City and County of St. 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:

1. John H. Gray, Conservative (1867–1872)
2. Isaac Burpee, Liberal (1872–1885)
3. Acalus Lockwood Palmer, Liberal (1872–1878)
4. Charles W. Weldon, Liberal (1878–1891)
5. Charles Arthur Everett, Conservative (1885–1887)
6. Charles Nelson Skinner, Liberal (1887–1892)
7. John Douglas Hazen, Conservative (1891–1896)
8. John Chesley, Conservative (1892–1896)
9. Joseph John Tucker, Liberal (1896–1904)
10. Alfred A. Stockton, Conservative (1904–1907)
11. William Pugsley, Liberal (1907–1911)
12. John Waterhouse Daniel, Conservative (1911)
13. John Douglas Hazen, Conservative (1911–1917)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Hamilton Gray	acclaimed

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

By-election on 1 December 1873 On Mr. Burpee being appointed Minister of Customs, 7 November 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	acclaimed

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

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	2,686	–	x
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	2,449	–	x
	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	–	x
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	2,225	–	x
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Everett	1,925	–
	Unknown	W.H. Tuck	1,864	–

By-election on 20 October 1885 On Mr. Burpee's death, 1 March 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Everett	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	C.N. Skinner	4,136	–	x
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	4,063	–	x
	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	–	x
	Liberal	C.N. Skinner	4,448	–	x
	Liberal	Charles W. Weldon	3,832	–
	Unknown	T.A. Rankine	3,503	–

By-election on 22 November 1892 On Mr. Skinner's resignation, October, 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Chesley	acclaimed

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

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred A. Stockton	5,601
	Liberal	Harrison A. McKeown	4,964

By-election on 18 September 1907 On Mr. Stockton's death, 15 March 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Pugsley	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Pugsley	5,582
	Conservative	Alexander William MacRae	5,086

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Waterhouse Daniel	5,491
	Liberal	James Lowell	5,381

By-election on 27 October 1911 On Mr. Daniel's resignation, 17 October 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J.D. Hazen	acclaimed

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament