The 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 16, 1871, and May 15, 1874.

Lemuel Allan Wilmot served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick until November 1873, when he was replaced by Samuel Leonard Tilley.

E.A. Vail was chosen as speaker.

The Liberal-Conservatives led by George E. King formed the government. George L. Hathaway took over the leadership of the party in February 1871. George E. King became leader again in 1872 after Hathaway's death.

In May 1871, the Common Schools Act was passed; it came into effect the following year. This legislation implemented a system of publicly funded schools. However, it excluded denominational schools; religious instruction in schools operated under the system was banned. The act offended Roman Catholics and Acadians in the province.

Members

Electoral DistrictNamePartyFirst elected / previously elected
AlbertRufus Palmer[a]Liberal1870
James RyanIndependent1870
Martin B. Palmer (1873)Liberal1873
CarletonWilliam LindsayLiberal1861
George W. White[b]Conservative1868
David Irvine (1873)Liberal1873
CharlotteBenjamin Robert StephensonLiberal1867
Francis HibbardIndependent1866
Joseph DonaldIndependent1870
J. McAdam[c]Conservative1854, 1864, 1866
John Cameron Brown (1872)Liberal1872
GloucesterSamuel H. NapierIndependent1870
Théotime BlanchardConservative1870
KentWilliam Shand Caie[a]Independent1865
Antoine GirouardConservative1870
Henry O'Leary (1873)Independent1873
KingsE.A. VailIndependent1857, 1870
George Otty[d]Independent1865, 1870
John Herbert CrawfordLiberal1870
J.W. Nowlan (1873)Liberal1873
NorthumberlandWilliam Moore KellyIndependent1867
Jacob C. GoughIndependent1867
Michael AdamsConservative1870
Thomas F. GillespieConservative1870
QueensR.T Babbit[b]Independent1866
Gideon D. Bailey[b]Independent1870
Ebenezer Williams (1871)Independent1871
Walter S. Butler (1872)Independent1867, 1872
RestigoucheWilliam MontgomeryIndependent1867
Alexander C. DesBrisay[b]Liberal1865
John Phillips (1870)Liberal1870
Saint John CityAaron AlwardIndependent1870
William WedderburnIndependent1870
Saint John CountyGeorge E. KingConservative1867
Edward WillisIndependent1870
Michael Whalen MaherIndependent1870
Joseph CoramIndependent1865, 1867
SunburyArchibald HarrisonLiberal1870
John S. CovertLiberal1868
VictoriaLévite ThériaultLiberal1868
James TibbitsIndependent1854, 1870
WestmorlandP.A. LandryConservative1870
Angus McQueenIndependent1866
Bliss BotsfordIndependent1850, 1856, 1865
Joseph Lytle Moore[e]Independent1867
Daniel Lionel Hanington (1870)Conservative1870
John A. Humphrey (1872)Conservative1872
YorkRobert RobinsonIndependent1870
G.L. Hatheway[f]Conservative1850, 1861, 1870
John A. BeckwithConservative1866
Charles McPhersonIndependent1854, 1870
John James Fraser (1872)Conservative1865, 1872

Notes

  1. ^ died in 1873
  2. ^ resigned
  3. ^ elected to federal seat
  4. ^ resigned seat after being named a judge
  5. ^ died in 1871
  6. ^ died in 1872