Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to Right Hon. Edward Cardwell (13 June 1866)
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Date: 1866-06-13
By: Arthur Gordon
Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon to Right Hon. Edward Cardwell (13 June 1866) in UK, Parliament, Correspondence respecting the Proposed Union of the British North American Provinces (London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867).
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No. 26.
COPY of a DESPATCH from Lieut.-Governor the Hon. ARTHUR GORDON to the Right Hon. EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P.
(No.50.)
Fredericton, N.B., June 13, 1866.
(Received July 2, 1866.)
(Answered, No.1, July 6, 1866, page 122.)
SIR,
THE elections terminated yesterday. The new House of Assembly is thus composed :–
| In favour of Confederation | 33 |
| Against it | 8 |
| Majority | 25 |
2. I have today issued a proclamation calling the Legislature together for despatch of business on Thursday the 21st instant.
I have, &c.
(Signed) ARTHUR H. GORDON.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P.,
&c. &c. &c. Lieut.-Governor