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New Brunswick Legislature
Législature du Nouveau-Brunswick
60th New Brunswick Legislature
Type
Type
Bicameral (1786–1892)
Unicameral (1892–present)
HousesLegislative Council (until 1892)
Legislative Assembly
SovereignLieutenant Governor
History
Founded1786 (1786)
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

The New Brunswick Legislature is the legislature of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Today, the legislature is made of two elements: the King of Canada in Right of New Brunswick, represented by the lieutenant governor,[1] and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. The legislature has existed de jure since New Brunswick separated from Nova Scotia in 1784, but was not first convened until 1786.

Like the Canadian federal government, New Brunswick uses a Westminster-style system, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections. Usually the leader of the party with the most seats is asked by the lieutenant governor to form a government who then becomes Premier of New Brunswick and appoints an Executive Council of New Brunswick. The premier is New Brunswick's head of government, while the lieutenant governor represents Canada's head of state Charles III, King of Canada.

The legislature was originally bicameral, with an upper house called the Legislative Council of New Brunswick. The upper house was abolished in 1892.[2]

List of Legislatures

Following is a list of the 58 times the legislature has been convened since 1786.

Assembly Period Election Dissolution
60th New Brunswick Legislature 2020–present September 14, 2020 TBA
59th New Brunswick Legislature 2018–2020 September 24, 2018 August 17, 2020
58th New Brunswick Legislature 2014–2018 September 22, 2014 August 23, 2018
57th New Brunswick Legislature 2010–2014 September 27, 2010 August 21, 2014
56th New Brunswick Legislature 2006–2010 September 18, 2006 August 2010
55th New Brunswick Legislature 2003–2006 June 9, 2003 August 18, 2006
54th New Brunswick Legislature 1999–2003 June 7, 1999 May 10, 2003
53rd New Brunswick Legislature 1995–1999 September 11, 1995 May 8, 1999
52nd New Brunswick Legislature 1991–1995 September 23, 1991 August 12, 1995
51st New Brunswick Legislature 1987–1991 October 13, 1987 August 22, 1991
50th New Brunswick Legislature 1982–1987 October 12, 1982 August 29, 1987
49th New Brunswick Legislature 1978–1982 October 23, 1978 September 1, 1982
48th New Brunswick Legislature 1974–1978 November 18, 1974 September 15, 1978
47th New Brunswick Legislature 1970–1974 October 26, 1970 October 11, 1974
46th New Brunswick Legislature 1967–1970 October 23, 1967 September 3, 1970
45th New Brunswick Legislature 1963–1967 April 22, 1963 September 8, 1967
44th New Brunswick Legislature 1960–1963 June 27, 1960 March 12, 1963
43rd New Brunswick Legislature 1956–1960 June 18, 1956 May 13, 1960
42nd New Brunswick Legislature 1952–1956 September 22, 1952 April 17, 1956
41st New Brunswick Legislature 1948–1952 June 28, 1948 July 16, 1952
40th New Brunswick Legislature 1944–1948 August 28, 1944 May 8, 1948
39th New Brunswick Legislature 1939–1944 November 20, 1939 July 10, 1944
38th New Brunswick Legislature 1935–1939 June 27, 1935 October 24, 1939
37th New Brunswick Legislature 1930–1935 June 18, 1930 May 22, 1935
36th New Brunswick Legislature 1925–1930 August 10, 1925 May 26, 1930
35th New Brunswick Legislature 1920–1925 October 9, 1920 July 17, 1925
34th New Brunswick Legislature 1917–1920 February 24, 1917 September 16, 1920
33rd New Brunswick Legislature 1912–1917 June 20, 1912 January 20, 1917
32nd New Brunswick Legislature 1908–1912 March 3, 1908 May 25, 1912
31st New Brunswick Legislature 1903–1908 March 3, 1903 January 23, 1908
30th New Brunswick Legislature 1899–1903 February 18, 1899 February 5, 1903
29th New Brunswick Legislature 1895–1899 October, 1895 January 26, 1899
28th New Brunswick Legislature 1892–1895 October, 1892 September 28, 1895
27th New Brunswick Legislature 1890–1892 January 20, 1890 September 28, 1892
26th New Brunswick Legislature 1886–1890 April 26, 1886 December 30, 1889
25th New Brunswick Legislature 1882–1886 June, 1882 April 2, 1886
24th New Brunswick Legislature 1878–1882 June, 1878 May 25, 1882
23rd New Brunswick Legislature 1874–1878 May–June, 1874 May 14, 1878
22nd New Brunswick Legislature 1870–1874 June–July, 1870 May 15, 1874
21st New Brunswick Legislature 1866–1870 May–June, 1866 June 3, 1870
20th New Brunswick Legislature 1865–1866 February–March, 1865 May 9, 1866
19th New Brunswick Legislature 1861–1865 June, 1861 February 8, 1865
18th New Brunswick Legislature 1857–1861 April–May, 1857 May 14, 1861
17th New Brunswick Legislature 1856–1857 June–July, 1856 April 1, 1857
16th New Brunswick Legislature 1854–1856 June, 1854 May 30, 1856
15th New Brunswick Legislature 1850–1854 June–July, 1850 May 19, 1854
14th New Brunswick Legislature 1846–1850 October, 1846 May 31, 1850
13th New Brunswick Legislature 1843–1846 December, 1842– January, 1843 September 16, 1846
12th New Brunswick Legislature 1837–1842 September–October, 1837 December 1, 1842
11th New Brunswick Legislature 1835–1837 December, 1834– January, 1835 August 18, 1837
10th New Brunswick Legislature 1830–1834 October, 1830
9th New Brunswick Legislature 1827–1830 June, 1827
8th New Brunswick Legislature 1820–1827 June, 1820
7th New Brunswick Legislature 1819–1820 October, 1819
6th New Brunswick Legislature 1816–1819 August–September, 1816
5th New Brunswick Legislature 1809–1816 September–October, 1809 July, 1816
4th New Brunswick Legislature 1802–1809 October–November 1802
3rd New Brunswick Legislature 1795–1802 August–September, 1795 May, 1802
2nd New Brunswick Legislature 1793–1795 December, 1792- January, 1793 1795
1st New Brunswick Legislature 1786–1792 November, 1785 December, 1792

References

  1. ^ Interpretation Act, RSNB 1973, c. I-13, s. 38 .
  2. ^ Levy, Gary; White, Graham (1989). Provincial and territorial legislatures in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781442678873.
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