Westmorland (electoral district)

Not to be confused with Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency).

For the former New brunswick provincial electoral district, see Westmorland (provincial electoral district).

Westmorland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Westmorland—Kent and Moncton ridings.

It consisted of the County of Westmorland.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Sir Albert J. Smith, Liberal (1867–1882)
2. Josiah Wood, Conservative (1882–1895)
3. Henry A. Powell, Liberal-Conservative (1895–1900)
4. Henry R. Emmerson, Liberal (1900–1914)
5. Arthur Bliss Copp, Liberal (1915–1925)
6. Otto Baird Price, Conservative (1925–1935)
7. Henry Read Emmerson, Liberal (1935–1949)
8. Edmund William George, Liberal (1949–1953)
9. Henry Murphy, Liberal (1953–1958)
10. William L.M. Creaghan, Progressive Conservative (1958–1962)
11. Sherwood Rideout, Liberal (1962–1964)
12. Margaret Rideout, Liberal (1964–1968)

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	2,207	82.9
	Unknown	J.J.D. Landry	454	17.1

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	acclaimed

By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries:

By-election on 7 November 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	2,572	57.2
	Unknown	R.A. Chapman	1,928	42.8

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	2,620	54.5	+11.7
	Liberal	Albert J. Smith	2,188	45.5	-11.7

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	3,252	54.5	n/c
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	2,710	45.5	n/c

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Josiah Wood	4,205	67.2	+12.7
	Liberal	William F. George	2,057	32.8	-12.7

By-election: on Mr. Wood being called to the Senate:

By-election on 5 August 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Henry A. Powell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal-Conservative	Henry A. Powell	3,442	50.1	-17.1
	Liberal	C.N. Robinson	3,427	49.9	+17.1

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	4,420	52.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Henry A. Powell	3,934	47.1	-3.0

By-election: on Mr. Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals:

By-election on 30 January 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	4,693	55.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Henry A. Powell	3,747	44.4	-2.7

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	5,047	58.0	+2.4
	Conservative	Frederick William Sumner	3,662	42.0	-2.4

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry R. Emmerson	4,452	50.4	-7.6
	Unknown	Medley Godfrey Siddall	4,388	49.6	+7.6

By-election: on Mr. Emmerson's death:

By-election on 1 February 1915
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Bliss Copp	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Opposition	Arthur Bliss Copp	6,645	57.2	+6.8
	Government	Otto Baird Price	4,982	42.8	-6.8

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Arthur Bliss Copp	12,646	61.4	+4.2
	Conservative	Otto Baird Price	4,884	23.7	-19.1
	Progressive	Albert Ernest Trites	3,059	14.9	*

By-election: on Mr. Copp's appointment as Secretary of State of Canada:

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Bliss Copp	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Otto Baird Price	11,806	60.3	+36.6
	Liberal	Ernest Albert Smith	7,780	39.7	-21.7

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Otto Baird Price	10,737	51.3	-9.0
	Liberal	Henry Read Emmerson	10,204	48.7	+9.0

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Otto Baird Price	13,304	55.1	+3.8
	Liberal	Henry Read Emmerson	10,836	44.9	-3.8

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry Read Emmerson	16,307	62.8	+17.9
	Conservative	Otto Baird Price	6,342	24.4	-30.7
	Reconstruction	Charles Younger-Lewis	3,312	12.8	*

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry Read Emmerson	16,431	61.6	-1.2
	National Government	William Emmet McMonagle	10,259	38.4	+14.0

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry Read Emmerson	17,251	53.0	-8.6
	Progressive Conservative	William Alfred Walker	11,612	35.7	-2.7
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Claude Pearson Milton	3,707	11.4	*

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Edmund William George	20,649	57.3	+4.3
	Progressive Conservative	John Edward Murphy	11,696	32.4	-3.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Robert Rogers	3,702	10.3	-1.1

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry Murphy	20,160	54.4	-2.9
	Progressive Conservative	William Gerald Stewart	14,788	39.9	+7.5
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Claude Pearson Milton	2,099	5.7	-4.6

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Henry Murphy	19,873	50.7	-3.7
	Progressive Conservative	William Creaghan	16,478	42.0	+3.1
	Social Credit	Silas Taylor	1,476	3.8	*
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward McAllister	1,373	3.5	-2.2

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	William Creaghan	20,149	48.3	+6.3
	Liberal	Henry Murphy	18,597	44.5	-6.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward McAllister	2,478	5.9	+2.4
	Social Credit	Silas Taylor	522	1.3	-2.5

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Sherwood Rideout	18,334	42.8	-1.7
	Progressive Conservative	William Creaghan	17,818	41.6	-6.7
	New Democratic Party	Edward McAllister	5,848	13.7	+7.8
	Social Credit	John Bampton	836	2.0	+0.7

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Sherwood Rideout	19,989	48.1	+5.3
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Paul LeBlanc	16,356	39.4	-2.2
	New Democratic Party	Edward McAllister	4,415	10.6	-3.1
	Social Credit	John Bampton	771	1.9	-0.1

By-election: on Mr. Rideout's death:

By-election on 9 November 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Margaret Rideout	20,401	55.0	+6.9
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Murphy	14,090	38.0	-1.4
	New Democratic Party	Henry Landry	2,615	7.0	-3.6

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Margaret Rideout	20,768	49.7	-5.3
	Progressive Conservative	R.F. Robinson	15,090	36.1	-1.9
	New Democratic Party	John Dimick	5,943	14.2	+7.2

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament