Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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{{Infobox Legislature
| name = Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick<br><small>Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick{{fr icon}}</small>
| coa_pic = Nb-coat.jpg
| coa_res =
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| session_room = Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.jpg
| house_type = Unicameral
| houses = [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Legislative Assembly]]
| leader1_type = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Speaker]]
| leader1 = [[Roy Boudreau]]
| party1 = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal Party]]
| election1 = [[2007]]
| leader2_type =
| leader2 =
| party2 =
| election2 =
| members = '''55'''
| p_groups = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal Party]]<br> [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative Party]]
| election3 = [[May 22]], [[2007]]
| meeting_place = [[New Brunswick Legislative Building|Legislative Building]], [[Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]
| website = [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index.asp www.gnb.ca/legis/]
}}
The '''[[Legislative Assembly]] of [[New Brunswick]]''' is located in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]. It was established ''de jure'' when the colony was created in [[1784]], but only came in to session in [[1786]] following the first [[List of New Brunswick general elections (pre-Confederation)|elections]] in late [[1785]]. Until [[1891]], it was the [[lower house]] in a [[bicameral]] legislature when its [[upper house]] counterpart, the [[Legislative Council of New Brunswick]], was abolished. Its members are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly" commonly referred to as "MLAs".
[[Image:Nb-seating-current.png|thumb|left|250px|Rendition of party representation in the current Legislative Assembly, as of its last change on [[April 17]] [[2007]].
{{legend|#F08080|Liberals (32)}}
{{legend|#6495ED|Progressive Conservatives (23)}}]]
The [[New Brunswick Legislative Building]] is the current building that houses the Assembly. It opened in [[1882]], having been constructed by [[J.C. Dumaresq]], following the destruction of the original building, known as Province Hall, by fire in [[1880]]. It is a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] building with a 41 metre wide dome.
The legislative chamber is designed to have four rows on the government side and three rows on the opposition side. This is because elections have traditionally yielded a strong [[majority government|government majority]]; in fact on occasion, even with many of the seats on one side of the House, the government has spilled over to the opposition side. Quite often the House is oriented to have only two rows on the opposition benches, in the event of a large opposition adding a third row makes the opposition benches rather crowded.
==Members==
Most of the current members were elected at the [[New Brunswick general election, 2006|56th general election]] held on [[September 18]], [[2006]]. The exception is [[Chris Collins (politician)|Chris Collins]], who was elected in a [[by-election]] on [[March 5]] [[2007]] as a result of the resignation of [[Bernard Lord]] on [[January 31]] [[2007]]. The standing of the legislature also changed when MLAs [[Joan MacAlpine-Stiles]] and [[Wally Stiles]] [[crossed the floor]] from the [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservatives]] to the [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberals]] on [[April 17]] [[2007]].
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse"
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Hédard Albert]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Caraquet (electoral district)|Caraquet]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[David Alward]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Woodstock (electoral district)|Woodstock]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Donald Arseneault]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Dalhousie-Restigouche East]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Keith Ashfield]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[New Maryland-Sunbury West]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[John Betts]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Moncton Crescent]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Margaret-Ann Blaney]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Rothesay (electoral district)|Rothesay]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Roy Boudreau]]†
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Campbellton-Restigouche Centre]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Victor Boudreau]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Shediac-Cap-Pélé]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Rick Brewer]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Southwest Miramichi]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[T.J. Burke|Thomas J. Burke]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton-Nashwaaksis]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Greg Byrne]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton-Lincoln]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Jody Carr]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Oromocto (electoral district)|Oromocto]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Chris Collins (politician)|Chris Collins]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton East]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Ed Doherty]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John Harbour]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Rick Doucet]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Charlotte-The Isles]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Madeleine Dubé]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Edmundston-Saint Basile]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[R. Bruce Fitch]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Riverview (electoral district)|Riverview]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[John Winston Foran]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Miramichi Centre]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Bill Fraser (politician)|Bill Fraser]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Miramichi-Bay du Vin]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Dale Graham]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Carleton (provincial electoral district)|Carleton]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''''[[Shawn Graham]]'''''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Kent (electoral district)|Kent]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Roland Haché]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Nigadoo-Chaleur]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Bev Harrison]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Hampton-Kings]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Trevor Holder]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Saint John Portland]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Tony Huntjens]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Charlotte-Campobello]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Stuart Jamieson]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John-Fundy]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Jack Keir]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fundy-River Valley]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Larry Kennedy]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Victoria-Tobique]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Brian Kenny (politician)|Brian Kenny]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Bathurst (electoral district)|Bathurst]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Kelly Lamrock]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Claude Landry]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Tracadie-Sheila (electoral district)|Tracadie-Sheila]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Denis Landry]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Saveur]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Cheryl Lavoie]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Nepisiguit (electoral district)|Nepisiguit]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Abel LeBlanc]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John Lancaster]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Bernard LeBlanc]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Cy LeBlanc]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Dieppe Centre-Lewisville]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Joan MacAlpine-Stiles]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton West]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Kirk MacDonald]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[York North (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)|York North]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Roly MacIntyre]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John East]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Eugene McGinley]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Grand Lake-Gagetown]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[Rick Miles]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton-Silverwood]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Percy Mockler]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Restigouche-la-Vallée]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Mike Murphy (New Brunswick politician)|Mike Murphy]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton North]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Bruce Northrup]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Kings East]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Mike Olscamp]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Tantramar (electoral district)|Tantramar]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Ronald Ouellette]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Rose-May Poirier]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Rogersville-Kouchibouguac]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Carmel Robichaud]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Miramichi Bay-Neguac]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Paul Robichaud]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Mary Schryer]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Quispamsis (electoral district)|Quispamsis]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Wayne Steeves]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Albert (provincial electoral district)|Albert]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row}}
|'''[[Wally Stiles]]'''
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Petitcodiac (electoral district)|Petitcodiac]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Carl Urquhart]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[York (provincial electoral district)|York]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|''[[Jeannot Volpé]]''
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Madawaska-les-Lacs]]
|-
{{Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[Claude Williams (politician)|Claude Williams]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Kent South]]
|-
|}
*'''bold''' denotes a member of the [[Executive Council of New Brunswick]]
*''italics'' denotes a party leader
*† denotes the speaker
==Party standings and seating plan==
{|
|- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives}} border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Olscamp
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Urquhart
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>C. Landry
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>C. LeBlanc
|- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives}} border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Poirier
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Holder
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Dubé
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Carr
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Williams
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Alward
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Fitch
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Betts
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Northrup
|- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives}} border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Mockler
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>D. Graham
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-1>Volpé
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Harrison
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>P. Robichaud
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Ashfield
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Steves
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>McDonald
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Huntjens
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Blaney
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF border=1
|
|-
|bgcolor=red|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>R. Boudreau
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF border=1
|
|- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal}} border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=red|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>MacIntyre
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>V. Boudreau
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-1>S. Graham
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Murphy
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Byrne
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>C. Robichaud
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Jamieson
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Haché
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>D. Landry
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>McGinley
|- {{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal}} border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Doherty
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Schryer
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Lamrock
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Burke
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Keir
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Albert
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Arseneault
|bgcolor=red|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>A. LeBlanc
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=red|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>B. LeBlanc
|bgcolor=red|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Kenny
|- bgcolor=red border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=lightcoral|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Ouellette
|bgcolor=lightcoral|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Doucet
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=lightcoral|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Foran
|bgcolor=lightcoral|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Stiles
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Lavoie
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Miles
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>MacAlpine-Stiles
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Collins
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Fraser
|- bgcolor=red border=1
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF|
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Brewer
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>Kennedy
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>*
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>*
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>*
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>*
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>*
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|<font color=#FFFFFF size=-2>****
|}
*Pink-red represents members of cabinet, while red are [[backbench]] government members.
*Large text represents party leaders.
The current party standings in the legislature are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Affiliation
!Members
|-
|{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal}}|
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|align=center|32
|-
|{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservative}}|
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|align=center|23
|-
!colspan=2 align=right|Total
!55
|-
!colspan=2 align=right|Government Majority
!5
|}
==See also==
*[[:Category:New Brunswick MLAs]]
*[[53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
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{{New Brunswick politics}}
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