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This is a list of the premiers of New Brunswick, both as a colony and as a province of Canada. New Brunswick uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly. The premier, sometimes called the prime minister, acts as New Brunswick's head of government, while the Queen of Canada acts as its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of New Brunswick, and presides over that body.
Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the legislative assembly. An election may also happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.
Before Canadian confederation in 1867, New Brunswick was a British crown colony. It had had a system of responsible government beginning in 1854. Since 1867, New Brunswick has been a part of the Canadian federation. It has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters.
Political parties did not become legally recognized in New Brunswick until 1935. In the table after that date, dark blue denotes the various parties that led to the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and red bordered images denote the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.
| Government leaders prior to responsible government, 1848-1854. |
Premier
(party) |
Period |
Assem-
blies |
Elections (Riding) |
|
|
1st |
Edward Barron Chandler
(Conservative) |
1848-1854 |
| Premiers of the Colony of New Brunswick , 1854-1867. |
|
|
1st |
Charles Fisher
(Liberal)
(1st time of 2) |
1854-1856 |
|
|
2nd |
John Hamilton Gray
(Conservative) |
1856-1857 |
|
|
- |
Charles Fisher
(Liberal)
(2nd time of 2) |
1857-1861 |
|
|
3rd |
Samuel Leonard Tilley
(Liberal) |
1861-1865 |
|
|
4th |
Albert J. Smith
(Anti-Confederation) |
1865-1866 |
|
5th |
Peter Mitchell
(Confederation Party) |
1866-1867 |
| Premiers of the province of New Brunswick, Canada, since Confederation (1867-present). |
|
1st |
Andrew R. Wetmore
(Confederation Party) |
1867-1870 |
|
|
2nd |
George E. King
(Conservative)
(1st time of 2) |
1870-1871 |
|
3rd |
George L. Hathaway
(Conservative) |
1871-1872 |
|
|
- |
George E. King
(Conservative)
(2nd time of 2) |
1872-1878 |
|
|
4th |
John James Fraser
(Conservative) |
1878-1882 |
|
5th |
Daniel L. Hanington
(Conservative) |
1882-1883 |
|
|
6th |
Andrew G. Blair
(Liberal) |
1883-1896 |
|
7th |
James Mitchell
(Liberal) |
1896-1897 |
|
|
8th |
Henry R. Emmerson
(Liberal) |
1897-1900 |
|
|
9th |
Lemuel J. Tweedie
(Liberal) |
1900-1907 |
|
|
10th |
William Pugsley
(Liberal) |
1907 |
|
|
11th |
Clifford W. Robinson
(Liberal) |
1907-1908 |
|
|
12th |
John Douglas Hazen
(Conservative, unofficially) |
1908-1911 |
32nd
33rd
... |
|
13th |
James Kidd Flemming
(Conservative, unofficially) |
1911-1914 |
...
33rd
... |
|
14th |
George J. Clark
(Conservative, unofficially) |
1914-1917 |
...
34th
... |
|
15th |
James A. Murray
(Conservative, unofficially) |
1917 |
... |
|
|
16th |
Walter E. Foster
(Liberal, unofficially) |
1917-1923 |
34th
35th
... |
|
|
17th |
Peter J. Veniot
(Liberal, unofficially) |
1923-1925 |
... |
|
|
18th |
John B. M. Baxter
(Conservative, unofficially) |
1925-1931 |
36th
37th
... |
|
|
19th |
Charles D. Richards
(Conservative) |
1931-1933 |
...
... |
|
|
20th |
Leonard P. D. Tilley
(Conservative) |
1933-1935 |
... |
|
|
21st |
Allison A. Dysart
(Liberal) |
1935-1940 |
38th
39th
... |
|
22nd |
John B. McNair
(Liberal) |
1940-1952 |
...
40th
41st |
|
23rd |
Hugh John Flemming
(Progressive Conservative) |
1952-1960 |
42nd
43rd |
|
24th |
Louis Joseph Robichaud
(Liberal) |
1960-1970 |
44th
45th
46th |
|
|
25th |
Richard Bennett Hatfield
(Progressive Conservative) |
1970-1987 |
47th
48th
49th
50th |
|
26th |
Francis Joseph McKenna
(Liberal) |
1987-1997 |
51st
52nd
53rd
... |
|
27th |
Joseph Raymond Frenette
(Liberal) |
1997-1998 |
...
... |
|
28th |
Camille Thériault
(Liberal) |
1998-1999 |
... |
|
29th |
Bernard Lord
(Progressive Conservative) |
1999-2006 |
54th
55th |
|
30th |
Shawn Graham
(Liberal) |
2006-present |
56th |
[edit] References
- Post confederation:
- (1999) in James H. Marsh: New Brunswick, 2000 (in English), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1615. ISBN 0-7710-2099-6.
For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
