27th New Brunswick Legislature

The 27th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 13, 1890, and September 28, 1892.

Samuel Leonard Tilley served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Albert S. White was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by Andrew G. Blair was able to form a government with the support of independent members.

The 27th New Brunswick Legislature abolished the upper house, the Legislative Council, on April 16, 1891. Donald Desserud and Stewart Hyson argued that "the impetus to rid the province of its upper assembly seems to have been less a concern over the council’s elite status, and more because it cost money to operate. Nevertheless, the time it took to abolish the upper chamber tested the patience of New Brunswick’s premier, Andrew Blair (1883-1896), who complained that his appointees to the upper chamber -- chosen for their supposed willingness to support his reform agenda -- developed an alarming independence once they took their seats. Blair eventually got the vote he wanted; however, the council imposed a condition: the council would continue until the next election. So Blair requested and was granted a dissolution two years early, and 'An Act Relating to the Legislative Council' formally abolished the chamber on 16 April 1891."[1]

History

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Members

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Electoral District Name
Saint John County Harrison A. McKeown
Alfred Augustus Stockton
James Rourke
William Shaw
York[2] A.G. Blair[3]
William Wilson[3]
Richard Bellamy[4]
John Anderson (1890) [3]
John Anderson
Thomas Colter (1890)
Westmorland O.M. Melanson
Henry A. Powell[5]
Joseph A. McQueen (1891)
H.T. Stevens[5]
Henry A. Powell (1891)
D.L. Hanington
Kings William Pugsley
Albert S. White
George L. Taylor
Queens Thomas Hetherington
Albert Palmer
Charlotte James Mitchell
William Douglas
George F. Hibbard
James Russell
Northumberland James Robinson
L.J. Tweedie
John P. Burchill
John O'Brien
Sunbury William E. Perley
Charles B. Harrison
Kent James D. Phinney
Olivier J. Leblanc[6]
Auguste Théophile Léger (1891)
Gloucester Patrick G. Ryan
Joseph Poirier
Carleton Marcus C. Atkinson
George R. Ketchum
Restigouche William Murray
Charles H. LaBillois
Albert W.J. Lewis
Gains S. Turner
Victoria James E. Porter
Madawaska Lévite Thériault
Saint John City Silas Alward
A.C. Smith

Notes

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  1. ^ Desserud, Donald (2011). "Bringing New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly into the 21st Century". Series of Papers on Provincial and Territorial Legislatures: 8.
  2. ^ election protested and second election held in October 1890
  3. ^ a b c reelected
  4. ^ lost second election
  5. ^ a b election appealed
  6. ^ ran for federal seat

References

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Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1890–1892
Succeeded by