52nd New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, at its first session after the 1991 election.
  Liberal MLAs (46)

  Confederation of Regions MLAs (8)

  Progressive Conservative MLAs (3)

  New Democratic MLAs (1)

The 52nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1991 and was dissolved on August 12, 1995.

Leadership

The speaker from its first meeting until April 25, 1994 was Shirley Dysart, Dysart stepped down as speaker at the request of the government who wanted to appoint Gérald Clavette as speaker. [1] When the legislature met in the fall, Clavette was appointed speaker by motion and shortly thereafter the House adopted new rules to elect the speaker by secret ballot. Clavette resigned to re-seek the office of Speaker under the new rules and was defeated by Dysart who returned to the speakership for the balance of the life of the assembly. [2]

Premier Frank McKenna led the government for the life of the assembly.

The opposition was led for the life of the assembly by Danny Cameron, despite various changes in Cameron's status as leader of the New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party. In 1994, when there became an equality of members (six each) between CoR and the Progressive Conservatives, the Speaker ruled that CoR would retain its position as the official opposition. [3]

Dennis Cochrane led the Progressive Conservatives for the life of the assembly.

Elizabeth Weir led the New Democrats for the life of the assembly.

Members

All were elected in the 32nd general election held on September 11, 1991 except for

John Lebans elected in a by-election on February 15, 1993
Dale Graham elected in a by-election on June 28, 1993
Percy Mockler elected in a by-election on November 29, 1993
Elvy Robichaud elected in a by-election on September 26, 1994

Three members left their respective caucuses over the course of the assembly to sit as independents:

Beverly Brine, a former Confederation of Regions member
Brent Taylor, a former Confederation of Regions member
Jean Gauvin, a former Progressive Conservative

Members at dissolution

	Electoral District	Name	Party
Albert	Beverly Brine	Independent
Bathurst	Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal
Bay du Vin	Reginald MacDonald	Liberal
Campbellton	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal
Caraquet	Bernard Thériault	Liberal
Carleton Centre	Allison DeLong	Liberal
Carleton North	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative
Carleton South	Bruce A. Smith	Liberal
Charlotte Centre	Sheldon Lee	Liberal
Charlotte-Fundy	Eric Allaby	Liberal
Charlotte West	Reid Hurley	Liberal
Chatham	Frank McKenna	Liberal
Dalhousie	Allen Maher	Liberal
Edmundston	Roland Beaulieu	Liberal
	Fredericton North	Edwin G. Allen	Confederation of Regions
Fredericton South	Russell H. T. King	Liberal
Grand Falls	Paul Duffie	Liberal
Kent Centre	Alan R. Graham	Liberal
Kent North	Conrad Landry	Liberal
Kent South	Camille Thériault	Liberal
Kings Centre	Georgie Day	Liberal
Kings East	Hazen Myers	Progressive Conservative
Kings West	Laureen Jarrett	Liberal
Madawaska-Centre	Gérald Clavette	Liberal
Madawaska-les-Lacs	Georges Corriveau	Liberal
Madawaska South	Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative
Memramcook	Greg O'Donnell	Liberal
Miramichi Bay	Danny Gay	Liberal
Miramichi-Newcastle	John McKay	Liberal
Moncton East	Raymond Frenette	Liberal
Moncton North	John Lebans	Liberal
Moncton West	James E. Lockyer	Liberal
Nepisiguit-Chaleur	Frank Branch	Liberal
Nigadoo-Chaleur	Albert Doucet	Liberal
	Oromocto	Albert Morris Rector	Confederation of Regions
Petitcodiac	Dennis Cochrane	Progressive Conservative
Queens North	Doug Tyler	Liberal
Queens South	Vaughn Blaney	Liberal
Restigouche East	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal
Restigouche West	Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal
	Riverview	Gordon B. Willden	Confederation of Regions
Saint John East	George J. Jenkins	Liberal
Saint John-Fundy	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal
Saint John Harbour	Louis Murphy	Liberal
Saint John North	Leo McAdam	Liberal
Saint John Park	Shirley Dysart †	Liberal
Saint John South	Elizabeth Weir	New Democratic
Saint John West	Jane Barry	Liberal
Shediac	Bernard Richard	Liberal
Shippagan-les-Îles	Jean Gauvin	Independent
Southwest Miramichi	Brent Taylor	Independent
St. Stephen-Milltown	Ann Breault	Liberal
	Sunbury	Max White	Confederation of Regions
Tantramar	Marilyn Trenholme	Liberal
Tracadie	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative
Victoria-Tobique	Larry Kennedy	Liberal
	York North	Gregory James Hargrove	Confederation of Regions
	York South	Danny Cameron	Confederation of Regions

Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

Former members

Fred Harvey, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, resigned after being convicted of election fraud.[4]
Michael McKee, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1974 election, resigned after being appointed a judge.
Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, resigned after being elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Denis Losier, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in a 1988 by-election and resigned in 1994.

References

Elections in New Brunswick 1984-2006, Elections New Brunswick (pdf)

Preceded by 51st Assembly	New Brunswick Legislative Assemblies 1991-1995	Succeeded by 53rd Assembly

Leadership

Members

Members at dissolution

Former members

See also

References