20th New Brunswick Legislature

The 20th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between April 27, 1865, and May 9, 1866.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon.

Edwin A. Vail was chosen as speaker.

The anti-Confederation Party led by Albert James Smith formed the government.

In April 1866, the non-elected Legislative Council passed a reply to the throne speech supporting confederation, which was accepted by Governor Gordon. Smith and his government resigned to protest what they saw as an abuse of the principles of responsible government. The assembly was dissolved and an election was called.

Members

Electoral District	Name
Saint John County	John W. Cudlip
	Robert D. Wilmot
	Joseph Coram
	Timothy W. Anglin
York	John C. Allen
	George L. Hatheway
	John J. Fraser
	William H. Needham
Westmorland	Albert J. Smith
	Amand Landry
	Bliss Botsford
	William J. Gilbert
Kings	Edwin A. Vail
	Walter B. Scovil
	George Otty
Queens	Joseph B. Perkins
	Gideon D. Bailey
Charlotte	George F. Hill
	James Boyd
	Arthur Hill Gillmor
	Robert Thomson
Northumberland	Edward Williston
	Richard Hutchison
	George Kerr
	Richard Sutton
Sunbury	John Glasier
	William E. Perley
Kent	William S. Caie
	Lestock P. W. DesBrisay
Gloucester	John Meahan
	Robert Young
Carleton	William Lindsay
	Charles Connell
Restigouche	John McMillan
	Alexander C. DesBrisay
Albert	Abner R. McClelan
	John Lewis
Victoria	John Costigan
	Benjamin Beveridge
Saint John City	Andrew R. Wetmore
	Jacob V. Troop

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References

• Journal of the House of Assembly of ... New Brunswick from ... April to ... June, 1865 ... (1865)
• History of New Brunswick Provincial Election Campaigns and Platforms 1866–1974, CA Woodward (1976) ISBN 0-88892-400-3