Kings was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party 1st 1786 – 1792 John Coffinunseated after an appeal Ind. Ebenezer Foster Ind. 2nd 1793 – 1795 David Fanning Ind. 3rd 1795 – 1802 4th 1802 – 1809 George Leonard, Jr. Ind. 5th 1809 George Pitfield Ind. 1810 – 1816 Jasper Belding Ind. George Leonard, Jr. Ind. 6th 1817 – 1819 James Brittain Ind. David B. Wetmore Ind. 7th 1820 Samuel Freeze Ind. 8th 1821 – 1827 John C. Vail Ind. 9th 1827 – 1830 Samuel Freeze Ind. John Humbert Ind. 10th 1831 – 1834 John C. Vail Ind. 11th 1835 – 1837 William McLeod Ind. Samuel Freezedied in 1844 Ind. 12th 1837 – 1842 13th 1843 – 1846 Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. Ind. 14th 1847 – 1850 William McLeod Ind. John C. Vail Ind. 15th 1851 – 1854 Matthew McLeod Ind. George Ryan Ind. Henry W. Purdy Ind. 16th 1854 – 1856 17th 1856 – 1857 Sylvester Zobieski Earle, Sr. Ind. Hugh McMonagle Ind. Walter Scovil Ind. 18th 1857 – 1861 Matthew McLeod Ind. Edwin Arnold Vail Ind. 19th 1862 – 1865 George Ryan Ind. 20th 1865 – 1866 George Otty Ind. 21st 1866 – 1870 George Ryan Ind. William P. Flewelling Ind. John Flewelling Ind. 22nd 1870 – 1873 George Ottyresigned after being named judge Ind. Edwin Arnold Vail Ind. John Herbert Crawforddied in 1882 Lib. 1873 – 1874 James William Nowlan Lib. 23rd 1875 – 1878 John Flewelling Ind. Robert E. McLeod Ind. 24th 1879 – 1882 Finnemore E. Morton Ind. Edwin Arnold Vaildied in 1885 Ind. 25th 1883 1883 – 1885 Gabriel Flewelling Lib.-Con. 1885 – 1886 William Pugsley Lib. 26th 1886 – 1890 Albert Scott White Lib.-Con. George L. Taylor Lib.-Con. 27th 1890 – 1892 28th 1892 – 1895 George G. Scovil Lib. Gabriel Flewelling Lib.-Con. 29th 1896 – 1899 George William Fowler Lib.-Con. 30th 1899 – 1902 William Pugsley Lib. 1902 – 1903 Ora P. King Ind. 31st 1903 – 1908 32nd 1908 – 1912 George Burpee Joneselected to federal seat Cons. Frederick M. Sproule Ind. James Alexander Murray Cons. 33rd 1912 – 1917 Hedley V. Dickson Cons. 34th 1917 – 1920 35th 1921 – 1922 Ormond W. Wetmore Lib. 1922 – 1925 James D. McKenna Lib. 36th 1925 – 1930 Alfred Johnson Brooks Cons. J. W. Smith Cons. 37th 1931 – 1935 Jack Fairweather Cons. 38th 1935 – 1939 Walter W. V. Foster Lib. Colin C. McDonald Lib. W. A. Jeffries Lib. 39th 1939 – 1944 Elmore T. Kennedydied in 1953 Cons. Hugh Mackay Cons. Harry A. McMackin Cons. 40th 1944 – 1948 PC PC John Woods PC 41st 1948 – 1952 42nd 1952 – 1956 Cyril Sherwood PC Gordon Fairweather PC 43rd 1957 – 1960 Harry N. Jonah PC 44th 1960 – 1962 1962 – 1963 John B. M. Baxter, Jr. PC George E. Horton PC 45th 1963 – 1967 46th 1967 – 1970 47th 1970 – 1974 Riding dissolved into Kings Centre, Kings East and Kings West
Election results
See also List of New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References