northrup	Progressive Conservative	Kings East
Mike Olscamp	Progressive Conservative	Tantramar
Ronald Ouellette	Liberal	Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André
Rose-May Poirier	Progressive Conservative	Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
Carmel Robichaud	Liberal	Miramichi Bay-Neguac
Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
Mary Schryer	Liberal	Quispamsis
Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Albert
Wally Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Petitcodiac
Carl Urquhart	Progressive Conservative	York
Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs
Claude Williams	Progressive Conservative	Kent South

bold denotes a member of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the speaker

[edit] Former members

Bernard Lord, who was first elected in a 1998 by-election, resigned his seat on January 31, 2007.

[edit] Party standings

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Pink-red represents members of cabinet, while red are backbench government members.
White dots are party leaders.

The current party standings in the legislature are as follows:

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	30
	Progressive Conservative	25
Total		55
Government Majority		3

[edit] See also

	Politics of New Brunswick v • d • e
Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson • Former lieutenant-governors
Premier: Shawn Graham • Former premiers
Opposition Leader: Jeannot Volpé • Former Opposition Leaders
Executive Council (Cabinet)
Legislature: Current members • Former legislatures
Speaker of the Assembly: Eugene McGinley
Political parties: Progressive Conservatives • Liberals • New Democrats
Elections: 2006 general election • Past elections
Current issues: Equalization payments
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