List of people from Bathurst, New Brunswick
Appearance
This is a list of notable people from Bathurst, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Bathurst, they all live or have lived in Bathurst and have had significant connections to the community.
This article does not include the List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick as they have their own section.
Mayors of Bathurst
This list of Mayors of Bathurst may be found in MacMillan (reference below, to 1983) or at the City Hall where the Mayoral photographic portrait array resides to the left of Chambers.
Name | Yr in | Mo in | Yr out | Mo out |
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P.J. Burns | 1912 | October | 1915 | April |
I.N. Michaud, MD | 1915 | April | 1917 | April |
W.H. Coffyn | 1917 | April | 1919 | April |
T.M. Burns | 1919 | April | 1921 | April |
J.B. Hachey | 1921 | April | 1923 | April |
W.J. Kent | 1923 | April | 1925 | April |
J.L. Ryan, QC | 1925 | April | 1927 | April |
A. Landry | 1927 | April | 1929 | April |
G. Gilbert, KC | 1929 | April | 1931 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1931 | April | 1933 | April |
C.I. Veniot, MD | 1933 | April | 1935 | April |
R.G. Duncan, MD | 1935 | April | 1937 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1937 | April | 1939 | April |
M.H. Poirier | 1939 | April | 1941 | April |
E.H. Chalmers | 1941 | April | 1943 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1943 | April | 1945 | April |
A.M. Robichaud, QC | 1945 | April | 1947 | April |
G.A. MacDonald | 1947 | April | 1949 | April |
E.G. Byrne, KC | 1949 | April | 1951 | April |
S.L. Frenette, MD | 1951 | April | 1953 | February |
M. Smith | 1953 | February | 1955 | February |
L.G. Riordon | 1955 | February | 1957 | February |
R.J. Cormier | 1957 | February | 1959 | February |
G.A. MacDonald | 1959 | February | 1961 | February |
V.J. Whelton | 1961 | February | 1963 | February |
G. Vantassel | 1963 | ? | 1965 | ? |
D. Young | 1965 | 1967 | ||
J.A. Picot | 1967 | 1969 | ||
H. Ferguson | 1969 | 1971 | ||
W.B. Orser, MD | 1971 | 1974 | ||
J.A. Duffy | 1974 | 1980 | ||
R. Clinch | 1980 | 1983 | ||
P. McLaughlin | 1983 | ? |
Federal Parliament representation
Members of Parliament for Gloucester County
- Timothy Warren Anglin 1867-1882,
- Speaker of the House from 26 March 1874 until 12 February 1879
- Kennedy Francis Burns 1882-1893
Senators from the Bathurst subdivision
- John Ferguson 1867-1888
- Kennedy Francis Burns 1893-1895
Other people from Bathurst
Name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
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David Branch | ice hockey | 1948 | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League | |
Charlie Chamberlain | entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957-1969 |
Sean Couturier | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | ||
Joe De Grasse | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director | |
Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | |
Lyse Doucet | 1958 | BBC journalist | ||
James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist |
Robert Frigault | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | ||
Herman James Good | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War | |
Phyllis Grant | 1972 | Mi'kmaq artist, animator and director (National Film Board of Canada) | ||
W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | |
Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman | |
Scott Smith | ice hockey | 1966 | president of Hockey Canada | |
Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer |
See also
References
Bibliography
- MacMillan, Gail (1978). An Outline of the History of Bathurst. Sackville, NB: The Tribune Press.