The 40th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 20, 1945, and May 8, 1948. It was elected in the 1944 New Brunswick general election and subsequent by-elections.
William George Clark served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick in 1945. He was succeeded by David Laurence MacLaren in November of that year.
Harry O. Downey was chosen as speaker.
The Liberal Party led by John B. McNair formed the government.
Members Electoral DistrictNamePartyFirst elected / previously elected AlbertHarry O. DowneyLiberal1930A. Russell ColpittsLiberal1939 CarletonHugh J. FlemmingProgressive Conservative1944Gladstone W. PerryProgressive Conservative1930Fred C. SquiresProgressive Conservative1925 CharlotteJ.J. Hayes DooneLiberal1935R. Fraser KeayLiberal1935Hugh S. BalkamLiberal1944Owen MorseLiberal1944 GloucesterFrederick C. YoungLiberal1944Clovis T. RichardLiberal1926J. André DoucetLiberal1923Joseph E. ConnollyLiberal1940Michel Fournier (1945)Liberal1945 KentJ. Killeen McKeeLiberal1940Isaie MelansonLiberal1939Armand RichardLiberal1944 KingsElmore T. KennedyProgressive Conservative1939Hugh MackayProgressive Conservative1939John WoodsProgressive Conservative1944 MadawaskaJ. Gaspard BoucherLiberal1935J. Hervé ProulxLiberal1944MonctonCharles H. BlakeneyLiberal1935 NorthumberlandWilliam S. AndersonLiberal1930Richard J. GillLiberal1930H. S. MurrayLiberal1944Hidulphe A. SavoieLiberal1930 QueensEdward S. DarrahLiberal1944H. C. ParkerLiberal1944 RestigoucheBenoît MichaudLiberal1944Edward Samuel MooersLiberal1939Jean-Baptiste D'Astous (1945)Liberal1945 Saint John CityLaurance T. DowProgressive Conservative1944Ralph G. McInerneyProgressive Conservative1939W. Grant SmithProgressive Conservative1939J. Starr TaitProgressive Conservative1939 Saint John CountyRobert McAllisterProgressive Conservative1931Alphonso C. SmithProgressive Conservative1935Edward C. Seeley (1945)Independent1945 SunburyGordon R. LawsonLiberal1944F. A. McGrandLiberal1935 VictoriaFrederick W. PirieLiberal1930Michael F. McCluskeyLiberal1944Vernon R. Briggs (1945)Liberal1945 WestmorlandAustin C. TaylorLiberal1935Frank H. CoppLiberal1935Édouard S. LégerLiberal1939L. C. DysartLiberal1944 YorkHarry A. CoreyLiberal1944Donald T. CochraneLiberal1944Harry C. GreenlawLiberal1944John B. McNairLiberal1935, 1940
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References
General Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1948, PG Normandin