1st New Brunswick Legislature

The 1st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 3, 1786, and 1792. The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick, Thomas Carleton.^[1] The first and second sessions were held at the Mallard House, an inn in Saint John. Subsequent sessions were held in Fredericton.

Amos Botsford was chosen as speaker for the house.

Composition

The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council.^[1] The governor of New Brunswick was responsible for the appointment of the Legislative Council.^[1]

History

Members

Electoral District	Name	First elected
Saint John^[2]	William Pagan	1786
	Jonathan Bliss	1786
	Christopher Billop	1786
	Ward Chipman	1786
	John McGeorge	1786
	Stanton Hazard	1786
York	Daniel Murray	1786
	Isaac Atwood	1786
	Daniel Lyman	1786
	Edward Stelle	1786
Westmorland	Amos Botsford	1786
	Charles Dixon	1786
	Samuel Gay	1786
	Andrew Kinnear	1786
Kings	John Coffin	1786
Kings	Ebenezer Foster	1786
Queens	Samuel Dickinson	1786
Queens	John Yeamans	1786
Charlotte	William Paine	1786
	James Campbell	1786
	Robert Pagan	1786
	Peter Clinch	1786
Northumberland	Elias Hardy	1786
Northumberland	William Davidson	1786
Sunbury	William Hubbard	1786
Sunbury	Richard Vandeburg	1786

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Desserud, Donald; Hyson, Stewart (2012). "New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
^ The members elected for St. John were known as the Government candidates. Another group of candidates, Tertuluss Dickinson, Richard Lightfoot, Richard Bonsall, Peter Grim, Jonathan Boggs and Alexander Reid, actually received a majority of the votes but were unsuccessful because of the actions of the sheriff in validating the votes. A petition from the voters of St. John was addressed to the governor but was ignored. History of New Brunswick, J Hannay Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine

References

Preceded by none	Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick 1786–1792	Succeeded by 2nd New Brunswick Legislature

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[:0-1] Desserud, Donald; Hyson, Stewart (2012). "New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.

[2] The members elected for St. John were known as the Government candidates. Another group of candidates, Tertuluss Dickinson, Richard Lightfoot, Richard Bonsall, Peter Grim, Jonathan Boggs and Alexander Reid, actually received a majority of the votes but were unsuccessful because of the actions of the sheriff in validating the votes. A petition from the voters of St. John was addressed to the governor but was ignored. History of New Brunswick, J Hannay Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine

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