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8th New Brunswick Legislature

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The 8th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 30, 1821, and 1827.

The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick George S. Smyth. Howard Douglas became lieutenant governor in 1824.

The speaker of the house was selected as William Botsford. In 1824, after Botsford was appointed a judge, Ward Chipman, Jr. was elected speaker. Harry Peters succeeded Chipman as speaker in 1826.

History

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Members

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Electoral District Name
Saint John County Ward Chipman[1]
Robert Parker (1826)
Andrew S. Ritchie
John McNeil Wilmot
Charles Simonds
York Peter Fraser
John Allen
John Dow
Stair Agnew[2]
William Taylor (1822)
Westmorland William Botsford[1]
William Crane (1824)
Rufus Smith
Joseph Crandall[3]
Malcolm Wilmot (1823)
Benjamin Wilson
Kings John Cougle Vail
David B. Wetmore
Queens Samuel Scovil
William Peters
Charlotte Hugh Mackay
John Campbell
Peter Stubs
Joseph N. Clarke
Northumberland Richard Simonds
Hugh Munro
Sunbury Elijah Miles
Amos Perley[4]
William Wilmot (1824)
Saint John City Hugh Johnston, Jr.
Harry Peters

Notes

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  1. ^ a b appointed judge
  2. ^ died in 1821
  3. ^ declared ineligible because he was a preacher
  4. ^ died in 1822

References

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Preceded by Legislative Assemblies of New Brunswick
1821–1827
Succeeded by