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{{short description|Legislature of New Brunswick, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{update|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox legislature
 | name          = Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
 | native_name   = {{nobold|{{lang|fr|Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick}}}}
 | coa_pic       = NewBrunswick CoatOfArms.png
 | coa_res       =
 | coa-pic       =
 | coa-res       =
 | session_room  = New Brunswick Legislative Assembly 2011.JPG
 | legislature   = [[61st New Brunswick Legislature]] 
 | house_type    = [[Lower house]] (1786–1891) then [[unicameral house]]
 | body          = New Brunswick Legislature
 | foundation    = {{Start date and age|1785}}
 | preceded_by   = [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly]]
 | leader2_type  = [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|Speaker]]
 | leader2       = [[Francine Landry]]
 | party2        = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
 | election2     =
 | leader3_type  = [[Premier of New Brunswick|Premier]]
 | leader3       = [[Susan Holt]]
 | party3        = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
 | election3     = 2 November 2024
 | leader4_type  = [[Leader of the Opposition (New Brunswick)|Leader of the Opposition]]
 | leader4       = [[Glen Savoie]]
 | party4        = [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]]
 | election4     = 
 | leader5_type  = [[Government House Leader (New Brunswick)|Government<br />House Leader]]
 | leader5       = [[Marco LeBlanc]]
 | party5        = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Lib]]
 | election5     = 
 | leader6_type  = [[House Leader|Opposition<br />House Leader]]
 | leader6       = [[Margaret Johnson (politician)|Margaret Johnson]]
 | party6        = [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]]
 | election6     = 
 | members       = 49
 | structure1        = New_Brunswick_Legislative_Assembly_(Assemblée_législative_du_Nouveau-Brunswick)_-_Seating_Chart_by_Party_(Plan_de_salle_par_parti).svg
 | structure1_res     = 300
 | political_groups1  = 
 '''[[Government of New Brunswick|His Majesty's Government]]'''
*{{legend|#EA6D6A|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] (31)}}
'''[[Official Opposition (Canada)|His Majesty's Loyal Opposition]]'''
*{{legend|#6598ef|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]] (15)}}

'''Other parties'''
*{{legend|#99C955|[[Green Party of New Brunswick|Green]] (2)}}
*{{color box|white|border=darkgray}} Vacant (1)

 | last_election1 = [[2024 New Brunswick general election|October 21, 2024]]
 | next_election1 = [[42nd New Brunswick general election|TBD]]
 | meeting_place = [[New Brunswick Legislative Building|Legislative Building]], [[Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada
 | website       = [https://www.legnb.ca/en www.legnb.ca]
 | salary = [[Canadian dollar|C$]]93,126 (2024 base salary)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9746921/new-brunswick-mla-pay-raise|title=New Brunswick MLAs to get pay raise in 2024|first=Silas|last=Brown|publisher=Global News|date=June 5, 2023|access-date=October 22, 2024}}</ref>
}}
The '''Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick''' ({{langx|fr|Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick}}) is the [[deliberative assembly]] of the [[New Brunswick Legislature]], in the province of [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. The assembly's seat is located in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]. It was established in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] ''de jure'' when the colony was created in 1784 but came into session only in 1786, following the first [[List of pre-confederation New Brunswick general elections|elections]] in late 1785. The legislative assembly was originally the [[lower house]] in a [[bicameral]] legislature. Its [[upper house]] counterpart, the [[Legislative Council of New Brunswick]], was abolished in 1891.  Its members are called "[[Members of the Legislative Assembly]]", commonly referred to as "MLAs".

==History==
[[Nova Scotia]] originally covered most of the territory of today's [[Maritime provinces]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Desserud|first=Donald|last2=Hyson|first2=Stewart|date=May 2012|title=New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.revparlcan.ca/en/vol35-no1-new-brunswicks-legislative-assembly-donald-desserud-stewart-hyson-2/|journal=Canadian Parliamentary Review|volume=35|issue=1}}</ref> In 1784, New Brunswick became a distinct colony from Nova Scotia.<ref name=":0" /> [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] was chosen as the original capital when New Brunswick was formed as it was the centre of commerce and the only city at that time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fredericton, Saint John capital quarrel revisited in study|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-saint-john-capital-quarrel-revisited-in-study-1.3105906|access-date=20 July 2017|website=CBC}}</ref> 

The first elections took place in November 1785.<ref name=":0" /> The legislative assembly came into session in January 1786.<ref name=":0" /> It was originally the [[lower house]] in a [[bicameral]] legislature.<ref name=":0" /> Its [[upper house]] counterpart, the [[Legislative Council of New Brunswick]], was abolished on April 16, 1891.<ref name=":0" />

== Legislative Building ==
The [[New Brunswick Legislative Building]] is the current building that houses the Assembly. It opened in 1882, having been constructed by J.C. Dumaresq, following the destruction of the original building, known as Province Hall, by fire in 1880.

The legislative chamber is designed to have four rows on the government side and three rows on the opposition side. This is because elections have traditionally yielded a strong [[majority government|government majority]]; in fact on occasion, even with many of the seats on one side of the House, the government has spilled over to the opposition side.  Quite often the House is oriented to have only two rows on the opposition benches, in the event of a large opposition adding a third row makes the opposition benches rather crowded.

==Current members==
{{For|current members|61st New Brunswick Legislature}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!class="unsortable"|
!Name
!Party
!Riding
!First elected
!Notes

{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Sherry Wilson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Albert-Riverview]]
|2010 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Don Monahan]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[René Legacy]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Bathurst (electoral district)|Bathurst]]
|2020 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Benoît Bourque]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Beausoleil-Grand-Bouctouche-Kent]]
|2014 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Marco LeBlanc]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Belle-Baie-Belledune]]
|2023 b.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Isabelle Thériault]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Caraquet (electoral district)|Caraquet]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Margaret Johnson (politician)|Margaret Johnson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Carleton-Victoria]]
|2020 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Richard Ames (Canadian politician)|Richard Ames]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Carleton-York]]
|2020 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Lyne Chantal Boudreau]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Champdoré-Irishtown]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Natacha Vautour]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Dieppe-Memramcook]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Jean-Claude D'Amours]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Edmundston-Vallée-des-Rivières]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Kris Austin]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Fredericton-Grand Lake]]
|2018 g.e.
|Former People's Alliance leader
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Green|row}}
|[[David Coon]]
|[[Green Party of New Brunswick|Green]]
|[[Fredericton-Lincoln]]
|2014 g.e
|Leader of Green party
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Luke Randall]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton North]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Susan Holt]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Fredericton South-Silverwood]]
|2023 b.e.
|Leader of Liberal Party/Premier
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Ryan Cullins]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Fredericton-York]]
|2020 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Ian Lee (politician)|Ian Lee]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Fundy-The Isles-Saint John Lorneville]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Chuck Chiasson]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin]]
|2014 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[John Herron (New Brunswick politician)|John Herron]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Cindy Miles]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Hanwell-New Maryland]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Luc Robichaud]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Hautes-Terres-Nepisiguit]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Pat Finnigan]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Kent North (electoral district)|Kent North]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Bill Oliver (politician)|Bill Oliver]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Kings Centre]]
|2014 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Francine Landry]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston]]
|2014 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|row}}
|[[Megan Mitton]]
|[[Green Party of New Brunswick|Green]]
|[[Memramcook-Tantramar]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Michelle Conroy]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Miramichi (provincial electoral district)|Miramichi]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Sam Johnston (New Brunswick politician)| Sam Johnston]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Miramichi Bay-Neguac]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Mike Dawson (politician)|Mike Dawson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Miramichi West (electoral district)|Miramichi West]]
|2022 b.e. 
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Rob McKee]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton Centre (electoral district)|Moncton Centre]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alexandre Cédric Doucet]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton East (electoral district)|Moncton East]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Tania Sodhi]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton Northwest (electoral district)|Moncton Northwest]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Claire Johnson]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Moncton South (electoral district)|Moncton South]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Mary Wilson (politician)|Mary Wilson]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Oromocto-Sunbury]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[John Dornan (politician)|John Dornan]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Portland-Simonds]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Aaron Kennedy]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Quispamsis (electoral district)|Quispamsis]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Guy Arseneault]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Restigouche East]]
|2014 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Gilles LePage]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberall]]
|[[Restigouche West]]
|2018 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Rob Weir]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Riverview (electoral district)|Riverview]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alyson Townsend]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Rothesay (electoral district)|Rothesay]]
|2024 g.e
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Kathy Bockus]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Saint Croix (electoral district)|Saint Croix]]
|2020 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Glen Savoie]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Saint John East]]
|2010 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[David Hickey (politician) |David Hickey]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John Harbour (electoral district)|Saint John Harbour]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Kate Elman Wilcott]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Saint John West-Lancaster]]
|2024 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Robert Gauvin]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Shediac Bay-Dieppe]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Jacques LeBlanc (politician)|Jacques LeBlanc]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Shediac-Cap-Acadie]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Eric Mallet]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Shippagan-Les-Îles]]
|2020 g.e. 
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Tammy Scott-Wallace]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Sussex-Three Rivers]]
|2020 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Keith Chiasson]]
|[[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
|[[Tracadie (electoral district)| 
Tracadie]]
|2018 g.e.
|
{{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|row}}
|[[Bill Hogan (politician)|Bill Hogan]]
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Woodstock-Hartland]]
|2020 g.e
|}
g.e. = general election, b.e. = [[by-election]]

==See also==

*[[:Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]]
*[[53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[55th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[57th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[58th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[59th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]
*[[60th New Brunswick Legislature|60th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
<references />

== Further reading ==

* {{cite web
 |url=https://www.gedmartin.net/martinalia-mainmenu-3/231-fredericton-versus-saint-john
 |title=Fredericton versus Saint John: The New Brunswick Seat of Government, 1785-1882
 |last=Martin
 |first=Ged
 |date=2015
 |access-date=24 July 2021}} 

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