51st New Brunswick Legislature

The 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1987. It was dissolved on August 22, 1991.

51st New Brunswick Legislature
Majority parliament
c. 1987 – August 22, 1991
Parliament leaders
Premier	Frank McKenna
Leader of the Opposition	Camille Thériault
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Liberal Party shadow cabinet*
* The Liberal Party won every seat in the Assembly, so Premier McKenna named several members of his own caucus to act as an opposition.
Legislative Assembly
Seating arrangements of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly	Frank Branch
Members	58 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
← 50th → 52nd

Rendition of party representation in the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly following the 1987 election.

  Liberals (58)

Leadership

The speaker was Frank Branch.

Premier Frank McKenna led the government. The Liberal Party won all the seats; but to ensure the proper functioning of the parliamentary system, Frank McKenna named several members of his own caucus, led by Camille Thériault, to serve as the Official Opposition. The government also allowed the Progressive Conservative Party, which finished second place in the election in the number of votes received, to submit written questions to ministers during Question Period.

Members

All were elected in the 31st general election held on October 13, 1987, except for Denis Losier, who was elected in a by-election held after Doug Young resigned his seat.

List of Members

	Electoral District	Name	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Albert	Harold A. Terris	Liberal	1987
	Bathurst	Paul Kenny	Liberal	1978
	Bay du Vin	Reginald MacDonald	Liberal	1979, 1987
	Campbellton	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal	1987
	Caraquet	Bernard Thériault	Liberal	1987
	Carleton Centre	Allison DeLong	Liberal	1987
	Carleton North	Fred Harvey	Liberal	1987
	Carleton South	Bruce A. Smith	Liberal	1987
	Charlotte Centre	Sheldon Lee	Liberal	1978
	Charlotte-Fundy	Eric Allaby	Liberal	1987
	Charlotte West	Reid Hurley	Liberal	1987
	Chatham	Frank McKenna	Liberal	1982
	Dalhousie	Allan E. Maher	Liberal	1978
	Edmundston	Roland Beaulieu	Liberal	1986
	Fredericton North	Jim Wilson	Liberal	1987
	Fredericton South	Russell H.T. King	Liberal	1987
	Grand Falls	Paul Duffie	Liberal	1987
	Kent Centre	Alan R. Graham	Liberal	1967
	Kent North	Conrad Landry	Liberal	1982
	Kent South	Camille Thériault	Liberal	1987
	Kings Centre	Kal Seaman	Liberal	1987
	Kings East	Pete Dalton	Liberal	1987
	Kings West	Laureen Jarrett	Liberal	1987
	Madawaska Centre	Gérald Clavette	Liberal	1967, 1987
	Madawaska-les-Lacs	Georges Corriveau	Liberal	1987
	Madawaska South	Pierrette Ringuette	Liberal	1987
	Memramcook	Gregory H. O'Donnell	Liberal	1987
	Miramichi Bay	Danny Gay	Liberal	1987
	Miramichi-Newcastle	John McKay	Liberal	1974, 1987
	Moncton East	Raymond Frenette	Liberal	1974
	Moncton North	Michael McKee	Liberal	1974
	Moncton West	James E. Lockyer	Liberal	1987
	Nepisiguit-Chaleur	Frank Branch †	Liberal	1970
	Nigadoo-Chaleur	Pierre Godin	Liberal	1978
	Oromocto	Tom Gilbert	Liberal	1987
	Petitcodiac	Hollis Steeves	Liberal	1987
	Queens North	Doug Tyler	Liberal	1987
	Queens South	Vaughn Blaney	Liberal	1987
	Restigouche East	Rayburn Doucett	Liberal	1970
	Restigouche West	Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal	1987
	Riverview	Hubert Seamans	Liberal	1985
	Saint John East	Peter Trites	Liberal	1984[a]
	Saint John-Fundy	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal	1987
	Saint John Harbour	Louis Murphy	Liberal	1978
	Saint John North	Leo McAdam	Liberal	1987
	Saint John Park	Shirley Dysart	Liberal	1974
	Saint John South	John Mooney	Liberal	1974, 1987
	Saint John West	Jane Barry	Liberal	1987
	Shediac	Azor LeBlanc	Liberal	1974
	Shippagan-les-Îles	Aldéa Landry	Liberal	1987
	Southwest Miramichi	Morris Vernon Green	Liberal	1978
	St. Stephen-Milltown	Ann Breault	Liberal	1987
	Sunbury	Doug Harrison	Liberal	1987
	Tantramar	Marilyn Trenholme	Liberal	1987
	Tracadie	M. Douglas Young (resigned)	Liberal	1978
	Denis Losier (elected on November 14, 1988)	Liberal	1988
	Victoria-Tobique	Larry Kennedy	Liberal	1987
	York North	Bob Simpson	Liberal	1987
	York South	Al Lacey	Liberal	1987

Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

See also

• Canada portal

• 1987 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Notes

1. First elected as a NDP