1866 New Brunswick general election

British colonial election in present-day Canada September 2023 The 1866 New Brunswick general election was held in May and June 1866 to elect 41 members to the 21st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. This was the 21st general election for the British colony of New Brunswick, but is considered the 1st general election for the Canadian province of New Brunswick as New Brunswick joined Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, during the life of the Legislative Assembly. Of forty-one MLAs, thirty-three were confederationalists, supporting confederation, and eight were constitutionalists, opposed to confederation, who formed the opposition. History A riot in Saint John during the 1866 election caused the death of one person.Elections Canada April 6, 2021 https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=his/chap1&document=index&lang=e Chapter 1 – A History of the Vote in Canada July 6, 2022 www.elections.ca Results New Brunswick general election, 1866 Party Leader Seats Government (confederationalists) Peter Mitchell 33 Opposition (constitutionalists) Albert James Smith 8 References Woodward Calvin A. The History of New Brunswick Provincial Election Campaigns and Platforms, 1866-1974: With Primary Source Documents on Microfiche 1976 Micromedia Toronto 0-88892-400-3 https://archive.org/details/historyofnewbrun0000wood registration Further reading Argyle Ray Turning Points: The Campaigns that Changed Canada 2004 and Before 2004 White Knight Publications Toronto 978-0-9734186-6-8 https://archive.org/details/turningpointscam0000argy registration Category:Elections in New Brunswick Category:1866 elections in Canada General election Category:May 1866 in Canada Category:June 1866 in Canada