# 40th New Brunswick Legislature

The 40th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 20, 1945, and May 8, 1948. It was elected in the 1944 New Brunswick general election and subsequent by-elections.
William George Clark served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1945. He was succeeded by David Laurence MacLaren in November of that year.
Harry O. Downey was chosen as speaker.
The Liberal Party led by John B. McNair formed the government.

## Members

| Electoral District | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Saint John County | Robert McAllister | Progressive Conservative | 1931 |
| Saint John County | Alphonso C. Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1935 |
| Saint John County | Edward C. Seeley (1945) | Independent | 1945 |
| York | Harry A. Corey | Liberal | 1944 |
| York | Donald T. Cochrane | Liberal | 1944 |
| York | Harry C. Greenlaw | Liberal | 1944 |
| York | John B. McNair | Liberal | 1935, 1940 |
| Westmorland | Austin C. Taylor | Liberal | 1935 |
| Westmorland | Frank H. Copp | Liberal | 1935 |
| Westmorland | Édouard S. Léger | Liberal | 1939 |
| Westmorland | L. C. Dysart | Liberal | 1944 |
| Kings | Elmore T. Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | 1939 |
| Kings | Hugh Mackay | Progressive Conservative | 1939 |
| Kings | John Woods | Progressive Conservative | 1944 |
| Queens | Edward S. Darrah | Liberal | 1944 |
| Queens | H. C. Parker | Liberal | 1944 |
| Charlotte | J.J. Hayes Doone | Liberal | 1935 |
| Charlotte | R. Fraser Keay | Liberal | 1935 |
| Charlotte | Hugh S. Balkam | Liberal | 1944 |
| Charlotte | Owen Morse | Liberal | 1944 |
| Northumberland | William S. Anderson | Liberal | 1930 |
| Northumberland | Richard J. Gill | Liberal | 1930 |
| Northumberland | H. S. Murray | Liberal | 1944 |
| Northumberland | Hidulphe A. Savoie | Liberal | 1930 |
| Sunbury | Gordon R. Lawson | Liberal | 1944 |
| Sunbury | F. A. McGrand | Liberal | 1935 |
| Kent | J. Killeen McKee | Liberal | 1940 |
| Kent | Isaie Melanson | Liberal | 1939 |
| Kent | Armand Richard | Liberal | 1944 |
| Gloucester | Frederick C. Young | Liberal | 1944 |
| Gloucester | Clovis T. Richard | Liberal | 1926 |
| Gloucester | J. André Doucet | Liberal | 1923 |
| Gloucester | Joseph E. Connolly | Liberal | 1940 |
| Gloucester | Michel Fournier (1945) | Liberal | 1945 |
| Carleton | Hugh J. Flemming | Progressive Conservative | 1944 |
| Carleton | Gladstone W. Perry | Progressive Conservative | 1930 |
| Carleton | Fred C. Squires | Progressive Conservative | 1925 |
| Restigouche | Benoît Michaud | Liberal | 1944 |
| Restigouche | Edward Samuel Mooers | Liberal | 1939 |
| Restigouche | Jean-Baptiste D'Astous (1945) | Liberal | 1945 |
| Albert | Harry O. Downey | Liberal | 1930 |
| Albert | A. Russell Colpitts | Liberal | 1939 |
| Victoria | Frederick W. Pirie | Liberal | 1930 |
| Victoria | Michael F. McCluskey | Liberal | 1944 |
| Victoria | Vernon R. Briggs (1945) | Liberal | 1945 |
| Madawaska | J. Gaspard Boucher | Liberal | 1935 |
| Madawaska | J. Hervé Proulx | Liberal | 1944 |
| Saint John City | Laurance T. Dow | Progressive Conservative | 1944 |
| Saint John City | Ralph G. McInerney | Progressive Conservative | 1939 |
| Saint John City | W. Grant Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1939 |
| Saint John City | J. Starr Tait | Progressive Conservative | 1939 |
| Moncton | Charles H. Blakeney | Liberal | 1935 |