title: 1st New Brunswick Legislature
text: # 1st New Brunswick Legislature
  
  The 1st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 3, 1786, and 1792. The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council.
  
  The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick, Thomas Carleton. The first and second sessions were held at the Mallard House, an inn in Saint John. Subsequent sessions were held in Fredericton.
  
  Amos Botsford was chosen as speaker for the house.
  
  ## Composition
  
  The lower house was the Legislative Assembly and the upper house was named the Legislative Council. The governor of New Brunswick was responsible for the appointment of the Legislative Council.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Electoral District | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Saint John | William Pagan |
  | Saint John | Jonathan Bliss |
  | Saint John | Christopher Billop |
  | Saint John | Ward Chipman |
  | Saint John | John McGeorge |
  | Saint John | Stanton Hazard |
  | York | Daniel Murray |
  | York | Isaac Atwood |
  | York | Daniel Lyman |
  | York | Edward Stelle |
  | Westmorland | Amos Botsford |
  | Westmorland | Charles Dixon |
  | Westmorland | Samuel Gay |
  | Westmorland | Andrew Kinnear |
  | Kings | John Coffin |
  | Kings | Ebenezer Foster |
  | Queens | Samuel Dickinson |
  | Queens | John Yeamans |
  | Charlotte | William Paine |
  | Charlotte | James Campbell |
  | Charlotte | Robert Pagan |
  | Charlotte | Peter Clinch |
  | Northumberland | Elias Hardy |
  | Northumberland | William Davidson |
  | Sunbury | William Hubbard |
  | Sunbury | Richard Vandeburg |
  