# Sunbury (provincial electoral district, 1785–1973)

Sunbury was an electoral district in New Brunswick. It was abolished in 1973 as New Brunswick moved from bloc voting to a single-member first past the post system. It was dissolved into the new ridings of Sunbury and Oromocto.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1786 – 1792 | William Hubbard | Independent | Richard Vandeburg | Independent |
| 2nd | 1793 – 1795 | John Agnew | Independent | James Glenie | Independent |
| 3rd | 1795 – 1802 | Samuel Denny Street | Independent | James Glenie | Independent |
| 4th | 1802 – 1809 | Elijah Miles | Independent | James Glenie | Independent |
| 5th | 1809 – 1816 | Samuel Denny Street | Independent | James Taylor | Independent |
| 6th | 1817 – 1819 | Elijah Miles | Independent | William Wilmot | Independent |
| 7th | 1820 | Elijah Miles | Independent | James Taylor | Independent |
| 8th | 1821 – 1824 | Elijah Miles | Independent | Amos Perley | Independent |
| 8th | 1824 – 1827 | Elijah Miles | Independent | William Wilmot | Independent |
| 9th | 1827 – 1830 | Thomas O. Miles | Independent | George Hayward | Independent |
| 10th | 1831 – 1834 | Thomas O. Miles | Independent | George Hayward | Independent |
| 11th | 1835 – 1837 | Thomas O. Miles | Independent | George Hayward, Jr. | Independent |
| 12th | 1837 – 1842 | Henry T. Partelow | Independent | George Hayward, Jr. | Independent |
| 13th | 1843 – 1846 | William Scoullar | Independent | Whitehead S. Barker | Independent |
| 14th | 1847 – 1850 | George Hayward | Independent | Thomas O. Miles | Independent |
| 15th | 1851 – 1854 | George Hayward | Independent | William Scoullar | Independent |
| 16th | 1854 – 1856 | George Hayward | Independent | Enoch Lunt | Independent |
| 17th | 1856 – 1857 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | David Tapley | Independent |
| 18th | 1857 – 1861 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | David Tapley | Independent |
| 19th | 1862 – 1865 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John Glasier | Liberal |
| 20th | 1865 – 1866 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John Glasier | Liberal |
| 21st | 1866 – 1868 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John Glasier | Liberal |
| 21st | 1868 – 1870 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John S. Covert | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1870 – 1874 | Archibald Harrison | Liberal | John S. Covert | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1875 – 1878 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John S. Covert | Liberal |
| 24th | 1879 – 1881 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | John S. Covert | Liberal |
| 24th | 1881 – 1882 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | James S. White | Independent |
| 25th | 1883 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | George A. Sterling | Liberal |
| 25th | 1883 – 1886 | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative | Arthur Glasier | Liberal |
| 26th | 1886 – 1890 | Charles B. Harrison | Liberal | Arthur Glasier | Liberal |
| 27th | 1890 – 1892 | Charles B. Harrison | Liberal | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative |
| 28th | 1892 – 1895 | Charles B. Harrison | Liberal | William E. Perley | Liberal-Conservative |
| 29th | 1896 – 1899 | Charles B. Harrison | Liberal | David Morrow | Independent |
| 30th | 1899 – 1903 | Parker Glasier | Conservative | John Douglas Hazen | Conservative |
| 31st | 1903 – 1908 | Parker Glasier | Conservative | John Douglas Hazen | Conservative |
| 32nd | 1908 – 1911 | Parker Glasier | Conservative | John Douglas Hazen | Conservative |
| 32nd | 1911 – 1912 | Parker Glasier | Conservative | George A. Perley | Independent |
| 33rd | 1912 – 1917 | Parker Glasier | Conservative | George A. Perley | Independent |
| 34th | 1917 – 1920 | David W. Mersereau | Liberal | Robert H. Smith | Liberal |
| 35th | 1921 – 1925 | David W. Mersereau | Liberal | Robert H. Smith | Liberal |
| 36th | 1925 – 1930 | Allan D. Taylor | Conservative | Ewart C. Atkinson | Conservative |
| 37th | 1931 – 1935 | Allan D. Taylor | Conservative | Ewart C. Atkinson | Conservative |
| 38th | 1935 – 1939 | Gabriel F. Smith | Liberal | Walter C. Lawson | Liberal |
| 39th | 1939 – 1944 | Frederic McGrand | Liberal | Walter C. Lawson | Liberal |
| 40th | 1944 – 1948 | Frederic McGrand | Liberal | Gordon R. Lawson | Liberal |
| 41st | 1948 – 1952 | Frederic McGrand | Liberal | Gordon R. Lawson | Liberal |
| 42nd | 1952 – 1956 | Paul Fearon | Progressive Conservative | Paul Mersereau | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 1957 – 1960 | Paul Fearon | Progressive Conservative | Paul Mersereau | Progressive Conservative |
| 44th | 1960 – 1963 | R. Lee MacFarlane | Liberal | William R. Duffie | Liberal |
| 45th | 1963 – 1967 | R. Lee MacFarlane | Liberal | William R. Duffie | Liberal |
| 46th | 1967 – 1970 | Douglas A. Flower | Liberal | William R. Duffie | Liberal |
| 47th | 1970 – 1974 | Reginald W. Mabey | Progressive Conservative | Horace Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Oromocto and Sunbury (1974–1994) ||||||||

## Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Progressive Conservative | Reginald W. Mabey | 4,209 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | Horace Smith | 4,110 | Y |
| Liberal | William R. Duffie | 3,427 | |
| Liberal | Douglas Flower | 2,902 | |
| New Democratic | William Robert Ross | 226 | |
| New Democratic | Lawrence John Lamont | 205 | |
1967 New Brunswick general election :
| Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| Liberal | William R. Duffie | 4,653 | Y |
| Liberal | Douglas A. Flower | 3,980 | Y |
| Progressive Conservative | ? Mockler | 3,341 | |
| Progressive Conservative | ? Fearon | 3,152 | |