1870 New Brunswick general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 The 1870 New Brunswick general election was held in June and July 1870, to elect 41 members to the 22nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Beckwith John A. Fredericton, Thursday, 16th of February, 1871 Journals of the House of Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick 16 February 1871 9–10 https://books.google.com/books?id=HKJEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9 22 December 2021 nb. lists all members elected, 41 in number The election was held before the adoption of party labels, and was the first since New Brunswick joined the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The elections saw tension between protestants and Catholics over a bill to end public funding of separate religious schools.Brown George W. Dictionary of Canadian Biography 1966 University of Toronto Press 1103 https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcana0012unse/page/1102/mode/2up?q=%22George+Edwin+King%22 22 December 2021 The government, a loose coalition of Conservatives and Liberals, was led into the election by George Edwin King weeks after he had been appointed premier following the resignation of Andrew Rainsford Wetmore. King's government was re-elected, but he would resign three days into the legislative session, and a new coalition government was formed by George Luther Hatheway(an Opposition MLA) which included King as Attorney-General.December 2021 Of forty-one MLAs, twenty-four supported the government, sixteen formed the opposition, and one was neutral. New Brunswick general election, 1870 Party Leader Seats Government (coalition) George Edwin King 24 Opposition 16 Neutral 1 References Category:1870 elections in Canada Category:Elections in New Brunswick Category:1870 in New Brunswick Category:June 1870 in Canada Category:July 1870 in Canada