47th New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 47th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly decided by the 1970 election.

Progressive Conservatives (32)

Liberals (26)

The 47th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 2, 1971, and October 11, 1974.

Wallace Samuel Bird was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1971. In October of that year, he was succeeded by Hédard Joseph Robichaud.

Lawrence Garvie was chosen as speaker in 1971. William J. Woodroffe became speaker in 1973.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Richard Hatfield, defeated the Liberals to form the government.

## History

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## Members

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Electoral District  | Name  | Party

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York | Harry Ames[1] | Progressive Conservative
Carl Mooers | Progressive Conservative
Westmorland | Joseph E. Leblanc | Liberal
W. Wynn Meldrum | Liberal
William J. McNevin | Liberal
Cléophas Léger | Liberal
Kings | John B.M. Baxter | Progressive Conservative
Cyril B. Sherwood | Progressive Conservative
George E. Horton | Progressive Conservative
Queens | Wilfred Bishop | Progressive Conservative
Robert McCready | Liberal
Charlotte | G. W. N. Cockburn | Progressive Conservative
Leland McGaw | Progressive Conservative
John E. Rigby[2]
James N. Tucker, Jr. (1973)  | Progressive Conservative
DeCosta Young | Progressive Conservative
Northumberland | Frank E. Kane | Liberal
Graham Crocker | Liberal
Norbert Thériault | Liberal
Edgar LeGresley | Liberal
Clarence S. Menzies | Liberal
Sunbury | Reginald W. Mabey | Progressive Conservative
Horace Smith | Progressive Conservative
Kent | Louis J. Robichaud[3]
Omer Léger (1971)  | Liberal
Progressive Conservative
André F. Richard | Liberal
Alan R. Graham | Liberal
Gloucester | J. Omer Boudreau | Liberal
André Robichaud | Liberal
Bernard A. Jean[3]
Lorenzo Morais (1972)  | Liberal
Progressive Conservative
A. A. Ferguson | Liberal
Frank Branch | Liberal
Carleton | Richard B. Hatfield | Progressive Conservative
Charles Gallagher | Progressive Conservative
Edison Stairs | Progressive Conservative
Restigouche | Edèse J. Bujold | Liberal
Rayburn Doucett | Liberal
J. Alfred Roussel | Liberal
Albert | Brenda Robertson | Progressive Conservative
Malcolm MacLeod | Progressive Conservative
Victoria | J. Stewart Brooks | Progressive Conservative
Joseph E. M. Ouellette | Progressive Conservative
Madawaska | Gérald Clavette | Liberal
Laurier Lévesque | Liberal
Daniel Daigle | Liberal
Moncton | Paul Creaghan | Progressive Conservative
Arthur Buck | Progressive Conservative
Jean-Paul LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative
Saint John Centre | J. Lorne McGuigan | Progressive Conservative
Eric L. Teed | Progressive Conservative
Robert J. Higgins | Liberal
George E. McInerney[2]
John W. Turnbull (1973)  | Progressive Conservative
Liberal
Saint John East | Charles A. McIlveen[2]
Gerald Merrithew (1972)  | Progressive Conservative
William J. Woodroffe | Progressive Conservative
Saint John West | Rodman Logan | Progressive Conservative
Bathurst | H. H. Williamson[2]
Eugene McGinley (1972)  | Liberal
Campbellton | J.C. Van Horne | Progressive Conservative
Edmundston | Jean-Maurice Simard | Progressive Conservative
Fredericton | George Everett Chalmers | Progressive Conservative
Lawrence Garvie | Progressive Conservative

## Notes

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1. ^ died in 1973
2. ^ a b c d died in 1972
3. ^ a b resigned

## References

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* Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1974, PG Normandin

Preceded by

46th New Brunswick Legislature

|  Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1970–1974  | Succeeded by

48th New Brunswick Legislature

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