The 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 16, 1871, and May 15, 1874.
Lemuel Allan Wilmot served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick until November 1873, when he was replaced by Samuel Leonard Tilley.
E.A. Vail was chosen as speaker.
The Liberal-Conservatives led by George E. King formed the government. George L. Hathaway 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 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 Roman Catholics and Acadians in the province.
Members Electoral DistrictNamePartyFirst elected / previously elected AlbertRufus PalmerLiberal1870James RyanIndependent1870Martin B. Palmer (1873)Liberal1873 CarletonWilliam LindsayLiberal1861George W. WhiteConservative1868David Irvine (1873)Liberal1873 CharlotteBenjamin Robert StephensonLiberal1867Francis HibbardIndependent1866Joseph DonaldIndependent1870J. McAdamConservative1854, 1864, 1866John Cameron Brown (1872)Liberal1872 GloucesterSamuel H. NapierIndependent1870Théotime BlanchardConservative1870 KentWilliam Shand CaieIndependent1865Antoine GirouardConservative1870Henry O'Leary (1873)Independent1873 KingsE.A. VailIndependent1857, 1870George OttyIndependent1865, 1870John Herbert CrawfordLiberal1870J.W. Nowlan (1873)Liberal1873 NorthumberlandWilliam Moore KellyIndependent1867Jacob C. GoughIndependent1867Michael AdamsConservative1870Thomas F. GillespieConservative1870 QueensR.T BabbitIndependent1866Gideon D. BaileyIndependent1870Ebenezer Williams (1871)Independent1871Walter S. Butler (1872)Independent1867, 1872 RestigoucheWilliam MontgomeryIndependent1867Alexander C. DesBrisayLiberal1865John Phillips (1870)Liberal1870 Saint John CityAaron AlwardIndependent1870William WedderburnIndependent1870 Saint John CountyGeorge E. KingConservative1867Edward WillisIndependent1870Michael Whalen MaherIndependent1870Joseph CoramIndependent1865, 1867 SunburyArchibald HarrisonLiberal1870John S. CovertLiberal1868 VictoriaLévite ThériaultLiberal1868James TibbitsIndependent1854, 1870 WestmorlandP.A. LandryConservative1870Angus McQueenIndependent1866Bliss BotsfordIndependent1850, 1856, 1865Joseph Lytle MooreIndependent1867Daniel Lionel Hanington (1870)Conservative1870John A. Humphrey (1872)Conservative1872 YorkRobert RobinsonIndependent1870G.L. HathewayConservative1850, 1861, 1870John A. BeckwithConservative1866Charles McPhersonIndependent1854, 1870John James Fraser (1872)Conservative1865, 1872
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