The 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a
general election in 1978. It was dissolved on September 1, 1982.
Leadership
Robert McCready
Robert Black McCready (October 28, 1921 – November 3, 1995) was a restaurateur and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, representing Queen's County from 1967 to 1974 as a L ...
was chosen as
speaker
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in 1979 even though he had been elected as a
Liberal
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member.
James Tucker succeeded McCready as speaker in 1981.
Premier Richard Hatfield
Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931 – April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and the longest serving premier of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1987.Richard Starr, ''Richard Hatfield, The Seventeen Year Saga,'' 1987,
Early life
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led the government. The
Progressive Conservative Party was the ruling party.
List of Members
See also
*
1978 New Brunswick general election
*
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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References
* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1981'', PG Normandin
Terms of the New Brunswick Legislature
1978 establishments in New Brunswick
1982 disestablishments in New Brunswick
20th century in New Brunswick
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