54th New Brunswick Legislature

Rendition of party representation in the 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, at its first session after the 1999 election.

  Progressive Conservatives (44)

  Liberals (10)

  New Democrats (1)

The 54th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 1999 and was dissolved on May 10, 2003.

Leadership

The speaker from its first meeting on July 6, 1999, until the Assembly was dissolved was Bev Harrison. Harrison would go on to be re-elected speaker for the 55th Assembly as well.

Premier Bernard Lord led the government for the whole of the life of the assembly.

The opposition was led from the forming of the assembly until 2001 by former Premier Camille Thériault, then, until May 14, 2002, by interim leader Bernard Richard and from then until dissolution by Shawn Graham.

Elizabeth Weir led the third party New Democrats for the life of the assembly.

Members

All were elected in the 34th general election held on June 7, 1999, except for Jean F. Dubé and Gaston Moore elected in by-elections held on February 5, 2001, and Claude Williams elected in a by-election on April 23, 2001. In 2002, Pat Crossman died, her Riverview seat remained vacant until the 55th general election.

Members at dissolution

	Name	Party	Electoral District	First elected / previously elected
	Eric Allaby	Liberal	Fundy Isles	1987
	David Alward	Progressive Conservative	Woodstock	1999
	Keith Ashfield	Progressive Conservative	New Maryland	1999
	Joel Bernard	Progressive Conservative	Nepisiguit	1999
	John Betts	Progressive Conservative	Moncton Crescent	1999
	Norman Betts	Progressive Conservative	Southwest Miramichi	1999
	Margaret-Ann Blaney	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Kings	1999
	Jody Carr	Progressive Conservative	Oromocto-Gagetown	1999
	Douglas Cosman	Progressive Conservative	Kings East	1999
	Pat Crossman	Progressive Conservative	Riverview	1999
	Benoit Cyr	Progressive Conservative	Restigouche West	1999
	Edmond Blanchard	Liberal	Campbellton	1987
	Jean F. Dubé	Progressive Conservative		2001
	Madeleine Dubé	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston	1999
	D. Peter Forbes	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton North	1999
	Brenda Fowlie	Progressive Conservative	Kennebecasis	1999
	Dennis Furlong	Progressive Conservative	Dalhousie-Restigouche East	1999
	Dale Graham	Progressive Conservative	Carleton	1993
	Shawn Graham	Liberal	Kent	1998
	Brad Green	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton South	1998
	Roland Haché	Liberal	Nigadoo-Chaleur	1999
	Bev Harrison†	Progressive Conservative	Hampton-Belleisle	1978, 1999
	Trevor Holder	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Portland	1999
	Tony Huntjens	Progressive Conservative	Western Charlotte	1999
	Kim Jardine	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Centre	1999
	David Jordan	Progressive Conservative	Grand Lake	1999
	Carole Keddy	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Champlain	1999
	Larry Kennedy	Liberal	Victoria-Tobique	1987
	Donald Kinney	Progressive Conservative	York	1999
	Jean-Guy Laforest	Progressive Conservative	Grand Falls Region	1999
	René Landry	Progressive Conservative	Moncton North	1999
	Sheldon Lee	Liberal	Charlotte	1978
	Eric MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative	Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak	1999
	Norm McFarlane	Progressive Conservative	Saint John Lancaster	1999
	Louis-Philippe McGraw	Progressive Conservative	Centre-Péninsule	1999
	Marcelle Mersereau	Liberal	Bathurst	1991
	Cy LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative	Dieppe-Memramcook	1999
	Bernard Lord	Progressive Conservative	Moncton East	1998
	Joan MacAlpine	Progressive Conservative	Moncton South	1999
	Kirk MacDonald	Progressive Conservative	Mactaquac	1999
	Michael Malley	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi-Bay du Vin	1999
	Peter Mesheau	Progressive Conservative	Tantramar	1997
	Percy Mockler	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-la-Vallée	1982, 1993
	Bernard Thériault	Liberal	Caraquet	1987
	Gaston Moore	Progressive Conservative		2001
	Rose-May Poirier	Progressive Conservative	Rogersville-Kouchibouguac	1999
	Bernard Richard	Liberal	Shediac-Cap-Pélé	1991
	Elvy Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Tracadie-Sheila	1994
	Paul Robichaud	Progressive Conservative	Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou	1999
	Réjean Savoie	Progressive Conservative	Miramichi Bay	1999
	Milton Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	Grand Bay-Westfield	1995
	Wayne Steeves	Progressive Conservative	Albert	1999
	Wally Stiles	Progressive Conservative	Petitcodiac	1999
	Jeannot Volpé	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-les-Lacs	1995
	Elizabeth Weir	New Democratic	Saint John Harbour	1991
	Rodney Weston	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Fundy	1999
	Camille Thériault	Liberal	Kent South	1987
	Claude Williams	Progressive Conservative		2001

Bold denotes a member of the cabinet.
Italics denotes a party leader
† denotes the Speaker

Former members

• Edmond Blanchard, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned in 2000 to accept an appointment to the Federal Court of Canada.
• Pat Crossman, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in 1999, she died in 2002.
• Bernard Thériault, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned in 2000 to run in the 2000 federal election.
• Camille Thériault, a Liberal, was first elected to the legislature in the 1987 election, he resigned as leader of the Liberals and the Opposition as well as his seat in 2001.

See also

• 1999 New Brunswick general election
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

• Elections in New Brunswick 1984–2006, Elections New Brunswick (pdf)