The 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented

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between February 16, 1871, and May 15, 1874.

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 ...

served as

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until November 1873, when he was replaced by

Samuel Leonard Tilley Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (May 8, 1818June 25, 1896) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family. As a pharmacist, he went into business as a ...

. E.A. Vail was chosen as speaker. The

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s led by George E. King formed the government.

George L. Hathaway George Luther Hathaway (August 4, 1813 – July 5, 1872) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. His surname also appears as Hatheway. He was born in Musquash, New Brunswick, the son of Calvin Luther Hatheway and Sarah Harrison. He enter ...

took over the leadership of the party in February 1871. George E. King became leader again in 1872 after Hathaway's death. In May 1871, the

Common Schools Act The ''Common Schools Act of 1871'' (the Act) was legislation of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, passed by the 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, which replaced the ''Parish Schools Act'' of 1858. The legislation aimed to abolish chur ...

was passed; it came into effect the following year. This legislation implemented a system of publicly funded schools. However, it excluded denominational schools; religious instruction in schools operated under the system was banned. The act offended

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s and

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s in the province.

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References

''The Canadian parliamentary companion'', HJ Morgan (1871)
{{Portal, Canada Terms of the New Brunswick Legislature 1870 establishments in New Brunswick 1874 disestablishments in New Brunswick