Brome (electoral district)

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By-election: On Mr. Dyer being unseated

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

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

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