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 division(s)	Saint John

City and County of St. John was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

History[edit]

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[edit]

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party		Party
City and County of St. John Alongside City of St. John
1st	1867 – 1872	John Hamilton Gray	Conservative
2nd	1872 – 1873	Isaac Burpee	Liberal	Acalus Lockwood Palmer	Liberal
2nd	1873 – 1874
3rd	1874 – 1878
4th	1878 – 1882			Charles Wesley Weldon
5th	1882 – 1885
5th	1885 – 1887	Charles Arthur Everett	Conservative
6th	1887 – 1891	Charles Nelson Skinner	Liberal
7th	1891 – 1892	Charles Nelson Skinner	Liberal	John Douglas Hazen	Conservative
7th	1892 – 1896	John Alexander Chesley	Conservative
8th	1896 – 1900	Joseph John Tucker	Liberal
9th	1900 – 1904	Joseph John Tucker	Liberal
10th	1904 – 1907	Alfred Augustus Stockton	Conservative
10th	1907 – 1908	William Pugsley	Liberal
11th	1908 – 1911	William Pugsley	Liberal
12th	1911	John Waterhouse Daniel	Conservative
12th	1911 – 1917	John Douglas Hazen	Conservative
Riding dissolved into St. John—Albert

Election results[edit]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Hamilton Gray	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
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	–
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

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

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

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

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	2,459	–	Y
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Weldon	2,225	–	Y
	Conservative	Charles Arthur Everett	1,925	–
	Liberal–Conservative	W.H. Tuck^[3]	1,864	–

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

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

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

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

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

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph John Tucker	5,449
	Conservative	Alfred Augustus Stockton	4,673

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

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

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

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

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

External links[edit]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

References[edit]

^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ "St. John City and County". Montreal Gazette. May 27, 1882. p. 1. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[3] "St. John City and County". Montreal Gazette. May 27, 1882. p. 1. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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v t e Federal ridings in New Brunswick
Liberal	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Saint John—Rothesay
Conservative	Fundy Royal New Brunswick Southwest Tobique—Mactaquac

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