- City of St. John
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- See also St. John's, Newfoundland or Saint John, New Brunswick
City of St. John was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917.
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History
Originally, Saint John had a special setup for representation in Parliament. The City of Saint John itself returned one member, and the entire County of Saint John (including the city) returned one as well, and two between 1872 and 1896. In effect, the city itself had two or even three Members of Parliament. This practice continued until 1914.
After 1914, the counties of Saint John and Albert were joined, and the riding was known as St. John—Albert. It returned two Members of Parliament until 1935. In 1966, Albert County was moved to the Fundy—Royal riding and the district became known as Saint John—Lancaster. Saint John—Lancaster riding was abolished in the redistribution of ridings of 1976, and Saint John riding was created.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Samuel Leonard Tilley, Conservative (1867-1873)
- J.S. Boies Deveber, Liberal (1873-1878)
- Samuel Leonard Tilley, Conservative (1878-1885)
- Frederick Eustace Barker, Conservative (1885-1887)
- John V. Ellis, Liberal (1887-1891)
- Ezekiel McLeod, Conservative (1891-1896)
- John V. Ellis, Liberal (1896-1900)
- Andrew George Blair, Liberal (1900-1903)
- John Waterhouse Daniel, Conservative (1904-1911)
- William Pugsley, Liberal (1911-1917)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1867 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative TILLEY, Hon. Samuel Leonard 1,402 Unknown WILSON, John 610 Canadian federal election, 1872 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative TILLEY, Hon. Samuel Leonard 1,765 Unknown DE VEBER, J.S.B. 1,225 By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 15 November 1873
By-election on 1 December 1873 Party Candidate Votes Liberal DE VEBER, Jeremiah Smith Boies acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1874 Party Candidate Votes Liberal DEVEBER, J.S. Boies 1,772 Unknown DAY, G.W. 591 Canadian federal election, 1878 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative TILLEY, Hon. S.L. 1,475 Liberal DEVEBER, J.S.B. 1,466 By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Minister of Finance, 17 October 1878
By-election on 4 November 1878 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative TILLEY, Hon. Samuel Leonard acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1882 Party Candidate Votes Liberal-Conservative TILLEY, Sir Samuel L. 1,288 Unknown MCLEOD, George 1,151 By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 12 November 1885
By-election on 24 November 1885 Party Candidate Votes Conservative BARKER, Frederick Eustace acclaimed Canadian federal election, 1887 Party Candidate Votes Liberal ELLIS, John V. 2,375 Conservative BARKER, F.E. 2,162 Canadian federal election, 1891 Party Candidate Votes Conservative MCLEOD, Ezekiel 2,649 Liberal ELLIS, John V. 2,063 Canadian federal election, 1896 Party Candidate Votes Liberal ELLIS, John V. 3,249 Conservative CHESLEY, John A. 2,527 Independent PUGSLEY, William 1,427 Canadian federal election, 1900 Party Candidate Votes Liberal BLAIR, Hon. Andrew George 4,520 Conservative FOSTER, Hon. George Eulas 3,523 By-election: On Mr. Blair's resignation, 27 December 1903
By-election on 16 February 1904 Party Candidate Votes Conservative DANIEL, J.W. 3,709 Unknown MCKEOWN, H.A. 3,440 Canadian federal election, 1904 Party Candidate Votes Conservative DANIEL, John W. 4,881 Liberal O'BRIEN, Richard 3,670 Canadian federal election, 1908 Party Candidate Votes Conservative DANIEL, John W. 4,394 Liberal PENDER, James 4,202 Canadian federal election, 1911 Party Candidate Votes Liberal PUGSLEY, Hon. William 4,360 Conservative POWELL, Henry Absalom 4,295 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct New Brunswick federal electoral districts
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