56th New Brunswick Legislature

The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn in on October 3, 2006 but it was called into session by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick on February 6, 2007.^[1]

Rendition of party representation in the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, if it sat immediately after the 2006 election.

  Liberals (29)

  Progressive Conservatives (26)

Leadership

Eugene McGinley, was elected speaker at the first session of the Assembly on February 6, 2007^[2] but resigned on October 31, 2007^[3] to join the cabinet. Roy Boudreau was elected speaker on November 27, 2007.^[4]

Premier of New Brunswick Shawn Graham leads the government.

Former Premier Bernard Lord was nominal leader of the opposition until January 31, 2007 at which time he resigned his seat and was replaced by interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives, Jeannot Volpé. On October 18, 2008, David Alward was elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives, his first sitting as leader of the opposition was November 25, 2008.

Members

Most of the current members were elected at the 36th general election held on September 18, 2006. The exceptions are Chris Collins, who was elected in a by-election on March 5, 2007 as a result of the resignation of Bernard Lord on January 31, 2007; Jack Carr, who was elected in a by-election on November 3, 2008 as a result of the resignation of Keith Ashfield; and Burt Paulin, who was elected in a by-election on March 9, 2009 as a result of the resignation of Percy Mockler, Paul took his seat on March 20, 2009. The standing of the legislature also changed when MLAs Joan MacAlpine-Stiles and Wally Stiles crossed the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Liberals on April 17, 2007.

	Name	Party	Riding	First elected / previously elected	Notes
	Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Albert	1999
	Brian Kenny	Liberal	Bathurst	2003
	Roy Boudreau†	Liberal	Campbellton-Restigouche Centre	2003
	Hédard Albert	Liberal	Caraquet	2003
	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	1993
	Denis Landry	Liberal	Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur	1995, 2003
	Tony Huntjens	Progressive Conservative	Charlotte-Campobello	1999
	Rick Doucet	Liberal	Charlotte-The Isles	2003
	Donald Arseneault	Liberal	Dalhousie-Restigouche East	2003
	Cy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Dieppe Centre-Lewisville	1999
	Madeleine Dubé	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston-Saint Basile	1999
	Kelly Lamrock	Liberal	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak	2003
	Greg Byrne	Liberal	Fredericton-Lincoln	1995,[a] 2006
	Thomas J. Burke	Liberal	Fredericton-Nashwaaksis	2003
	Rick Miles	Liberal	Fredericton-Silverwood	2006
	Jack Keir	Liberal	Fundy-River Valley	2006
	Ronald Ouellette	Liberal	Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André	2003
	Eugene McGinley	Liberal	Grand Lake-Gagetown	1972,[b] 2003
	Bev Harrison	Progressive Conservative	Hampton-Kings	1978,[c] 1999
	Shawn Graham	Liberal	Kent	1998
	Claude Williams	Progressive Conservative	Kent South	2001
	Bruce Northrup	Progressive Conservative	Kings East	2006
	Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou	1999
	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs	1995
	Bernard LeBlanc	Liberal	Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe	2006
	Carmel Robichaud	Liberal	Miramichi Bay-Neguac	2003
	John Winston Foran	Liberal	Miramichi Centre	2003
	Bill Fraser	Liberal	Miramichi-Bay du Vin	2006
	John Betts	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Crescent	1999
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	Moncton East	1998
	Chris Collins (2007)	Liberal		2007
	Mike Murphy	Liberal	Moncton North	2003	Resigned in January 2010.
	Joan MacAlpine-Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Moncton West	1999
	Liberal
	Cheryl Lavoie	Liberal	Nepisiguit	2006
	Keith Ashfield	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland-Sunbury West	1999
	Jack Carr (2008)	Progressive Conservative		2008
	Roland Haché	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur	1999
	Jody Carr	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto	1999
	Wally Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Petitcodiac	1999
	Liberal
	Mary Schryer	Liberal	Quispamsis	2006
	Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative	Restigouche-La-Vallée	1982, 1993	Resigned in fall 2008.
	Burt Paulin (2009)	Liberal	2003, 2009	Elected in 2009.
	Bruce Fitch	Progressive Conservative	Riverview	2003
	Rose-May Poirier	Progressive Conservative	Rogersville-Kouchibouguac	1999	Resigned February 2010.
	Margaret-Ann Blaney	Progressive Conservative	Rothesay	1999
	Roly MacIntyre	Liberal	Saint John East	1995, 2003
	Ed Doherty	Liberal	Saint John Harbour	2005
	Abel LeBlanc	Liberal	Saint John Lancaster	2003
	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Portland	1999
	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal	Saint John-Fundy	1987, 2003
	Victor Boudreau	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pélé	2004
	Rick Brewer	Liberal	Southwest Miramichi	2003
	Mike Olscamp	Progressive Conservative	Tantramar	2006
	Claude Landry	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila	2006
	Larry Kennedy	Liberal	Victoria-Tobique	1987
	David Alward	Progressive Conservative	Woodstock	1999
	Carl Urquhart	Progressive Conservative	York	2006
	Kirk MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	York North	1999

• bold denotes a member of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
• italics denotes a party leader
• † denotes the speaker

Standings changes since the 2006 general election

Number of members per party by date		2006	2007			2008			2009	2010
		Sep 18	Jan 31	Mar 5	Apr 17	Sep 8	Nov 3	Dec 22	Mar 9	Feb 9	Feb 28
	Liberal	29		30	32				33	32
	Progressive Conservative	26	25		23	22	23	22			21
	Total members	55	54	55		54	55	54	55	54	53
	Vacant	0	1	0		1	0	1	0	1	2
	Government Majority	3	4	5	9	10	9	10	11	10	11

Membership changes

• Bernard Lord, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in a 1998 by-election and served as Premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. He resigned his Moncton East seat on January 31, 2007.
• Keith Ashfield, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in the 1999 general election and served as deputy speaker from 1999 to 2003 and in the cabinet from 2003 to 2006. He resigned his New Maryland-Sunbury West seat on September 8, 2008 to seek election to the federal parliament.

1. December 22, 2008 Percy Mockler, Restigouche-la-Vallée was appointed to the Senate of Canada
2. February 9, 2010 Mike Murphy, Moncton North resigns his seat and cabinet post.
3. February 28, 2010 Rose-May Poirier, Rogersville-Kouchibouguac was appointed to the Senate of Canada

See also

• Canada portal

• 2006 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Notes

1. Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak
2. Bathurst
3. Saint John-Fundy