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.The district elected one member in 1867, and two members each election from 1872 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 Member Party City and County of St. JohnAlongside City of St. John 1st 1867 – 1872 John Hamilton Gray Conservative 2nd 1872 – 1873 Isaac Burpee Liberal Acalus Lockwood Palmer Liberal 1873 – 1874 3rd 1874 – 1878 4th 1878 – 1882 Charles Wesley Weldon 5th 1882 – 1885 1885 – 1887 Charles Arthur Everett Conservative 6th 1887 – 1891 Charles Nelson Skinner Liberal 7th 1891 – 1892 John Douglas Hazen Conservative 1892 – 1896 John Alexander Chesley Conservative 8th 1896 – 1900 Joseph John Tucker Liberal 9th 1900 – 1904 10th 1904 – 1907 Alfred Augustus Stockton Conservative 1907 – 1908 William Pugsley Liberal 11th 1908 – 1911 12th 1911 John Waterhouse Daniel Conservative 1911 – 1917 John Douglas Hazen ''Riding dissolved into'' St. John—Albert
Election results
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament