8th New Brunswick Legislature
The 8th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly represented New Brunswick between January 30, 1821, and 1827.
The assembly sat at the pleasure of the Lieutenant [Governor of New Brunswick] George [Stracey Smyth|George S. Smyth]. Howard Douglas became lieutenant governor in 1824.
The speaker of the house was selected as William Botsford. In 1824, after Botsford was appointed a judge, Ward Chipman, Jr. was elected speaker. Harry Peters succeeded Chipman as speaker in 1826.