City of St. John
- See also St. John's, Newfoundland, Saint John, New Brunswick or Saint John City (electoral district)
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1914 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1917 |
| Demographics | |
| Census divisions | Saint John |
| Census subdivisions | Saint John |
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:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of St. John Alongside City and County of St. John |
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| 1st | 1867–1872 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1873 | |||
| 1873–1874 | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | Liberal | ||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1878 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 1878–1882 | ||||
| 5th | 1882–1885 | |||
| 1885–1887 | Frederick Eustace Barker | Conservative | ||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Ezekiel McLeod | Conservative | |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1900–1903 | Andrew George Blair | ||
| 1904–1904 | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative | ||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | William Pugsley | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into St. John—Albert | ||||
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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,475 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | 1,466 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,288 | ||||||
| Independent | George McLeod | 1,151 | ||||||
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, 1887 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John V. Ellis | 2,375 | ||||||
| Conservative | Frederick Eustace Barker | 2,162 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Ezekiel McLeod | 2,649 | ||||||
| Liberal | John V. Ellis | 2,063 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||