# 49th New Brunswick Legislature

The 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1978. It was dissolved on September 1, 1982.

## Leadership

Robert McCready was chosen as speaker in 1979 even though he had been elected as a Liberal member. James Tucker succeeded McCready as speaker in 1981.
Premier Richard Hatfield led the government. The Progressive Conservative Party was the ruling party.

## List of Members

| Electoral District | Name | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Albert | Malcolm MacLeod | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Bathurst | Paul Kenny | Liberal | 1978 |
| Bay du Vin | Norbert Thériault | Liberal | 1960 |
| Bay du Vin | Reginald MacDonald (1979) | Liberal | 1979 |
| Campbellton | Fernand G. Dubé | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Caraquet | Onil Doiron | Liberal | 1974 |
| Carleton Centre | Richard Hatfield | Progressive Conservative | 1961 |
| Carleton North | Charles Gallagher | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Carleton South | Paul Steven Porter | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Charlotte Centre | Sheldon Lee | Liberal | 1978 |
| Charlotte-Fundy | James N. Tucker, Jr. | Progressive Conservative | 1973 |
| Charlotte West | Leland McGaw | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Chatham | Frank E. Kane | Liberal | 1969 |
| Dalhousie | Allan E. Maher | Liberal | 1978 |
| Edmundston | Jean-Maurice Simard | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Fredericton North | Edwin G. Allen | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Fredericton South | J.W. Bird | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Grand Falls | Everard Daigle | Liberal | 1974 |
| Kent Centre | Alan R. Graham | Liberal | 1967 |
| Kent North | Joseph Daigle | Liberal | 1974 |
| Kent South | Bertin LeBlanc | Liberal | 1978 |
| Kings Centre | Harold Fanjoy | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Kings East | Hazen Myers | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Kings West | John B.M. Baxter | Progressive Conservative | 1962 |
| Madawaska-Centre | Gérald Clavette | Liberal | 1967 |
| Madawaska-les-Lacs | Jean-Pierre Ouellet | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Madawaska South | Héliodore Côté | Liberal | 1978 |
| Memramcook | William Malenfant | Liberal | 1974 |
| Miramichi Bay | Edgar LeGresley | Liberal | 1970 |
| Miramichi-Newcastle | John McKay | Liberal | 1974 |
| Southwest Miramichi | Morris Vernon Green | Liberal | 1978 |
| Moncton East | Raymond Frenette | Liberal | 1974 |
| Moncton North | Michael McKee | Liberal | 1974 |
| Moncton West | Mabel DeWare | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Nepisiguit-Chaleur | Frank Branch | Liberal | 1970 |
| Nigadoo-Chaleur | Pierre Godin | Liberal | 1978 |
| Oromocto | LeRoy Washburn | Liberal | 1974 |
| Petitcodiac | Bill Harmer | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Queens North | Wilfred Bishop | Progressive Conservative | 1952 |
| Queens South | Robert McCready | Liberal | 1967, 1978 |
| Queens South | Robert McCready | Independent | 1967, 1978 |
| Queens South | Robert McCready | Progressive Conservative | 1967, 1978 |
| Restigouche East | Rayburn Doucett | Liberal | 1970 |
| Restigouche West | Alfred Roussel | Liberal | 1970 |
| Riverview | Brenda Robertson | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Saint John East | Gerald Merrithew | Progressive Conservative | 1972 |
| Saint John-Fundy | Bev Harrison | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Saint John Harbour | Louis Murphy | Liberal | 1978 |
| Saint John North | Eric Kipping | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Saint John Park | Shirley Dysart | Liberal | 1974 |
| Saint John South | Nancy Teed | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Saint John West | Rodman Logan | Progressive Conservative | 1963 |
| St. Stephen-Milltown | William Cockburn | Progressive Conservative | 1967 |
| Shediac | Azor LeBlanc | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Shippagan-les-Îles | Jean Gauvin | Progressive Conservative | 1978 |
| Sunbury | Horace Smith | Progressive Conservative | 1970 |
| Tantramar | Lloyd Folkins | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| Tracadie | Douglas Young | Liberal | 1978 |
| Victoria-Tobique | J. Douglas Moore | Progressive Conservative | 1976 |
| York North | David Bishop | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |
| York South | Les Hull | Progressive Conservative | 1974 |