City and County of St. John

City and County of St. John

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911 by-election
Demographics
Census divisions	Saint John

City and County 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.

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:

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	3,249	–	Y
	Liberal	Acalus Lockwood Palmer	2,204	–	Y
	Unknown	William Elder	1,771	–
	Unknown	D.S. Kerr	486	–

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	2,826	–	Y
	Liberal	Acalus Lockwood Palmer	2,261	–	Y
	Unknown	J.V. Ellis	1,561	–

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	2,686	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	2,449	–	Y
	Unknown	George Edwin King	2,180	–
	Liberal	Acalus Lockwood Palmer	1,981	–

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	2,459	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	2,225	–	Y
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Everett	1,925	–
	Unknown	W.H. Tuck	1,864	–

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	C.N. Skinner	4,136	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	4,063	–	Y
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Everett	3,840	–
	Unknown	E. McLeod	3,628	–

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	J. Douglas Hazen	4,824	–	Y
	Liberal	C.N. Skinner	4,448	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	3,832	–
	Unknown	T.A. Rankine	3,503	–

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph John Tucker	3,924	–	Y
	Conservative	J. Douglas Hazen	3,733	–	Y
	Independent	D.J. McLaughlin	1,495	–

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament