Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick(French)
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Dale Graham, Progressive Conservative Party since 2010
Members	55
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Website
www.gnb.ca/legis/

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house counterpart, the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, was abolished. Its members are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly" commonly referred to as "MLAs".

History

The New Brunswick Legislative Building is the current building that houses the Assembly. It opened in 1882, having been constructed by J.C. Dumaresq, following the destruction of the original building, known as Province Hall, by fire in 1880. It is a Victorian building with a 41 metre wide dome.

The legislative chamber is designed to have four rows on the government side and three rows on the opposition side. This is because elections have traditionally yielded a strong government majority; in fact on occasion, such as currently, even with many of the seats on one side of the House, the government has spilled over to the opposition side. Quite often the House is oriented to have only two rows on the opposition benches, in the event of a large opposition adding a third row makes the opposition benches rather crowded.

Current members

The current membership of the 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was elected on September 27, 2010 in the 2010 New Brunswick general election.

	Name	Party	Riding
	Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Albert
	Brian Kenny	Liberal	Bathurst
	Greg Davis	Progressive Conservative	Campbellton-Restigouche Centre
	Hédard Albert	Liberal	Caraquet
	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton
	Denis Landry	Liberal	Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur
	Curtis Malloch	Progressive Conservative	Charlotte-Campobello
	Rick Doucet	Liberal	Charlotte-The Isles
	Donald Arseneault	Liberal	Dalhousie-Restigouche East
	Roger Melanson	Liberal	Dieppe Centre-Lewisville
	Madeleine Dubé	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston-Saint-Basile
	Pam Lynch	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
	Craig Leonard	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Lincoln
	Troy Lifford	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Nashwaaksis
	Brian Macdonald	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Silverwood
	Jim Parrott	Progressive Conservative	Fundy-River Valley
	Danny Soucy	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André
	Ross Wetmore	Progressive Conservative	Grand Lake-Gagetown
	Bev Harrison	Progressive Conservative	Hampton-Kings
	Shawn Graham	Liberal	Kent
	Claude Williams	Progressive Conservative	Kent South
	Bruce Northrup	Progressive Conservative	Kings East
	Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou
	Yvon Bonenfant	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs
	Bernard LeBlanc	Liberal	Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe
	Bill Fraser	Liberal	Miramichi-Bay du Vin
	Serge Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Bay-Neguac
	Robert Trevors	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Centre
	John Betts	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Crescent
	Chris Collins	Liberal	Moncton East
	Marie-Claude Blais	Progressive Conservative	Moncton North
	Susan Stultz	Progressive Conservative	Moncton West
	Ryan Riordon	Progressive Conservative	Nepisiguit
	Jack Carr	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland-Sunbury West
	Roland Haché	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur
	Jody Carr	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto
	Sherry Wilson	Progressive Conservative	Petitcodiac
	Blaine Higgs	Progressive Conservative	Quispamsis
	Martine Coulombe	Progressive Conservative	Restigouche-La-Vallée
	Bruce Fitch	Progressive Conservative	Riverview
	Bertrand LeBlanc	Liberal	Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
	Margaret-Ann Blaney	Progressive Conservative	Rothesay
	Glen Tait	Progressive Conservative	Saint John East
	Glen Savoie	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Fundy
	Carl Killen	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Harbour
	Dorothy Shephard	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Lancaster
	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Portland
	Victor Boudreau	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pelé
	Jake Stewart	Progressive Conservative	Southwest Miramichi
	Mike Olscamp	Progressive Conservative	Tantramar
	Claude Landry	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila
	Wes McLean	Progressive Conservative	Victoria-Tobique
	David Alward	Progressive Conservative	Woodstock
	Carl Urquhart	Progressive Conservative	York
	Kirk MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	York North

Party standings and seating plan

Bertrand LeBlanc

Melanson

D. Landry

Doucet

Albert

Kenny

Collins

Bernard LeBlanc

Jack Carr

Greg Davis

S. Graham

Arseneault

Boudreau

Fraser

Haché

Betts

C. Landry

Urquhart

D. Graham

Fitch

Higgs

Alward

P. Robichaud

Dubé

Jody Carr

Holder

Blaney

Steeves

Harrison

Williams

Blais

Leonard

Coulombe

Stultz

Northrup

Olscamp

Trevors

K. MacDonald

Shephard

Wilson

Wetmore

McLean

Killen

Soucy

Lifford

Riordon

Lynch

Malloch

Parrott

B. MacDonald

Tait

S. Robichaud

Savoie

Bonenfont

Stewart

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• Dark blue represents members of cabinet, while light blue are backbench government members.
• Large text represents party leaders.

The current party standings in the legislature are as follows:

Affiliation	Members
	Progressive Conservative	42
	Liberal	13
	Independent	0
	Vacant	0
Total	55
Government Majority	15

See also

• Category:New Brunswick MLAs
• 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
• 57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly