Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (French: Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John de jure when the colony was created in 1784 but came into session only in 1786, following the first elections in late 1785. The legislative assembly was originally the lower house in a bicameral legislature. Its upper house counterpart, the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, was abolished in 1891. Its members are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly", commonly referred to as "MLAs".

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick
61st New Brunswick Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house (1786–1891) then unicameral house of the New Brunswick Legislature
History
Founded	1785; 239 years ago (1785)
Preceded by	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Francine Landry, Liberal
Premier	Susan Holt, Liberal since 2 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Glen Savoie, PC
Government House Leader	TBD, Lib
Opposition House Leader	TBD, PC
Structure
Seats	49
Political groups	His Majesty's Government   Liberal (31) His Majesty's Loyal Opposition   PC (16) Other parties   Green (2)
Salary	C$93,126 (2024 base salary)[1]
Elections
Last election	October 21, 2024
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Website
www.legnb.ca

History

Nova Scotia originally covered most of the territory of today's Maritime provinces.^[2] In 1784, New Brunswick became a distinct colony from Nova Scotia.^[2] Saint John was chosen as the original capital when New Brunswick was formed as it was the centre of commerce and the only city at that time.^[3]

The first elections took place in November 1785.^[2] The legislative assembly came into session in January 1786.^[2] It was originally the lower house in a bicameral legislature.^[2] Its upper house counterpart, the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, was abolished on April 16, 1891.^[2]

Legislative Building

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.

The legislative chamber is designed to have four rows on the government side and three rows on the opposition side. This is because elections have traditionally yielded a strong government majority; in fact on occasion, even with many of the seats on one side of the House, the government has spilled over to the opposition side. Quite often the House is oriented to have only two rows on the opposition benches, in the event of a large opposition adding a third row makes the opposition benches rather crowded.

Seating plan

61st New Brunswick Legislature

To be decided

60th New Brunswick Legislature

		Losier	Leblanc	Landry				Cardy
	LeBlanc	K.Chiasson	D'Amours	LePage	Bourque	Mallet				Arseneau
	Arseneault	Legacy	HOLT	McKee	Thériault	Gauvin	Chiasson		COON	Mitton
Oliver
	Hogan	G.Savoie	HIGGS	Steeves	Green	Flemming	Fitch	Holland
	R.Savoie	Scott-Wallace	Austin	Dunn	Crossman	Johnson	Ames	Turner
	Bockus	M.Wilson	S.Wilson	Allain	Holder	Cullins	Shephard	Wetmore
	Dawson	Anderson-Mason	Conroy	Carr

Current members

For current members, see 61st New Brunswick Legislature.

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected	Notes
	Mike Holland	Progressive Conservative	Albert	2018 g.e.
	Susan Holt	Liberal	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore	2023 b.e.	Leader of the Opposition
	René Legacy	Liberal	Bathurst West-Beresford	2020 g.e.
	Guy Arseneault	Liberal	Campbellton-Dalhousie	2018 g.e.
	Isabelle Thériault	Liberal	Caraquet	2018 g.e.
	Bill Hogan	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	2020 g.e.
	Margaret Johnson	Progressive Conservative	Carleton-Victoria	2020 g.e.
	Richard Ames	Progressive Conservative	Carleton-York	2020 g.e.
	Richard Losier	Liberal	Dieppe	2023 b.e.
	Jean-Claude D'Amours	Liberal	Edmundston-Madawaska Centre	2018 g.e.
	Kris Austin	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Grand Lake	2018 g.e.	Former People's Alliance leader
	Jill Green	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton North	2020 g.e.
	David Coon	Green	Fredericton South	2014 g.e.	Green Party leader
	Dominic Cardy	Independent	Fredericton West-Hanwell	2018 g.e.	Elected as a Progressive Conservative. Became an Independent Oct. 2022
	Ryan Cullins	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-York	2020 g.e.
	Andrea Anderson-Mason	Progressive Conservative	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West	2018 g.e.
	Ross Wetmore	Progressive Conservative	Gagetown-Petitcodiac	2010 g.e.
	Gary Crossman	Progressive Conservative	Hampton	2014 g.e.
	Kevin Arseneau	Green	Kent North	2018 g.e.
	Benoît Bourque	Liberal	Kent South	2014 g.e.
	Bill Oliver	Progressive Conservative	Kings Centre	2014 g.e.
	Francine Landry	Liberal	Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston	2014 g.e.
	Megan Mitton	Green	Memramcook-Tantramar	2018 g.e.
	Michelle Conroy	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi	2018 g.e.
	Réjean Savoie	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Bay-Neguac	2022 b.e.
	Rob McKee	Liberal	Moncton Centre	2018 g.e.
	Daniel Allain	Progressive Conservative	Moncton East	2020 g.e.
	Ernie Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Northwest	2014 g.e.
	Greg Turner	Progressive Conservative	Moncton South	2020 g.e.
	Sherry Wilson	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Southwest	2010 g.e.
	Jeff Carr	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland-Sunbury	2014 g.e.
	Mary Wilson	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton	2018 g.e.
	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Portland-Simonds	1999 g.e.
	Blaine Higgs	Progressive Conservative	Quispamsis	2010 g.e.	Premier
	Marco LeBlanc	Liberal	Restigouche-Chaleur	2023 b.e.
	Gilles LePage	Liberal	Restigouche West	2014 g.e.
	Bruce Fitch	Progressive Conservative	Riverview	2003 g.e.
	Ted Flemming	Progressive Conservative	Rothesay	2012 by-e.
	Kathy Bockus	Progressive Conservative	Saint Croix	2020 g.e.
	Glen Savoie	Progressive Conservative	Saint John East	2010 g.e.
	Arlene Dunn	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Harbour	2020 g.e.
	Dorothy Shephard	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Lancaster	2010 g.e.
	Robert Gauvin	Liberal	Shediac Bay-Dieppe	2018 g.e.
	Jacques LeBlanc	Liberal	Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé	2018 g.e.
	Eric Mallet	Liberal	Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou	2020 g.e.
	Mike Dawson	Progressive Conservative	Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin	2022 b.e.
	Tammy Scott-Wallace	Progressive Conservative	Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins	2020 g.e.
	Keith Chiasson	Liberal	Tracadie-Sheila	2018 g.e.
	Chuck Chiasson	Liberal	Victoria-La Vallée	2014 g.e.

See also

• Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 58th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 60th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

References

1. Brown, Silas (June 5, 2023). "New Brunswick MLAs to get pay raise in 2024". Global News. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
2. Desserud, Donald; Hyson, Stewart (May 2012). "New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 35 (1).
3. "Fredericton, Saint John capital quarrel revisited in study". CBC. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

Further reading

• Martin, Ged (2015). "Fredericton versus Saint John: The New Brunswick Seat of Government, 1785-1882". Retrieved July 24, 2021.