53rd New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, at its first session after the 1995 election.

  Liberals (48)

  Progressive Conservatives (6)

  New Democrats (1)

The 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1995 and was dissolved on May 8, 1999.

Leadership

The speaker from its first meeting until July 21, 1997, was Danny Gay, Gay resigned the speakership to join the cabinet. John McKay was elected to succeed Gay as speaker later in the session.

Premier Frank McKenna led the government from the beginning of the assembly until he resigned on October 12, 1997. He was succeeded as Premier by Ray Frenette who served as interim leader of McKenna's Liberals until Camille Thériault was elected as permanent leader. Thériault led the government as Premier from May 14, 1998

The opposition was led from the forming of the assembly until 1997 by Bernard Valcourt, then by Elvy Robichaud who served as parliamentary leader of the Progressive Conservatives until Bernard Lord, who succeeded Valcourt as PC leader in 1997, gained a seat in 1998.

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

Members

All were elected in the 33rd general election held on September 11, 1995, except for James Doyle and Peter Mesheau, elected in by-elections on November 17, 1997, and Shawn Graham, Brad Green and Bernard Lord elected in by-elections on October 19, 1998. Albert Doucet was removed from the Liberal cabinet on February 5, 1997 and then was removed from caucus in March of that year, sitting as an independent until January 30, 1998 when he was accepted back into the Liberal fold.

Members at dissolution

	Name	Party	Electoral District	First elected / previously elected
	Eric Allaby	Liberal	Fundy Isles	1987
	LeRoy Armstrong	Liberal	Kings East	1995
	Jane Barry	Liberal	Saint John Lancaster	1987
	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal	Campbellton	1987
	Vaughn Blaney	Liberal	Oromocto-Gagetown	1987
	Ann Breault	Liberal	Western Charlotte	1987
	Greg Byrne	Liberal	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak	1995
	Georgie Day	Liberal	Hampton-Belleisle	1991
	Carolle de Ste. Croix	Liberal	Dalhousie-Restigouche East	1995
	Jean-Camille DeGrâce	Liberal	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou	1995
	Gene Devereux	Liberal	Moncton North	1995
	Albert Doucet	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur	1991
	Harry Doyle	Liberal	Albert	1991
	Frank McKenna	Liberal	Miramichi-Bay du Vin	1982
	James Doyle	Liberal		1997
	Paul Duffie	Liberal	Grand Falls Region	1987
	John Flynn	Liberal	York	1995
	Danny Gay	Liberal	Miramichi Bay	1987
	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	1993
	Alan R. Graham	Liberal	Kent	1967
	Shawn Graham	Liberal		1998
	Russell H. T. King	Liberal	Fredericton South	1987
	Brad Green	Progressive Conservative		1998
	Stuart Jamieson	Liberal	Saint John-Fundy	1987
	Laureen Jarrett	Liberal	Saint John-Kings	1987
	Kenneth Johnson	Liberal	Rogersville-Kouchibouguac	1995
	Al Kavanaugh	Liberal	Riverview	1995
	Larry Kennedy	Liberal	Victoria-Tobique	1987
	Joan Kingston	Liberal	New Maryland	1995
	Alban Landry	Liberal	Nepisiguit	1995
	Denis Landry	Liberal	Centre-Péninsule	1995
	Peter LeBlanc	Liberal	Kennebecasis	1995
	Sheldon Lee	Liberal	Charlotte	1978
	James E. Lockyer	Liberal	Moncton South	1987
	Raymond Frenette	Liberal	Moncton East	1974
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative		1998
	Reg MacDonald	Liberal	Southwest Miramichi	1979, 1987
	Roly MacIntyre	Liberal	Saint John Champlain	1995
	John McKay†	Liberal	Miramichi Centre	1974, 1987
	Ken MacLeod	Liberal	Moncton Crescent	1995
	Leo McAdam	Liberal	Saint John Portland	1987
	Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal	Bathurst	1991
	Marilyn Trenholme	Liberal	Tantramar	1987
	Peter Mesheau	Progressive Conservative		1997
	Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-la-Vallée	1982, 1993
	Greg O'Donnell	Liberal	Dieppe-Memramcook	1987
	David Olmstead	Liberal	Mactaquac	1995
	Bernard Richard	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pélé	1991
	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila	1994
	Jean-Paul Savoie	Liberal	Restigouche West	1987
	Milt Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	Grand Bay-Westfield	1995
	Bruce Smith	Liberal	Woodstock	1987
	Hollis Steeves	Liberal	Petitcodiac	1987, 1995
	Camille Thériault	Liberal	Kent South	1987
	Bernard Thériault	Liberal	Caraquet	1987
	Doug Tyler	Liberal	Grand Lake	1987
	Bernard Valcourt	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston	1995
	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs	1995
	Elizabeth Weir	New Democratic	Saint John Harbour	1991
	Jim Wilson	Liberal	Fredericton North	1987, 1995

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

Former members

• Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, she resigned in 1997 to accept an appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
• Frank McKenna, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1982 election, he resigned in 1997 in conjunction with his resignation as Premier.
• Ray Frenette, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1974 election, he resigned in 1998 following his resignation as Premier.
• Alan Graham, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1967 election, he resigned in 1998 after retiring from the cabinet.
• Russell King, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned in 1998 after retiring from the cabinet.

See also

• 1995 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

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