27th New Brunswick Legislature

The 27th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between March 13, 1890, and September 28, 1892.

Samuel Leonard Tilley served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Albert S. White was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal Party led by Andrew G. Blair was able to form a government with the support of independent members.

The 27th New Brunswick Legislature abolished the upper house, the Legislative Council, on April 16, 1891. Donald Desserud and Stewart Hyson argued that "the impetus to rid the province of its upper assembly seems to have been less a concern over the council’s elite status, and more because it cost money to operate. Nevertheless, the time it took to abolish the upper chamber tested the patience of New Brunswick’s premier, Andrew Blair (1883-1896), who complained that his appointees to the upper chamber -- chosen for their supposed willingness to support his reform agenda -- developed an alarming independence once they took their seats. Blair eventually got the vote he wanted; however, the council imposed a condition: the council would continue until the next election. So Blair requested and was granted a dissolution two years early, and 'An Act Relating to the Legislative Council' formally abolished the chamber on 16 April 1891."

Members

Electoral District	Name	Party
Saint John County	Harrison A. McKeown	Conservative
	Alfred Augustus Stockton	Conservative
	James Rourke	Conservative
	William Shaw	Conservative
York	A.G. Blair	Liberal
	William Wilson	Liberal
	Richard Bellamy John Anderson (1890)	Liberal
	John Anderson Thomas Colter (1890)	Independent
Westmorland	O.M. Melanson	Conservative
	Henry A. Powell Joseph A. McQueen (1891)	Conservative
	H.T. Stevens Henry A. Powell (1891)	Independent
	D.L. Hanington	Conservative
Kings	William Pugsley	Liberal
	Albert S. White	Liberal
	George L. Taylor	Conservative
Queens	Thomas Hetherington	Liberal
	Albert Palmer	Liberal
Charlotte	James Mitchell	Liberal
	William Douglas	Conservative
	George F. Hibbard	Independent
	James Russell	Independent
Northumberland	James Robinson	Conservative
	L.J. Tweedie	Liberal
	John P. Burchill	Liberal
	John O'Brien	Conservative
Sunbury	William E. Perley	Conservative
	Charles B. Harrison	Liberal
Kent	James D. Phinney	Conservative
	Olivier J. Leblanc Auguste Théophile Léger (1891)	Liberal
Gloucester	Patrick G. Ryan	Liberal
	Joseph Poirier	Conservative
Carleton	Marcus C. Atkinson	Conservative
	George R. Ketchum	Conservative
Restigouche	William Murray	Conservative
	Charles H. LaBillois	Conservative
Albert	W.J. Lewis	Independent
	Gains S. Turner	Conservative
Victoria	James E. Porter	Conservative
Madawaska	Lévite Thériault	Liberal
Saint John City	Silas Alward	Liberal
	A.C. Smith	Conservative

References

• The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891, JA Gemmill