Legislative Council of New Brunswick

Legislative Council of New Brunswick
Type
Type	Upper house of the New Brunswick Legislature
History
Founded	1785 (1785)
Disbanded	1891 (1891)
Preceded by	Nova Scotia Council
Succeeded by	none

The Legislative Council of New Brunswick was the upper house of the government of the British colony and later Canadian province of New Brunswick between 1785^{[citation needed]} and 1891.

Members were appointed by the New Brunswick governor.^[1]

Photograph of the final session of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick

Council chambers

The former chambers of the council are now used for committee meetings by the legislative assembly.

Members

• Amos Edwin Botsford
• John James Robinson, 1856+
• Hugh Johnson^[2]
• William Crane
• Edwin Arnold Vail
• George Thomas Baird, 1891-1892
• James I. Follows, -1892
• David McLellan, -1892
• A. D. Richad, -1892
• Charles B. White, -1892
• John S. Saunders, -1892
• Robert Young, -1892
• Frank Strickland, -1892
• Thomas K. Jones, -1892
• Charles H. Biggs, -1892
• George F. Hill, -1892
• G. Hudson Flewelling, -1892
• George L. White, -1892
• Richard Bellamy, -1892
• Oliver J. Leblanc, -1892
• H. R. Emmerson, -1892

External links

• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick website Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. Desserud, Donald; Hyson, Stewart (2012). "New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review.
2. The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men: Quebec and Maritime Provinces Volume, 1881