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.
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)
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 | Edmund Leavens 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 | James 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 (Laurier Liberals) | Andrew Ross McMaster | 1,926 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Dennis Colburn Draper | 1,488 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Andrew Ross McMaster | 3,768 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Boulay | 2,163 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts