47th New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 47th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by the 1970 election.

  Progressive Conservatives (32)

  Liberals (26)

The 47th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 2, 1971, and October 11, 1974.

Wallace Samuel Bird was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1971. In October of that year, he was succeeded by Hédard Joseph Robichaud.

Lawrence Garvie was chosen as speaker in 1971. William J. Woodroffe became speaker in 1973.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Richard Hatfield, defeated the Liberals to form the government.

History

Members

Electoral District	Name	Party
York	Harry Ames[1]	Progressive Conservative
	Carl Mooers	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland	Joseph E. Leblanc	Liberal
	W. Wynn Meldrum	Liberal
	William J. McNevin	Liberal
	Cléophas Léger	Liberal
Kings	John B.M. Baxter	Progressive Conservative
	Cyril B. Sherwood	Progressive Conservative
	George E. Horton	Progressive Conservative
Queens	Wilfred Bishop	Progressive Conservative
	Robert McCready	Liberal
Charlotte	G. W. N. Cockburn	Progressive Conservative
	Leland McGaw	Progressive Conservative
	John E. Rigby[2] James N. Tucker, Jr. (1973)	Progressive Conservative
	DeCosta Young	Progressive Conservative
Northumberland	Frank E. Kane	Liberal
	Graham Crocker	Liberal
	Norbert Thériault	Liberal
	Edgar LeGresley	Liberal
	Clarence S. Menzies	Liberal
Sunbury	Reginald W. Mabey	Progressive Conservative
	Horace Smith	Progressive Conservative
Kent	Louis J. Robichaud[3] Omer Léger (1971)	Liberal Progressive Conservative
	André F. Richard	Liberal
	Alan R. Graham	Liberal
Gloucester	J. Omer Boudreau	Liberal
	André Robichaud	Liberal
	Bernard A. Jean[3] Lorenzo Morais (1972)	Liberal Progressive Conservative
	A. A. Ferguson	Liberal
	Frank Branch	Liberal
Carleton	Richard B. Hatfield	Progressive Conservative
	Charles Gallagher	Progressive Conservative
	Edison Stairs	Progressive Conservative
Restigouche	Edèse J. Bujold	Liberal
	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal
	J. Alfred Roussel	Liberal
Albert	Brenda Robertson	Progressive Conservative
	Malcolm MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
Victoria	J. Stewart Brooks	Progressive Conservative
	Joseph E. M. Ouellette	Progressive Conservative
Madawaska	Gérald Clavette	Liberal
	Laurier Lévesque	Liberal
	Daniel Daigle	Liberal
Moncton	Paul Creaghan	Progressive Conservative
	Arthur Buck	Progressive Conservative
	Jean-Paul LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
Saint John Centre	J. Lorne McGuigan	Progressive Conservative
	Eric L. Teed	Progressive Conservative
	Robert J. Higgins	Liberal
	George E. McInerney[2] John W. Turnbull (1973)	Progressive Conservative Liberal
Saint John East	Charles A. McIlveen[2] Gerald Merrithew (1972)	Progressive Conservative
	William J. Woodroffe	Progressive Conservative
Saint John West	Rodman Logan	Progressive Conservative
Bathurst	H. H. Williamson[2] Eugene McGinley (1972)	Liberal
Campbellton	J.C. Van Horne	Progressive Conservative
Edmundston	Jean-Maurice Simard	Progressive Conservative
Fredericton	George Everett Chalmers	Progressive Conservative
	Lawrence Garvie	Progressive Conservative

Notes

1. died in 1973
2. died in 1972
3. resigned

References

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1974, PG Normandin

Preceded by 46th New Brunswick Legislature

Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick 1970–1974

Succeeded by 48th New Brunswick Legislature