The 20th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between April 27, 1865, and May 9, 1866.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon. Edwin Arnold Vail was chosen as speaker.
The anti-Confederation Party led by Albert James Smith formed the government.
In April 1866, the non-elected Legislative Council passed a reply to the throne speech supporting confederation, which was accepted by Governor Gordon. Smith and his administration resigned in protest of what they believed to be a violation of the fundamentals of responsible government. The assembly was dissolved and an election was called.
Members Electoral DistrictNameFirst elected / previously elected AlbertAbner R. McClelan1854John Lewis1856, 1865 CarletonWilliam Lindsay1861Charles Connell1846, 1864 CharlotteGeorge F. Hill1865James Boyd1854, 1861Arthur Hill Gillmor1854Robert Thomson1865 GloucesterJohn Meahan1861Robert Young1861 KentWilliam S. Caie1865Lestock P. W. DesBrisay1856 KingsEdwin A. Vail1857Walter B. Scovil1856George Otty1865 NorthumberlandEdward Williston1861Richard Hutchison1865George Kerr1852Richard Sutton1854, 1865 QueensJoseph B. Perkins1865Gideon D. Bailey1865 RestigoucheJohn McMillan1857Alexander C. DesBrisay1865 Saint John CityAndrew R. Wetmore1865Jacob V. Troop1865 Saint John CountyJohn W. Cudlip1857Robert D. Wilmot1850, 1865Joseph Coram1865Timothy W. Anglin1861 SunburyJohn Glasier1861William E. Perley1856 VictoriaJohn Costigan1861Benjamin Beveridge1863 WestmorlandAlbert J. Smith1854Amand Landry1846, 1853, 1861Bliss Botsford1850, 1856, 1865William J. Gilbert1861 YorkJohn C. Allen1856George L. Hatheway1850, 1861John J. Fraser1865William H. Needham1850, 1865Charles Fisher (1865)1854, 1865
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External links Journal of the House of Assembly of ... New Brunswick from ... April to ... June, 1865 ... (1865) History of New Brunswick Provincial Election Campaigns and Platforms 1866–1974, CA Woodward (1976)