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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 Arnold 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 administration resigned in protest of what they believed to be a violation of the fundamentals of responsible government. The assembly was dissolved and an election was called.
Members
| Electoral District | Name | First elected / previously elected |
|---|---|---|
| Albert | Abner R. McClelan | 1854 |
| John Lewis | 1856, 1865 | |
| Carleton | William Lindsay | 1861 |
| Charles Connell | 1846, 1864 | |
| Charlotte | George F. Hill | 1865 |
| James Boyd | 1854, 1861 | |
| Arthur Hill Gillmor | 1854 | |
| Robert Thomson | 1865 | |
| Gloucester | John Meahan | 1861 |
| Robert Young | 1861 | |
| Kent | William S. Caie | 1865 |
| Lestock P. W. DesBrisay | 1856 | |
| Kings | Edwin A. Vail | 1857 |
| Walter B. Scovil | 1856 | |
| George Otty | 1865 | |
| Northumberland | Edward Williston | 1861 |
| Richard Hutchison | 1865 | |
| George Kerr | 1852 | |
| Richard Sutton | 1854, 1865 | |
| Queens | Joseph B. Perkins | 1865 |
| Gideon D. Bailey | 1865 | |
| Restigouche | John McMillan | 1857 |
| Alexander C. DesBrisay | 1865 | |
| Saint John City | Andrew R. Wetmore | 1865 |
| Jacob V. Troop | 1865 | |
| Saint John County | John W. Cudlip | 1857 |
| Robert D. Wilmot | 1850, 1865 | |
| Joseph Coram | 1865 | |
| Timothy W. Anglin | 1861 | |
| Sunbury | John Glasier | 1861 |
| William E. Perley | 1856 | |
| Victoria | John Costigan | 1861 |
| Benjamin Beveridge | 1863 | |
| Westmorland | Albert J. Smith | 1854 |
| Amand Landry | 1846, 1853, 1861 | |
| Bliss Botsford | 1850, 1856, 1865 | |
| William J. Gilbert | 1861 | |
| York | John C. Allen | 1856 |
| George L. Hatheway | 1850, 1861 | |
| John J. Fraser | 1865 | |
| William H. Needham | 1850, 1865 | |
| Charles Fisher (1865) | 1854, 1865 |
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