54th New Brunswick Legislature

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Rendition of party representation in the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, at its first session after the 1999 election.

  Progressive Conservatives (44)

  Liberals (10)

  New Democrats (1)

The 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1999 and was dissolved on May 10, 2003.

Leadership

The speaker from its first meeting on July 6, 1999, until the Assembly was dissolved was Bev Harrison. Harrison would go on to be re-elected speaker for the 55th Assembly as well.

Premier Bernard Lord led the government for the whole of the life of the assembly.

The opposition was led from the forming of the assembly until 2001 by former Premier Camille Thériault, then, until May 14, 2002, by interim leader Bernard Richard and from then until dissolution by Shawn Graham.

Elizabeth Weir led the third party New Democrats for the life of the assembly.

Members

All were elected in the 34th general election held on June 7, 1999, except for Jean F. Dubé and Gaston Moore elected in by-elections held on February 5, 2001, and Claude Williams elected in a by-election on April 23, 2001. In 2002, Pat Crossman died, her Riverview seat remained vacant until the 55th general election.

Members at dissolution

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	Name	Party	Electoral District	First elected / previously elected
Eric Allaby	Liberal	Fundy Isles	1987
David Alward	Progressive Conservative	Woodstock	1999
Keith Ashfield	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland	1999
Joel Bernard	Progressive Conservative	Nepisiguit	1999
John Betts	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Crescent	1999
Norman Betts	Progressive Conservative	Southwest Miramichi	1999
Margaret-Ann Blaney	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Kings	1999
Jody Carr	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto-Gagetown	1999
Douglas Cosman	Progressive Conservative	Kings East	1999
Pat Crossman	Progressive Conservative	Riverview	1999
Benoit Cyr	Progressive Conservative	Restigouche West	1999
Edmond Blanchard	Liberal	Campbellton	1987	Jean F. Dubé (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001
Madeleine Dubé	Progressive Conservative		Edmundston	1999
D. Peter Forbes	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton North	1999
Brenda Fowlie	Progressive Conservative	Kennebecasis	1999
Dennis Furlong	Progressive Conservative	Dalhousie-Restigouche East	1999
Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	1993
Shawn Graham	Liberal	Kent	1998
Brad Green	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton South	1998
Roland Haché	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur	1999
Bev Harrison†	Progressive Conservative	Hampton-Belleisle	1978Template:Efn, 1999
Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Portland	1999
Tony Huntjens	Progressive Conservative	Western Charlotte	1999
Kim Jardine	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Centre	1999
David Jordan	Progressive Conservative	Grand Lake	1999
Carole Keddy	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Champlain	1999
Larry Kennedy	Liberal	Victoria-Tobique	1987
Donald Kinney	Progressive Conservative	York	1999
Jean-Guy Laforest	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls Region	1999
René Landry	Progressive Conservative	Moncton North	1999
Sheldon Lee	Liberal	Charlotte	1978
Eric MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak	1999
Norm McFarlane	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Lancaster	1999
Louis-Philippe McGraw	Progressive Conservative	Centre-Péninsule	1999
Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal	Bathurst	1991
Cy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Dieppe-Memramcook	1999
Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	Moncton East	1998
Joan MacAlpine	Progressive Conservative	Moncton South	1999
Kirk MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	Mactaquac	1999
Michael Malley	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi-Bay du Vin	1999
Peter Mesheau	Progressive Conservative	Tantramar	1997
Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-la-Vallée	1982, 1993
Bernard Thériault	Liberal	Caraquet	1987	Gaston Moore (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001
Rose-May Poirier	Progressive Conservative		Rogersville-Kouchibouguac	1999
Bernard Richard	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pélé	1991
Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila	1994
Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou	1999
Réjean Savoie	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Bay	1999
Milton Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	Grand Bay-Westfield	1995
Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Albert	1999
Wally Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Petitcodiac	1999
Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs	1995
Elizabeth Weir	New Democratic	Saint John Harbour	1991
Rodney Weston	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Fundy	1999
Camille Thériault	Liberal	Kent South	1987	Claude Williams (2001)	Progressive Conservative	2001

Bold denotes a member of the cabinet.
Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

Former members

• Edmond Blanchard, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned in 2000 to accept an appointment to the Federal Court of Canada.
• Pat Crossman, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in 1999, she died in 2002.
• Bernard Thériault, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned in 2000 to run in the 2000 federal election.
• Camille Thériault, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned as leader of the Liberals and the Opposition as well as his seat in 2001.

See also

• 1999 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

External links

• Elections in New Brunswick 1984–2006, Elections New BrunswickTemplate:Cbignore (pdf)