title: 20th New Brunswick Legislature
text: # 20th New Brunswick Legislature
  
  The 20th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between April 27, 1865, and May 9, 1866.
  
  The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Governor of New Brunswick Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon.
  
  Edwin A. Vail was chosen as speaker.
  
  The anti-Confederation Party led by Albert James Smith formed the government.
  
  In April 1866, the non-elected Legislative Council passed a reply to the throne speech supporting confederation, which was accepted by Governor Gordon. Smith and his administration resigned in protest of what they believed to be a violation of the fundamentals of responsible government. The assembly was dissolved and an election was called.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Electoral District | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Saint John County | John W. Cudlip |
  | Saint John County | Robert D. Wilmot |
  | Saint John County | Joseph Coram |
  | Saint John County | Timothy W. Anglin |
  | York | John C. Allen |
  | York | George L. Hatheway |
  | York | John J. Fraser |
  | York | William H. Needham |
  | Westmorland | Albert J. Smith |
  | Westmorland | Amand Landry |
  | Westmorland | Bliss Botsford |
  | Westmorland | William J. Gilbert |
  | Kings | Edwin A. Vail |
  | Kings | Walter B. Scovil |
  | Kings | George Otty |
  | Queens | Joseph B. Perkins |
  | Queens | Gideon D. Bailey |
  | Charlotte | George F. Hill |
  | Charlotte | James Boyd |
  | Charlotte | Arthur Hill Gillmor |
  | Charlotte | Robert Thomson |
  | Northumberland | Edward Williston |
  | Northumberland | Richard Hutchison |
  | Northumberland | George Kerr |
  | Northumberland | Richard Sutton |
  | Sunbury | John Glasier |
  | Sunbury | William E. Perley |
  | Kent | William S. Caie |
  | Kent | Lestock P. W. DesBrisay |
  | Gloucester | John Meahan |
  | Gloucester | Robert Young |
  | Carleton | William Lindsay |
  | Carleton | Charles Connell |
  | Restigouche | John McMillan |
  | Restigouche | Alexander C. DesBrisay |
  | Albert | Abner R. McClelan |
  | Albert | John Lewis |
  | Victoria | John Costigan |
  | Victoria | Benjamin Beveridge |
  | Saint John City | Andrew R. Wetmore |
  | Saint John City | Jacob V. Troop |
  