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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.

See also: Category:People from Bathurst, New Brunswick

Mayors of Bathurst

This 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
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

Members of Parliament for Gloucester County

Senators from the Bathurst subdivision

Other people from Bathurst

Name 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

References

Bibliography

  • MacMillan, Gail (1978). An Outline of the History of Bathurst. Sackville, NB: The Tribune Press.
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