Gloucester was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada, from the 1828 election of the 9th New Brunswick Legislature. It mirrored Gloucester County, and used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, divided up into five first past the post districts: Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles, and Tracadie.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Riding created from Northumberland 9th 1827 – 1830 Hugh Munro Ind. 10th 1831 – 1834 William End Ind. 11th 1835 – 1837 Peter Stewart Ind. 12th 1837 – 1842 13th 1843 – 1846 Joshua Alexandre Ind. 14th 1847 – 1850 Joseph Read Ind. 15th 1851 – 1854 Robert Gordon Ind. 16th 1854 – 1856 William End Ind. Patrick McNaughton Ind. 17th 1856 – 1857 Joseph Read Ind. 18th 1857 – 1861 19th 1862 – 1865 Robert Young Ind. John Meahan Ind. 20th 1865 – 1866 21st 1866 – 1870 22nd 1870 – 1874 Samuel Napier Ind. Théotime Blanchardresigned to accept appointment as Justice of the Peace Cons. 23rd 1875 – 1876 Kennedy F. Burns Lib. 1876 – 1878 Patrick G. Ryan Lib. 24th 1879 – 1882 Francis J. McManus Lib. 25th 1883 – 1886 26th 1886 – 1890 James Young Cons. 27th 1890 – 1892 Joseph Poirier Cons. 28th 1892 – 1894 John Sievewrightdied in office ca. Feb. 1898 Ind. Théotime Blanchardresigned to contest a federal by-election Cons. 1895 Peter Veniotresigned to accept appointment Lib. 29th 1896 – 1898 Prosper E. Paulin Cons. 1898 – 1899 Joseph Poirier Cons. 30th 1899 Theobald M. Burns Cons. 1900 – 1903 John Youngdied in office; no by-election afterwards Ind. 31st 1903 – 1908 32nd 1908 – 1912 Alphonse Sormany Ind. James P. Byrne Lib. Seraphin R. Léger Lib. 33rd 1912 – 1917 Joseph B. Hachey Ind. Alfred J. Witzell Ind. A.J.H. Stewart Ind. Martin J. Robichaud Ind. 34th 1917 – 1920 Peter Veniotelected to federal seat Lib. James P. Byrneresigned to accept appointment as judge Lib. Seraphin R. Léger Lib. Jean G. Robichaud Lib. 35th 1921 – 1922 1923 – 1925 J. André Doucet Lib. 1925 Ivan Rand Lib. 36th 1925 – 1926 John P. Lordondied in office Lib. 1926 – 1930 Clovis-Thomas Richard Lib. 37th 1931 1931 – 1935 Wesley H. Coffyn Cons. 38th 1935 – 1939 F.T.B. Young Lib. William A. Losier Lib. 39th 1939 – 1940 1940 – 1944 Joseph E. Connolly Lib. 40th 1944 – 1945 Frederick C. Young Lib. 1945 – 1948 J. Michel Fournier Lib. 41st 1948 – 1952 Ernest Richard Lib. 42nd 1952 – 1956 43rd 1957 – 1960 Claude Savoie Lib. 44th 1960 – 1963 H. H. Williamson Lib. Bernard A. Jeanresigned Lib. 45th 1963 – 1967 J. Omer Boudreau Lib. 46th 1967 – 1970 Gérard Haché Lib. A. A. Ferguson Lib. 47th 1970 – 1972 André Robichaud Lib. Frank Branch Lib. 1972 – 1974 Lorenzo Morais PC ''Riding dissolved into Caraquet, Nepisiguit-Chaleur, Nigadoo-Chaleur, Shippagan-les-Îles and'' Tracadie
Election results
See also List of New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
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