The 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly was created following a general election in 2006. Its members were sworn in on October 3, 2006 but it was called into session by the

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on February 6, 2007.

Leadership

Eugene McGinley, was elected

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at the first session of the Assembly on February 6, 2007 but resigned on October 31, 2007 to join the cabinet.

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was elected speaker on November 27, 2007.

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leads the government. Former Premier

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was nominal leader of the

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until January 31, 2007 at which time he resigned his seat and was replaced by interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives, Jeannot Volpé. On October 18, 2008,

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was elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives, his first sitting as leader of the opposition was November 25, 2008.

Members

Most of the current members were elected at the 36th general election held on September 18, 2006. The exceptions are Chris Collins, who was elected in a

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on March 5, 2007 as a result of the resignation of

on January 31, 2007; Jack Carr, who was elected in a by-election on November 3, 2008 as a result of the resignation of

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; and Burt Paulin, who was elected in a by-election on March 9, 2009 as a result of the resignation of

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, Paul took his seat on March 20, 2009. The standing of the legislature also changed when MLAs

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and

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from the Progressive Conservatives to the Liberals on April 17, 2007. *bold denotes a member of the

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*''italics'' denotes a party leader *† denotes the speaker

Standings changes since the 2006 general election

Membership changes

, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in a 1998

and served as

from 1999 to 2006. He resigned his

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seat on January 31, 2007. *

, a Progressive Conservative, was first elected in the 1999 general election and served as deputy speaker from 1999 to 2003 and in the cabinet from 2003 to 2006. He resigned his New Maryland-Sunbury West seat on September 8, 2008 to seek election to the

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. #December 22, 2008

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was appointed to the

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#February 9, 2010 Mike Murphy,

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resigns his seat and cabinet post. #February 28, 2010

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, Rogersville-Kouchibouguac was appointed to the Senate of Canada

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