The 21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented

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between June 21, 1866, and June 3, 1870. The assembly sat at the pleasure of the

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Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon.

Charles Hastings Doyle Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (10 April 1803 – 19 March 1883) was a British military officer and he was the second Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia post Confederation and the first Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Military career Bo ...

became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick in 1867 following

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. He was succeeded by

Francis Pym Harding Francis Pym Harding (23 September 1821 – 25 February 1875) was an English general in the British Army and the second Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1867 to 1868. Born in The Grove, Lymington, Hampshire, England, Harding was ...

in October 1867 and then

Lemuel Allan Wilmot Lemuel Allan Wilmot (31 January 1809 – 20 May 1878) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, the son of William M. Wilmot and Hannah Bliss, Wilmot was educated at the Fredericton grammar school ...

in July 1868. The speaker was selected as John H. Gray. From 1867 to 1870, Bliss Botsford held the position of speaker. The

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led by

Peter Mitchell Peter or Pete Mitchell may refer to: Media *Pete Mitchell (broadcaster) (1958–2020), British broadcaster *Peter Mitchell (newsreader) (born 1960), Australian journalist *Peter Mitchell (photographer) (born 1943), British documentary photographer ...

formed the government; Mitchell was a member of the province's Legislative Council. Andrew R. Wetmore became leader after Mitchell was named to the Canadian senate.

History

Members

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References

''Journal of the House of Assembly of ... New Brunswick for the second session of the twentieth ... and the first session of the twenty first General Assembly'' (1866)
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