51st New Brunswick Legislature

The 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1987. It was dissolved on August 22, 1991.

51st New Brunswick Legislature
Majority parliament
c. 1987 – 22 August 1991
Parliament leaders
Premier	Frank McKenna
Leader of the Opposition	Camille Thériault
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Liberal Party shadow cabinet*
* The Liberal Party won every seat in the Assembly, so Premier McKenna named several members of his own caucus to act as an opposition.
Legislative Assembly
Seating arrangements of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Frank Branch
Members	58 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
← 50th → 52nd

Rendition of party representation in the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly following the 1987 election.

  Liberals (58)

Leadership

The speaker was Frank Branch.

Premier Frank McKenna led the government. The Liberal Party won all the seats; but to ensure the proper functioning of the parliamentary system, Frank McKenna named several members of his own caucus, led by Camille Thériault, to serve as the Official Opposition. The government also allowed the Progressive Conservative Party, which finished second place in the election in the number of votes received, to submit written questions to ministers during Question Period.

Members

All were elected in the 31st general election held on October 13, 1987, except for Denis Losier, who was elected in a by-election held after Doug Young resigned his seat.

List of Members

	Electoral District	Name	Party
	Albert	Harold A. Terris	Liberal
	Bathurst	Paul Kenny	Liberal
	Bay du Vin	Reginald MacDonald	Liberal
	Campbellton	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal
	Caraquet	Bernard Thériault	Liberal
	Carleton Centre	Allison DeLong	Liberal
	Carleton North	Fred Harvey	Liberal
	Carleton South	Bruce A. Smith	Liberal
	Charlotte Centre	Sheldon Lee	Liberal
	Charlotte-Fundy	Eric Allaby	Liberal
	Charlotte West	Reid Hurley	Liberal
	Chatham	Frank McKenna	Liberal
	Dalhousie	Allan E. Maher	Liberal
	Edmundston	Roland Beaulieu	Liberal
	Fredericton North	Jim Wilson	Liberal
	Fredericton South	Russell H.T. King	Liberal
	Grand Falls	Paul Duffie	Liberal
	Kent Centre	Alan R. Graham	Liberal
	Kent North	Conrad Landry	Liberal
	Kent South	Camille Thériault	Liberal
	Kings Centre	Kal Seaman	Liberal
	Kings East	Pete Dalton	Liberal
	Kings West	Laureen Jarrett	Liberal
	Madawaska Centre	Gérald Clavette	Liberal
	Madawaska-les-Lacs	Georges Corriveau	Liberal
	Madawaska South	Pierrette Ringuette	Liberal
	Memramcook	Gregory H. O'Donnell	Liberal
	Miramichi Bay	Danny Gay	Liberal
	Miramichi-Newcastle	John McKay	Liberal
	Moncton East	Raymond Frenette	Liberal
	Moncton North	Michael McKee	Liberal
	Moncton West	James E. Lockyer	Liberal
	Nepisiguit-Chaleur	Frank Branch †	Liberal
	Nigadoo-Chaleur	Pierre Godin	Liberal
	Oromocto	Tom Gilbert	Liberal
	Petitcodiac	Hollis Steeves	Liberal
	Queens North	Doug Tyler	Liberal
	Queens South	Vaughn Blaney	Liberal
	Restigouche East	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal
	Restigouche West	Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal
	Riverview	Hubert Seamans	Liberal
	Saint John East	Peter Trites	Liberal
	Saint John-Fundy	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal
	Saint John Harbour	Louis Murphy	Liberal
	Saint John North	Leo McAdam	Liberal
	Saint John Park	Shirley Dysart	Liberal
	Saint John South	John Mooney	Liberal
	Saint John West	Jane Barry	Liberal
	Shediac	Azor LeBlanc	Liberal
	Shippagan-les-Îles	Aldéa Landry	Liberal
	Southwest Miramichi	Morris Vernon Green	Liberal
	St. Stephen-Milltown	Ann Breault	Liberal
	Sunbury	Doug Harrison	Liberal
	Tantramar	Marilyn Trenholme	Liberal
	Tracadie	M. Douglas Young (resigned)	Liberal
		Denis Losier elected November 14, 1988	Liberal
	Victoria-Tobique	Larry Kennedy	Liberal
	York North	Bob Simpson	Liberal
	York South	Al Lacey	Liberal

Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

See also

• 1987 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

• Elections in New Brunswick 1984–2006, Elections New Brunswick (pdf)