This is a list of notable people from Bathurst, New Brunswick. Although not everyone in this list was born in Bathurst, they all live or have lived in Bathurst and have had significant connections to the community.
This article does not include the List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick as they have their own section.
Mayors of Bathurst
editThis list of mayors of Bathurst may be found in MacMillan (reference below, to 1983) or at the City Hall where the mayoral photographic portrait array is to the left of chambers.
Name | Yr in | Mo in | Yr out | Mo out |
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P.J. Burns | 1912 | October | 1915 | April |
J.N. Michaud, MD | 1915 | April | 1917 | April |
W.H. Coffyn | 1917 | April | 1919 | April |
T.M. Burns | 1919 | April | 1921 | April |
J.B. Hachey | 1921 | April | 1923 | April |
W.J. Kent | 1923 | April | 1925 | April |
J.L. Ryan, QC | 1925 | April | 1927 | April |
A. Landry | 1927 | April | 1929 | April |
G. Gilbert, KC | 1929 | April | 1931 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1931 | April | 1933 | April |
C.I. Veniot, MD | 1933 | April | 1935 | April |
R.G. Duncan, MD | 1935 | April | 1937 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1937 | April | 1939 | April |
M.H. Poirier | 1939 | April | 1941 | April |
E.H. Chalmers | 1941 | April | 1943 | April |
J.E. Connolly | 1943 | April | 1945 | April |
A.M. Robichaud, QC | 1945 | April | 1947 | April |
G.A. MacDonald | 1947 | April | 1949 | April |
E.G. Byrne, KC | 1949 | April | 1951 | April |
S.L. Frenette, MD | 1951 | April | 1953 | February |
M. Smith | 1953 | February | 1955 | February |
L.G. Riordon | 1955 | February | 1957 | February |
R.J. Cormier | 1957 | February | 1959 | February |
G.A. MacDonald | 1959 | February | 1961 | February |
V.J. Whelton | 1961 | February | 1963 | February |
G. Vantassel | 1963 | ? | 1965 | ? |
D. Young | 1965 | 1967 | ||
J.A. Picot | 1967 | 1969 | ||
H. Ferguson | 1969 | 1971 | ||
W.B. Orser, MD | 1971 | 1974 | ||
J.A. Duffy | 1974 | 1980 | ||
R. Clinch | 1980 | 1983 | ||
P. McLaughlin | 1983 | ? |
Federal Parliament representation
editMembers of Parliament for Gloucester County
edit- Timothy Warren Anglin 1867–1882,
- Speaker of the House from March 26, 1874, until February 12, 1879
- Kennedy Francis Burns 1882–1893
Senators from the Bathurst subdivision
edit- John Ferguson 1867–1888
- Kennedy Francis Burns 1893–1895
Other people from Bathurst
editName | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Branch | ice hockey | 1948 | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League | |
Charlie Chamberlain | entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957–1969 |
Sean Couturier | ice hockey | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | |
Joe De Grasse | film director | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director |
Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | known primarily for playing crafty and villainous film roles |
Lyse Doucet | journalist | 1958 | BBC journalist | |
James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist |
Robert Frigault | author | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | |
Herman James Good | soldier | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War |
W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | Founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council, mayor of Bathurst for two terms |
Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | ice hockey | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman |
Scott Smith | ice hockey | 1966 | president of Hockey Canada | |
Bill Hatanaka | Canadian football | 1954 | serves as the chair of the Ontario Health agency's board of director | |
Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer |
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- MacMillan, Gail (1978). An Outline of the History of Bathurst. Sackville, NB: The Tribune Press.