List of Prime Ministers of New Brunswick

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This list includes the Prime Ministers (English premier , French premier ministre ) of the Canadian province of New Brunswick . New Brunswick has a unicameral parliament with a parliamentary government based on the Westminster system . The prime minister is also the chairman of the party that holds the most seats in the legislative assembly . The Prime Minister acts as head of government , while the head of state , the Canadian monarch , by a Deputy Governor (lieutenant governor) is represented. In addition, the Prime Minister puts together and presides over the government called the Executive Council from among the elected MPs. Before joining the Canadian Confederation in 1867, New Brunswick was a British crown colony and the right to self-government had existed since 1854.

List of Prime Ministers of New Brunswick

  • New Brunswick Liberal Association
  • Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
  • Anti-Confederation Party
  • Confederation Party
    • Prime Minister of the Colony of New Brunswick (1854–1867)
    Prime minister
    (party)     		Term of office
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    		 01. Charles Fisher
    (Liberal Party)     		November 1, 1854 - May 1856 (1st term)
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    		 02. John Hamilton Gray
    (Conservative Party)     		June 21, 1856 - June 1, 1857
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    		 0- Charles Fisher
    (Liberal Party)     		June 1, 1857 - March 19, 1861 (2nd term)
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    		 03. Samuel Leonard Tilley
    (Liberal Party)     		March 19, 1861 - March 1865
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    		 04th Albert James Smith
    (Anti-Confederation Party)     		September 21, 1865 - April 14, 1866
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    		 05. Peter Mitchell
    (Confederation Party)     		April 14, 1866 - August 1867
    Prime Minister of the Province of New Brunswick (since 1867)
    Prime minister
    (party)     		Term of office
    01. Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
    (Confederation Party)     		August 16, 1867 - May 25, 1870
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    		 02. George Edwin King
    (Conservative Party)     		June 9, 1870 - February 21, 1871 (1st term)
    03. George Luther Hathaway
    (Conservative Party)     		February 21, 1871 - July 5, 1872
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    		 0- George Edwin King
    (Conservative Party)     		July 5, 1872 - May 3, 1878 (2nd term)
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    		 04th John James Fraser
    (Conservative Party)     		June 1878 - May 25, 1882
    05. Daniel Lionel Hanington
    (Conservative Party)     		May 25, 1882 - February 1883
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    		 06th Andrew George Blair
    (Liberal Party)     		March 3, 1883 - July 17, 1896
    07th James Mitchell
    (Liberal Party)     		July 17, 1896 - October 29, 1897
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    		 08th. Henry Emmerson
    (Liberal Party)     		October 29, 1897 - August 31, 1900
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    		 09. Lemuel John Tweedie
    (Liberal Party)     		September 1, 1900 - March 2, 1907
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    		 10. William Pugsley
    (Liberal Party)     		March 6, 1907 - May 31, 1907
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    		 11. Clifford William Robinson
    (Liberal Party)     		May 31, 1907 - March 24, 1908
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    		 12. John Douglas Hazen
    (Conservative Party)     		March 24, 1908 - October 10, 1911
    13. James Kidd Flemming
    (Conservative Party)     		October 16, 1911 - December 6, 1914
    14th George Johnson Clarke
    (Conservative Party)     		December 6, 1914 - February 1, 1917
    15th James Alexander Murray
    (Conservative Party)     		February 1 - April 4, 1917
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    		 16. Walter Edward Foster
    (Liberal Party)     		April 4, 1917 - February 1, 1923
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    		 17th Peter Veniot
    (Liberal Party)     		February 28, 1923 - September 10, 1925
    18th John Babington Macaulay Baxter
    (Conservative Party)     		September 14, 1925 - May 19, 1931
    19th Charles Dow Richards
    (Conservative Party)     		May 19, 1931 - June 2, 1933
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    		 20th Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
    (Conservative Party)     		June 1, 1933 - July 12, 1935
    21st Allison Dysart
    (Liberal Party)     		July 16, 1935 - March 13, 1940
    22nd John Babbitt McNair
    (Liberal Party)     		March 13, 1940 - October 7, 1952
    23. Hugh John Flemming
    (Progressive Conservative Party)     		October 8, 1952 - July 11, 1960
    24. Louis Robichaud
    (Liberal Party)     		July 12, 1960 - November 11, 1970
    25th Richard Bennett Hatfield
    (Progressive Conservative Party)     		November 11, 1970 - October 26, 1987
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    		 26th Frank McKenna
    (Liberal Party)     		October 27, 1987 - October 13, 1997
    27. Ray Frenette
    (Liberal Party)     		October 14, 1997 - May 14, 1998
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    		 28. Camille Thériault
    (Liberal Party)     		May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999
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    		 29 Bernard Lord
    (Progressive Conservative Party)     		June 21, 1999 - October 3, 2006
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    		 30th Shawn Graham
    (Liberal Party)     		October 3, 2006 - October 12, 2010
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    		 31. David Alward
    (Progressive Conservative Party)     		October 12, 2010 - October 7, 2014
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    		 32. Brian Gallant
    (Liberal Party)     		October 7, 2014 - November 9, 2018
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    		 31. Blaine Higgs
    (Progressive Conservative Party)     		November 9, 2018 - acting

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