City of St. John

See also St. John's, Newfoundland, Saint John, New Brunswick or Saint John City (electoral district)

City 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. Samuel Leonard Tilley, Liberal-Conservative (1867–1873)
2. J.S. Boies Deveber, Liberal (1873–1878)
3. Samuel Leonard Tilley, Liberal-Conservative (1878–1885)
4. Frederick Eustace Barker, Conservative (1885–1887)
5. John V. Ellis, Liberal (1887–1891)
6. Ezekiel McLeod, Conservative (1891–1896)
7. John V. Ellis, Liberal (1896–1900)
8. Andrew George Blair, Liberal (1900–1903)
9. John Waterhouse Daniel, Conservative (1904–1911)
10. William Pugsley, Liberal (1911–1917)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,402
	Unknown	John Wilson	610

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,765
	Unknown	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	1,225

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 15 November 1873

By-election on 1 December 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	1,772
	Unknown	G.W. Day	591

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Minister of Finance, 17 October 1878

By-election on 4 November 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 12 November 1885

By-election on 24 November 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Eustace Barker	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ELLIS, John V.	3,249
	Conservative	CHESLEY, John A.	2,527
	Independent	PUGSLEY, William	1,427

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIR, Hon. Andrew George	4,520
	Conservative	FOSTER, Hon. George Eulas	3,523

By-election: On Mr. Blair's resignation, 27 December 1903

By-election on 16 February 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, J.W.	3,709
	Unknown	MCKEOWN, H.A.	3,440

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, John W.	4,881
	Liberal	O'BRIEN, Richard	3,670

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, John W.	4,394
	Liberal	PENDER, James	4,202

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PUGSLEY, Hon. William	4,360
	Conservative	POWELL, Henry Absalom	4,295

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament