The 1878 New Brunswick general election was held in June 1878, to elect 41 members to the Post-Confederation
24th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. The election was held before the adoption of party labels.
John James Fraser
John James Fraser (August 1, 1829 – November 24, 1896) was a New Brunswick (Canada) lawyer, judge, and politician.
John Fraser was born at Beaubears Island, New Brunswick. He married twice, the first time in 1867 to Martha Cumming. She die ...
was appointed premier of New Brunswick on May 4, 1878, following the resignation of
George Edwin King
George Edwin King (October 8, 1839 – May 7, 1901) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
King was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and attended Wesl ...
, and led his government into the election weeks later.
Of forty-one
MLAs (members of the Legislative Assembly), thirty-one were in support of the government, and ten formed the opposition.
Results
References
1878 elections in Canada
Elections in New Brunswick
1878 in New Brunswick
June 1878 events
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