22nd New Brunswick Legislature

The 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 16, 1871 and May 15, 1874.

Lemuel Allan Wilmot served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick until November 1873, when he was replaced by Samuel Leonard Tilley.

E.A. Vail was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal-Conservatives led by George E. King formed the government. George L. Hathaway took over the leadership of the party in February 1871. George E. King became leader again in 1872 after Hathaway's death.

In May 1871, the Common Schools Act was passed; it came into effect the following year. This legislation implemented a system of publicly funded schools. However, it excluded denominational schools; religious instruction in schools operated under the system was banned. The act offended Roman Catholics and Acadians in the province.

List of Members

Electoral District Name
Saint John County George E. King
Edward Willis
Michael Whalen Maher
Joseph Coram
York Robert Robinson
G.L. Hatheway[1]
John James Fraser (1872)
John A. Beckwith
Charles McPherson
Westmorland P.A. Landry
Angus McQueen
Bliss Botsford
Joseph Lytle Moore[2]
John A. Humphrey (1872)
Kings E.A. Vail
George Otty[3]
J.W. Nowlan (1873)
John Herbert Crawford
Queens R.T Babbit [4]
Ebenezer Williams (1871)
Gideon D. Bailey [4]
Walter S. Butler (1872)
Charlotte Benjamin Robert Stephenson
Francis Hibbard
Joseph Donald
J. McAdam [5]
John Cameron Brown (1872)
Northumberland William Moore Kelly
Jacob C. Gough
Michael Adams
Thomas F. Gillespie
Sunbury Archibald Harrison
John S. Covert
Kent William Shand Caie [6]
Henry O'Leary (1873)
Antoine Girouard
Gloucester Samuel H. Napier
Théotime Blanchard
Carleton William Lindsay
George W. White[4]
Restigouche William Montgomery
Alexander C. DesBrisay [4]
John Phillips (1870)
Albert Rufus Palmer [6]
Martin B. Palmer (1873)
James Ryan
Victoria Lévite Thériault
James Tibbits
Saint John City Aaron Alward
William Wedderburn

Notes:

  1. died in 1872
  2. died in 1871
  3. resigned after being named judge
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 resigned
  5. elected to federal seat
  6. 6.0 6.1 died in 1873
Preceded by
21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1870-1874
Succeeded by
23rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly

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