The 23rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between February 18, 1875, and May 14, 1878.
Samuel Leonard Tilley served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
William Wedderburn was chosen as speaker.
The Conservative Party led by George E. King formed the government.
In 1876, an informal accommodation was reached with Roman Catholics in the province with respect to religious instruction in schools. Where the arrangement was agreeable to the local school board, religious instruction could be carried out in buildings owned by the Church and rented to the province for use as public schools.
Members Electoral DistrictNamePartyFirst elected / previously elected AlbertAlexander RogersLiberal1874James RyanLiberal1870 CarletonJohn S. LeightonLiberal1874Randolph K. JonesIndependent1874 CharlotteJames MurchieLiberal1874Benjamin Robert StephensonLiberal1867James McKayLiberal1874Thomas CottrellLiberal1874 GloucesterKennedy F. BurnsLiberal1874T. BlanchardConservative1870Patrick G. Ryan (1876)Liberal1876 KentHenry O'LearyIndependent1873Urbain JohnsonLiberal1869, 1874 KingsJohn Herbert CrawfordLiberal1870John FlewellingIndependent1866, 1874Robert E. McLeodIndependent1874MadawaskaLévite ThériaultLiberal1868 NorthumberlandW.M. KellyIndependent1867William SwimIndependent1874Lemuel J. TweedieLiberal1874Allan A. DavidsonConservative1874 QueensWalter S. ButlerIndependent1867, 1872Francis WoodsLiberal1874 RestigoucheArchibald McKenzieIndependent1874John PhillipsLiberal1870 Saint John CityWilliam WedderburnIndependent1870William H.A. KeansIndependent1867, 1874Robert Marshall (1876)Liberal1876 Saint John CountyHenry A. AustinIndependent1874George E. KingConservative1867Joseph CoramIndependent1867Edward WillisIndependent1870William Elder (1875)Independent1875 SunburyWilliam E. PerleyConservative1856, 1874John S. CovertLiberal1868 VictoriaWilliam B. BeveridgeConservative1874 WestmorlandEdward J. SmithLiberal1874Angus McQueenIndependent1866J.A. HumphreyConservative1872Thomas PickardLiberal1874 YorkJ.J. FraserConservative1865, 1872Thomas F. BarkerConservative1874Robert RobinsonIndependent1870Hiram DowIndependent1861, 1866, 1874
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