23rd New Brunswick Legislature

The 23rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 18, 1875, and May 14, 1878.

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

William Wedderburn was chosen as speaker.

The Conservative Party led by George E. King formed the government.

In 1876, an informal accommodation was reached with Roman Catholics in the province with respect to religious instruction in schools. Where the arrangement was agreeable to the local school board, religious instruction could be carried out in buildings owned by the Church and rented to the province for use as public schools.[1]

History

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Members

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Electoral DistrictName
Saint John CountyHenry A. Austin
George E. King
Joseph Coram[2]
William Elder (1875)
Edward Willis
YorkJ.J. Fraser
Thomas F. Barker
Robert Robinson
Hiram Dow
WestmorlandEdward J. Smith
Angus McQueen
J.A. Humphrey
Thomas Pickard
KingsJohn Herbert Crawford
John Flewelling
Robert E. McLeod
QueensWalter S. Butler
Francis Woods
CharlotteJames Murchie
Benjamin Robert Stephenson
James McKay
Thomas Cottrell
NorthumberlandW.M. Kelly
William Swim
Lemuel J. Tweedie
Allan A. Davidson
SunburyWilliam E. Perley
John S. Covert
KentHenry O'Leary
Urbain Johnson
GloucesterKennedy F. Burns
T. Blanchard[3]
Patrick G. Ryan (1876)
CarletonJohn S. Leighton
Randolph K. Jones
RestigoucheArchibald McKenzie
John Phillips
AlbertAlexander Rogers
James Ryan
VictoriaWilliam B. Beveridge
MadawaskaLévite Thériault
Saint John CityWilliam Wedderburn
William H.A. Keans [4]
Robert Marshall (1876)

Notes

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  1. ^ Acheson, T.W. (1994). "King, George Edwin". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ^ died in 1875
  3. ^ resigned to accept appointment
  4. ^ died in 1876

References

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Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1875–1878
Succeeded by