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Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

  • French: Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick

Governs New Brunswick

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At a glance

What it's for

The provincial legislature makes laws for the province on subjects such as hospitals, education, municipal institutions, property and civil rights, the administration of justice and provincial courts, and natural resources, forestry and electricity generation.

Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A and 93 · Applies to every provincial legislature

What it can't do

A provincial legislature cannot make laws on subjects reserved to Parliament, such as criminal law, banking, currency and national defence, and it can levy only direct taxes within the province. Its laws must respect the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and a law inconsistent with the Constitution has no force or effect to that extent.

Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 91 and 92(2); Constitution Act, 1982, ss. 1 and 52 · Applies to every provincial legislature

Who it answers to

Voters elect the legislative assembly at least every five years. Bills become law with Royal Assent from the Lieutenant Governor, who is appointed by the Governor General in Council, and anyone whose Charter rights are infringed can ask a court for a remedy.

Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 58 and 90; Constitution Act, 1982, ss. 4 and 24 · Applies to every provincial legislature

Where its money comes from

The province raises money through direct taxes within the province, licences, its public lands and taxes on natural resources and electricity, and it can borrow on its own credit. Federal transfers add to this, including the Canada Health Transfer, the Canada Social Transfer and, for provinces that qualify, equalization payments.

Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92(2), 92(3), 92(5), 92(9), 92A(4) and 126; Constitution Act, 1982, s. 36(2); Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Parts I and V.1 · Applies to every provincial legislature

Shares responsibility with

The province shares agriculture and immigration with Parliament, whose laws prevail in a conflict, and old age pensions, where federal law does not override provincial law. Municipal councils and school boards in the province are created under provincial law.

Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92(8), 93, 94A and 95 · Applies to every provincial legislature

Next vote

  • General election · Member of the Legislative Assembly

Who sits on it

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  • Francine Landry as Speaker legnb.ca · checked
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  • Deputy Speaker legnb.ca · checked
  • Benoît Bourque as Deputy Speaker legnb.ca · checked
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  • Guy Arseneault as Deputy Speaker legnb.ca · checked
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  • Member of the Legislative Assembly laws.gnb.ca · checked
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Contact

  • Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

    706 Queen Street
    Fredericton, NB E3B 1C5

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What it can do

  • Direct taxation

    Direct taxation within the province to raise revenue for provincial purposes, e.g. provincial income tax, the provincial part of the Harmonized Sales Tax and property tax (Constitution Act, 1867, s. 92(2)).

  • Borrowing

    Borrowing money on the sole credit of the province (s. 92(3)).

  • Public service and public lands

    Provincial offices and officers, and the management and sale of provincial public lands and timber (s. 92(4), (5)).

  • Health care and hospitals

    Establishment, maintenance and management of hospitals, asylums and charities (s. 92(7)); New Brunswick runs Medicare and two regional health authorities (Horizon and Vitalité).

  • Municipal institutions

    Creates local governments and sets what they may do (s. 92(8)); in New Brunswick through the Local Governance Act (SNB 2017, c. 18), the Regional Service Delivery Act (SNB 2012, c. 37) and the Municipal Elections Act.

  • Licences

    Shop, saloon, tavern, auctioneer and other licences to raise revenue (s. 92(9)).

  • Local works and undertakings

    Local works and undertakings, including provincial highways and roads (s. 92(10)).

  • Incorporation of companies

    Incorporation of companies with provincial objects (s. 92(11)).

  • Solemnization of marriage

    Solemnization of marriage in the province (s. 92(12)).

  • Property and civil rights

    Property and civil rights in the province: contracts, property, labour relations, consumer protection, insurance, landlord and tenant, and most private law (s. 92(13)).

  • Administration of justice

    Administration of justice in the province, including provincial courts, civil procedure and policing (s. 92(14)).

  • Provincial offences

    Fines, penalties and imprisonment to enforce provincial laws (s. 92(15)), e.g. traffic and liquor offences.

  • Matters of a local or private nature

    Generally all matters of a merely local or private nature in the province (s. 92(16)).

  • Natural resources

    Exploration, development, conservation and management of non-renewable natural resources, forestry and electrical energy, and their taxation (s. 92A).

  • Education

    Exclusive power over education (s. 93); New Brunswick runs separate anglophone and francophone school systems (Education Act; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s. 16.1).

  • Agriculture and immigration

    Laws on agriculture and immigration in the province, concurrent with Parliament; federal law prevails in a conflict (s. 95).

  • Official languages

    English and French are the official languages of New Brunswick, with equal status in the Legislature and the provincial government; the English and French linguistic communities have equal status and rights (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss. 16(2), 16.1, 17(2), 18(2), 19(2), 20(2); Official Languages Act, SNB 2002, c. O-0.5).

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  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Official website. For: Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 (Justice Laws consolidation): Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92, 92A and 93. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: What it's for
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 (Justice Laws consolidation): Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 91 and 92(2); Constitution Act, 1982, ss. 1 and 52. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: What it can't do
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 (Justice Laws consolidation): Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 58 and 90; Constitution Act, 1982, ss. 4 and 24. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Who it answers to
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-8: Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92(2), 92(3), 92(5), 92(9), 92A(4) and 126; Constitution Act, 1982, s. 36(2); Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Parts I and V.1. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Where its money comes from
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 (Justice Laws consolidation): Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92(2), 92(3), 92(5), 92(9), 92A(4) and 126; Constitution Act, 1982, s. 36(2); Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, Parts I and V.1. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Where its money comes from
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 (Justice Laws consolidation): Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 92(8), 93, 94A and 95. Statute text read 2026-10-12 (research:authority-explainers, ticket 405). For: Shares responsibility with
  • legnb.ca · checked french: official French name. For: Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in French
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick website, read 2026-10-11. For: Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
  • laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked provincial: Constitution Act, 1867 Part VI; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Local Governance Act. For: Direct taxation, Borrowing, Public service and public lands, Health care and hospitals, Municipal institutions and 12 more
  • laws.gnb.ca · checked provincial: Legislative Assembly Act s. 3 (fixed election date); 49 districts per Regulation 2023-42 under the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act. For: Member of the Legislative Assembly
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Office as listed by the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (members' positions), read 2026-10-11. For: Speaker, Deputy Speaker
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Albert-Riverview (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Sherry Wilson as MLA, Albert-Riverview
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Don Monahan as MLA, Arcadia-Butternut Valley-Maple Hills
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Bathurst (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: René Legacy as MLA, Bathurst
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Beausoleil-Grand-Bouctouche-Kent (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Benoît Bourque as MLA, Beausoleil-Grand-Bouctouche-Kent
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Belle-Baie-Belledune (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Marco LeBlanc as MLA, Belle-Baie-Belledune
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Caraquet (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Isabelle Thériault as MLA, Caraquet
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Carleton-Victoria (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Margaret Johnson as MLA, Carleton-Victoria
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Carleton-York (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Richard Ames as MLA, Carleton-York
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Champdoré-Irishtown (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Lyne Chantal Boudreau as MLA, Champdoré-Irishtown
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Dieppe-Memramcook (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Natacha Vautour as MLA, Dieppe-Memramcook
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Edmundston-Vallée-des-Rivières (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Jean-Claude D'Amours as MLA, Edmundston-Vallée-des-Rivières
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fredericton-Grand Lake (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Kris Austin as MLA, Fredericton-Grand Lake
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fredericton Lincoln (Green Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: David Coon as MLA, Fredericton Lincoln
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fredericton North (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Luke Randall as MLA, Fredericton North
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fredericton South-Silverwood (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Susan Holt as MLA, Fredericton South-Silverwood
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fredericton-York (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Ryan Cullins as MLA, Fredericton-York
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Fundy-The Isles-Saint John Lorneville (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Ian Lee as MLA, Fundy-The Isles-Saint John Lorneville
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Chuck Chiasson as MLA, Grand Falls-Vallée-des-Rivières-Saint-Quentin
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: John Herron as MLA, Hampton-Fundy-St. Martins
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Hanwell-New Maryland (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Cindy Miles as MLA, Hanwell-New Maryland
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Hautes-Terres-Nepisiguit (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Luc Robichaud as MLA, Hautes-Terres-Nepisiguit
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Kent North (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Pat Finnigan as MLA, Kent North
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Kings Centre (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Bill Oliver as MLA, Kings Centre
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Francine Landry as MLA, Madawaska Les Lacs-Edmundston
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Miramichi Bay-Neguac (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Sam Johnston as MLA, Miramichi Bay-Neguac
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Miramichi East (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Michelle Conroy as MLA, Miramichi East
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Miramichi West (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected at the 6 Oct 2025 by-election (Elections NB 2025-10-06 results). For: Kevin Russell as MLA, Miramichi West
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Moncton Centre (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Robert McKee as MLA, Moncton Centre
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Moncton East (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Alexandre Cédric Doucet as MLA, Moncton East
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Moncton Northwest (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Tania Sodhi as MLA, Moncton Northwest
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Moncton South (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Claire Johnson as MLA, Moncton South
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Oromocto-Sunbury (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Mary Wilson as MLA, Oromocto-Sunbury
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Quispamsis (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Aaron Kennedy as MLA, Quispamsis
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Restigouche East (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Guy Arseneault as MLA, Restigouche East
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Restigouche West (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Gilles LePage as MLA, Restigouche West
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Riverview (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Rob Weir as MLA, Riverview
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Rothesay (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Alyson Townsend as MLA, Rothesay
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Saint Croix (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Kathy Bockus as MLA, Saint Croix
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Saint John East (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Glen Savoie as MLA, Saint John East
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Saint John Harbour (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: David Hickey as MLA, Saint John Harbour
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Saint John Portland-Simonds (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: John Dornan as MLA, Saint John Portland-Simonds
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Saint John West-Lancaster (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Kate Wilcott as MLA, Saint John West-Lancaster
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Shediac Bay-Dieppe (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Robert Gauvin as MLA, Shediac Bay-Dieppe
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Shediac-Cap-Acadie (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Jacques LeBlanc as MLA, Shediac-Cap-Acadie
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Shippagan-Les-Îles (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Eric Mallet as MLA, Shippagan-Les-Îles
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Sussex-Three Rivers (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Tammy Scott-Wallace as MLA, Sussex-Three Rivers
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Tantramar (Green Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Megan Mitton as MLA, Tantramar
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Tracadie (Liberal Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Keith Chiasson as MLA, Tracadie
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Current member for Woodstock-Hartland (Progressive Conservative Party), Legislative Assembly member page read 2026-10-11; elected 21 Oct 2024 (Elections NB 2024-10-21 results). For: Bill Hogan as MLA, Woodstock-Hartland
  • legnb.ca · checked Hansard 11 Dec 2025 lists Speaker Francine Landry and Deputy Speakers Guy Arseneault and Benoit Bourque (2nd session, 61st Legislature). For: Francine Landry as Speaker, Benoît Bourque as Deputy Speaker, Guy Arseneault as Deputy Speaker
  • legnb.ca · checked provincial: Executive Council / presiding officer as listed by the Legislative Assembly, read 2026-10-11. For: Francine Landry as Speaker, Benoît Bourque as Deputy Speaker, Guy Arseneault as Deputy Speaker
  • laws.gnb.ca · checked provincial: Legislative Assembly Act s. 3(4): third Monday in October 2028 = 16 Oct 2028. For: General election, October 16, 2028

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