48th New Brunswick Legislature

The 48th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1974. It was dissolved on September 15, 1978.

Rendition of party representation in the 48th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly following the 1974 election.

  Progressive Conservatives (33)

  Liberals (25)

Leadership

The speaker was William J. Woodroffe.

Premier Richard Hatfield led the government. The Progressive Conservative Party was the ruling party.

History

Members

	Electoral District	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Albert	Malcolm MacLeod	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Bathurst	Eugene McGinley	Liberal	1972
	Bay du Vin	Norbert Thériault	Liberal	1960
	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	A. Edison Stairs	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Charlotte Centre	Decosta Young	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Charlotte-Fundy	James N. Tucker, Jr.	Progressive Conservative	1973
	Charlotte West	Leland McGaw	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Chatham	Frank E. Kane	Liberal	1969
	Dalhousie	John Potter	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Edmundston	Jean-Maurice Simard	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Fredericton North	Lawrence Garvie	Progressive Conservative	1968
	Fredericton South	George Everett Chalmers	Progressive Conservative	1960
	Grand Falls	Everard Daigle	Liberal	1974
	Kent Centre	Alan R. Graham	Liberal	1967
	Kent North	Joseph Daigle	Liberal	1974
	Kent South	Omer Léger	Progressive Conservative	1971
	Kings Centre	Harold Fanjoy	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Kings East	George E. Horton	Progressive Conservative	1962
	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	Daniel Daigle	Liberal	1970
	Memramcook	William Malenfant	Liberal	1974
	Miramichi Bay	Edgar LeGresley	Liberal	1970
	Miramichi-Newcastle	John McKay	Liberal	1974
	Southwest Miramichi	Sterling Hambrook	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Moncton East	Raymond Frenette	Liberal	1974
	Moncton North	Michael McKee	Liberal	1974
	Moncton West	Paul Creaghan	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Nepisiguit-Chaleur	Frank Branch	Liberal	1970
	Nigadoo-Chaleur	Roland Boudreau	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Oromocto	LeRoy Washburn	Liberal	1974
	Petitcodiac	Bill Harmer	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Queens North	Wilfred Bishop	Progressive Conservative	1952
	Queens South	Robert Corbett	Progressive Conservative	1974
	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	William J. Woodroffe	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Saint John Harbour	John W. Turnbull	Liberal	1973
	Saint John North	Shirley Dysart	Liberal	1974
	Saint John Park	Robert J. Higgins	Liberal	1967
	Saint John South	John Mooney	Liberal	1974
	Saint John West	Rodman Logan	Progressive Conservative	1963
	St. Stephen-Milltown	William Cockburn	Progressive Conservative	1967
	Shediac	Azor LeBlanc	Liberal	1974
	Shippagan-les-Îles	André Robichaud	Liberal	1970
	Sunbury	Horace Smith	Progressive Conservative	1970
	Tantramar	Lloyd Folkins	Progressive Conservative	1974
	Tracadie	Adjutor Ferguson	Liberal	1967
	Victoria-Tobique	J. Stewart Brooks[a]	Progressive Conservative	1952
		J. Douglas Moore (1976)	Progressive Conservative	1976
	York North	David Bishop	Progressive Conservative	1974
	York South	Les Hull	Progressive Conservative	1974

See also

• Canada portal

• 1974 New Brunswick general election

Notes

1. resigned