Westmorland (electoral district)
New Brunswick electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1966 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1965 |
Demographics | |
Census division(s) | Westmorland |
Westmorland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Westmorland—Kent and Moncton ridings.
It consisted of the County of Westmorland.
Members of Parliament[]
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Westmorland | ||||
1st | 1867–1872 | Albert James Smith | Liberal | |
2nd | 1872–1873 | |||
1873–1874 | ||||
3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
4th | 1878–1882 | |||
5th | 1882–1887 | Josiah Wood | Conservative | |
6th | 1887–1891 | |||
7th | 1891–1895 | |||
1895–1896 | Henry Absalom Powell | Liberal–Conservative | ||
8th | 1896–1900 | |||
9th | 1900–1904 | Henry Emmerson | Liberal | |
1904–1904 | ||||
10th | 1904–1908 | |||
11th | 1908–1911 | |||
12th | 1911–1914 | |||
1915–1917 | Arthur Bliss Copp | |||
13th | 1917–1921 | |||
14th | 1921–1922 | |||
1922–1925 | ||||
15th | 1925–1926 | Otto Baird Price | Conservative | |
16th | 1926–1930 | |||
17th | 1930–1935 | |||
18th | 1935–1940 | Henry Read Emmerson | Liberal | |
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1949 | |||
21st | 1949–1953 | Edmund William George | ||
22nd | 1953–1957 | Henry Murphy | ||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | William Creaghan | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 1962–1963 | Sherwood Rideout | Liberal | |
26th | 1963–1964 | |||
1964–1965 | Margaret Rideout | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
Riding dissolved into Westmorland—Kent and Moncton |
Election results[]
hide1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Albert J. Smith | 2,207 | 82.9 | |||||
Unknown | J.J.D. Landry | 454 | 17.1 |
hide1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Albert J. Smith | acclaimed |
By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries:
By-election on 7 November 1873 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Albert J. Smith | acclaimed |
hide1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Albert J. Smith | acclaimed |
hide1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Albert J. Smith | 2,572 | 57.2 | |||||
Unknown | R.A. Chapman | 1,928 | 42.8 |
hide1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Josiah Wood | 2,620 | 54.5 | +11.7 | ||||
Liberal | Albert J. Smith | 2,188 | 45.5 | -11.7 |
hide1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Josiah Wood | 3,252 | 54.5 | n/c | ||||
Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 2,710 | 45.5 | n/c |
hide1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Josiah Wood | 4,205 | 67.2 | +12.7 | ||||
Liberal | William F. George | 2,057 | 32.8 | -12.7 |
By-election: on Mr. Wood being called to the Senate:
By-election on 5 August 1895 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal-Conservative | Henry A. Powell | acclaimed |
hide1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Henry A. Powell | 3,442 | 50.1 | -17.1 | ||||
Liberal | C.N. Robinson | 3,427 | 49.9 | +17.1 |
hide1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 4,420 | 52.9 | +3.0 | ||||
Conservative | Henry A. Powell | 3,934 | 47.1 | -3.0 |
By-election: on Mr. Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals:
By-election on 30 January 1904 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Henry Emmerson | acclaimed |
hide1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 4,693 | 55.6 | +2.7 | ||||
Conservative | Henry A. Powell | 3,747 | 44.4 | -2.7 |
hide1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 5,047 | 58.0 | +2.4 | ||||
Conservative | Frederick William Sumner | 3,662 | 42.0 | -2.4 |
hide1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 4,452 | 50.4 | -7.6 | ||||
Unknown | Medley Godfrey Siddall | 4,388 | 49.6 | +7.6 |
By-election: on Mr. Emmerson's death:
By-election on 1 February 1915 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Arthur Bliss Copp | acclaimed |
hide1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Opposition | Arthur Bliss Copp | 6,645 | 57.2 | +6.8 | ||||
Government | Otto Baird Price | 4,982 | 42.8 | -6.8 |
hide1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Arthur Bliss Copp | 12,646 | 61.4 | +4.2 | ||||
Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 4,884 | 23.7 | -19.1 | ||||
Progressive | Albert Ernest Trites | 3,059 | 14.9 | * |
By-election: on Mr. Copp's appointment as Secretary of State of Canada:
By-election on 19 January 1922 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Bliss Copp | acclaimed |
hide1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 11,806 | 60.3 | +36.6 | ||||
Liberal | Ernest Albert Smith | 7,780 | 39.7 | -21.7 |
hide1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 10,737 | 51.3 | -9.0 | ||||
Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 10,204 | 48.7 | +9.0 |
hide1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 13,304 | 55.1 | +3.8 | ||||
Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 10,836 | 44.9 | -3.8 |
hide1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 16,307 | 62.8 | +17.9 | ||||
Conservative | Otto Baird Price | 6,342 | 24.4 | -30.7 | ||||
Reconstruction | Charles Younger-Lewis | 3,312 | 12.8 | * |
hide1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 16,431 | 61.6 | -1.2 | ||||
National Government | William Emmet McMonagle | 10,259 | 38.4 | +14.0 |
hide1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Read Emmerson | 17,251 | 53.0 | -8.6 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Alfred Walker | 11,612 | 35.7 | -2.7 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Claude Pearson Milton | 3,707 | 11.4 | * |
hide1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Edmund William George | 20,649 | 57.3 | +4.3 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Edward Murphy | 11,696 | 32.4 | -3.3 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | William Robert Rogers | 3,702 | 10.3 | -1.1 |
hide1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Murphy | 20,160 | 54.4 | -2.9 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Gerald Stewart | 14,788 | 39.9 | +7.5 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Claude Pearson Milton | 2,099 | 5.7 | -4.6 |
hide1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Henry Murphy | 19,873 | 50.7 | -3.7 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Creaghan | 16,478 | 42.0 | +3.1 | ||||
Social Credit | Silas Taylor | 1,476 | 3.8 | * | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward McAllister | 1,373 | 3.5 | -2.2 |
hide1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Creaghan | 20,149 | 48.3 | +6.3 | ||||
Liberal | Henry Murphy | 18,597 | 44.5 | -6.2 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward McAllister | 2,478 | 5.9 | +2.4 | ||||
Social Credit | Silas Taylor | 522 | 1.3 | -2.5 |
hide1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Sherwood Rideout | 18,334 | 42.8 | -1.7 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Creaghan | 17,818 | 41.6 | -6.7 | ||||
New Democratic Party | Edward McAllister | 5,848 | 13.7 | +7.8 | ||||
Social Credit | John Bampton | 836 | 2.0 | +0.7 |
hide1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Sherwood Rideout | 19,989 | 48.1 | +5.3 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jean-Paul LeBlanc | 16,356 | 39.4 | -2.2 | ||||
New Democratic Party | Edward McAllister | 4,415 | 10.6 | -3.1 | ||||
Social Credit | John Bampton | 771 | 1.9 | -0.1 |
By-election: on Mr. Rideout's death:
By-election on 9 November 1964 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Margaret Rideout | 20,401 | 55.0 | +6.9 | |
Progressive Conservative | Edward Murphy | 14,090 | 38.0 | -1.4 | |
New Democratic Party | Henry Landry | 2,615 | 7.0 | -3.6 |
hide1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Margaret Rideout | 20,768 | 49.7 | -5.3 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | R.F. Robinson | 15,090 | 36.1 | -1.9 | ||||
New Democratic Party | John Dimick | 5,943 | 14.2 | +7.2 |
See also[]
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links[]
- Defunct New Brunswick federal electoral districts