Brome (electoral district)

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Brome was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the Brome—Missisquoi electoral district in 1924.

The County of Brome consisted of the Townships of Bolton, Potton, Sutton, Brome and the eastern part of the Township of Farnham.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Christopher Dunkin, Conservative (1867-1871)
2. Edward Carter, Conservative (1871-1874)
3. Nathaniel Pettes, Liberal (1874-1878)
4. Edmund Leavens Chandler, Liberal (1878-1880)
5. David Ames Manson, Liberal-Conservative (1880-1882)
6. Sydney A. Fisher, Liberal (1882-1891)
7. Eugène A. Dyer, Conservative (1891-1896)
8. Sydney A. Fisher, Liberal (1896-1911)
9. George Harold Baker, Conservative (1911-1917)
10. Andrew Ross McMaster, Liberal (1917-1925)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Dunkin	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Dunkin being called to the Privy Council and appointed Minister of Agriculture, 16 November 1869

By-election on 29 November 1869
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Dunkin	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Dunkin being appointed Puisne Judge, Superior Court of Quebec, 25 October 1871

By-election on 17 November 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Carter	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Carter	1,037
	Unknown	J.A. Perkins	602

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nathaniel Pettes	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	E.L. Chandler	1,272
	Unknown	S.L. Foster	991

By-election: On Mr. Chandler's death, 21 August 1880

By-election on 18 October 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	David Ames Manson	1,217
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,099

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,399
	Unknown	S.N. Boright	1,240

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,570
	Conservative	Jas. Burnett	1,191

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eugène-Alphonse Dyer	1,456
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,453

By-election: On Mr. Dyer being unseated

By-election on 10 March 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eugène-Alphonse Dyer	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,677
	Conservative	George Green Foster	1,344

By-election: Mr. Fisher appointed Minister of Agriculture, 11 July 1896

By-election on 30 July 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,805
	Conservative	Frederick England	1,249

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,821
	Conservative	E.P. Stevens	941

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,674
	Conservative	Frederick Albyn Olmstead	1,233
	Independent	William Ulric Cotton	37

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Harold Baker	1,520
	Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher	1,496

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	Andrew Ross McMaster	1,926
	Government	Dennis Colburn Draper	1,488

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Ross McMaster	3,768
	Conservative	Joseph Boulay	2,163

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament