# 21st New Brunswick Legislature

The 21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between June 21, 1866, and June 3, 1870.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon. Charles Hastings Doyle became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1867 following Confederation. He was succeeded by Francis Pym Harding in October 1867 and then Lemuel Allan Wilmot in July 1868.
The speaker was selected as John H. Gray. From 1867 to 1870, Bliss Botsford held the position of speaker.
The Confederation Party led by Peter Mitchell formed the government; Mitchell was a member of the province's Legislative Council. Andrew R. Wetmore became leader after Mitchell was named to the Canadian senate.

## Members

| Electoral District | Name | Party | First elected |
| Saint John County | Charles N. Skinner | Liberal | 1866 |
| Saint John County | John H. Gray | Conservative | 1866 |
| Saint John County | Robert D. Wilmot | Conservative | 1866 |
| Saint John County | James Quinton | Independent | 1866 |
| Saint John County | Joseph Coram (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Saint John County | John Waterbury Cudlip (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Saint John County | George Edwin King (1867) | Conservative | 1867 |
| York | Hiram Dow | Independent | 1866 |
| York | Charles Fisher John Pickard (1867) | Liberal | 1866 |
| York | Alexander Thompson | Independent | 1866 |
| York | John A. Beckwith | Conservative | 1866 |
| York | William Hayden Needham (1868) | Independent | 1868 |
| York | John Pickard (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Westmorland | Albert J. Smith | Liberal | 1866 |
| Westmorland | Bliss Botsford | Independent | 1866 |
| Westmorland | Angus McQueen | Independent | 1866 |
| Westmorland | Amand Landry | Independent | 1866 |
| Westmorland | Joseph Lytle Moore (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Kings | George Ryan | Independent | 1866 |
| Kings | William P. Flewelling | Independent | 1866 |
| Kings | John Flewelling | Independent | 1866 |
| Kings | Gideon McLeod (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Queens | John Ferris | Liberal | 1866 |
| Queens | Robert Thorne Babbit | Independent | 1866 |
| Queens | Walter S. Butler (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Charlotte | John McAdam | Conservative | 1866 |
| Charlotte | James G. Stevens | Independent | 1866 |
| Charlotte | Francis Hibbard | Independent | 1866 |
| Charlotte | James W. Chandler | Independent | 1866 |
| Charlotte | Benjamin Robert Stephenson (1867) | Liberal | 1867 |
| Charlotte | Henry Frye (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Charlotte | John S. Covert (1868) | Independent | 1868 |
| Northumberland | John M. Johnson | Independent | 1866 |
| Northumberland | Edward Williston | Independent | 1866 |
| Northumberland | Richard Sutton | Independent | 1866 |
| Northumberland | George Kerr | Conservative | 1866 |
| Northumberland | William Moore Kelly (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Northumberland | Jacob C. Gough | Conservative | 1867, 1869 |
| Sunbury | John Glasier | Liberal | 1866 |
| Sunbury | William E. Perley | Conservative | 1866 |
| Sunbury | John S. Covert (1868) | Liberal | 1868 |
| Kent | William S. Caie | Independent | 1866 |
| Kent | Owen McInerney | Independent | 1866 |
| Kent | Urbain Johnson (1869) | Liberal | 1869 |
| Gloucester | Robert Young | Independent | 1866 |
| Gloucester | John Meahan | Independent | 1866 |
| Carleton | Charles Connell James Hartley (1867) | Independent | 1866 |
| Carleton | William Lindsay | Liberal | 1866 |
| Carleton | James Hartley (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Carleton | George W. White (1868) | Conservative | 1868 |
| Restigouche | John McMillan | Independent | 1866 |
| Restigouche | Alexander C. DesBrisay | Independent | 1866 |
| Restigouche | William Montgomery (1867) | Independent | 1867 |
| Albert | Abner R. McClelan | Independent | 1866 |
| Albert | John Lewis | Independent | 1866 |
| Albert | Amos Atkinson Bliss (1867) | Conservative | 1867 |
| Victoria | Benjamin Beveridge | Independent | 1866 |
| Victoria | Vital Hébert | Independent | 1866 |
| Victoria | Lévite Thériault (1868) | Liberal | 1868 |
| Victoria | Charles A. Hammond (1868) | Independent | 1868 |
| Saint John City | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Conservative | 1866 |
| Saint John City | Andrew R. Wetmore | Conservative | 1866 |
| Saint John City | William Keans (1867) | Independent | 1867 |