Paths to the Assembly in British North America: New Brunswick, 1786-1837
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Klein, K. (2010). Paths to the Assembly in British North America: New Brunswick, 1786-1837. Acadiensis, 39(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/15387

Abstract

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, New Brunswick assemblymen followed paths to the assembly that conformed to colonial British American standards. These paths included securing appointments to important local offices and accumulating wealth and economic influence. Because many first-generation assemblymen successfully transferred these assets to their political heirs, prominent social origins and the family connections that accompanied them had become important components of electoral success by the time that the colony’s second generation of elected political leaders entered the assembly during the 1810s and 1820s. This development signified the emergence of local oligarchies in numerous New Brunswick constituencies. Résumé À la fin du 18e siècle et au début du 19e siècle, les députés du Nouveau-Brunswick empruntèrent des voies menant à l’Assemblée qui étaient conformes aux normes de l’Amérique coloniale britannique. Ces voies comprenaient l’obtention de nominations à des postes importants sur la scène locale et l’accumulation de richesse et d’influence économique. De nombreux députés de la première génération réussirent à transmettre ces atouts à leurs héritiers politiques, de sorte que les origines sociales distinguées et les liens familiaux qui les accompagnaient étaient devenus d’importants facteurs de succès électoral au moment où la deuxième génération de dirigeants politiques élus de la colonie firent leur entrée à l’Assemblée, dans les années 1810 et 1820. Cette situation entraîna l’émergence d’oligarchies locales dans de nombreuses divisions électorales du Nouveau-Brunswick.
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