Westmorland (provincial electoral district)
Westmorland 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.
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
District created | 1785 |
District abolished | 1973 |
First contested | 1785 |
Last contested | 1970 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
1970 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 10,683 | 13.10 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Wendell W. Meldrum | 10,495 | 12.87 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | William J. McNevin | 10,284 | 12.61 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | J. Cléophas Léger | 10,141 | 12.43 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank K. Wortman | 9,516 | 11.67 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | William Sloan | 9,316 | 11.42 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Max Gordon | 9,143 | 11.21 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Alfred Leger | 8,713 | 10.68 | |||||
New Democratic | Colin McCabe | 1,188 | 1.46 | |||||
New Democratic | Beatrice Boudreau | 1,110 | 1.36 | |||||
New Democratic | Kevin Noon | 982 | 1.20 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 81,571 | 100.00 | ||||||
Number of electors who cast votes/Turnout | 22,326 | 82.03 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 27,216 |
1967 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | W. W. Meldrum | 11,785 | 15.00 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 11,656 | 14.84 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Percy Mitton | 11,346 | 14.44 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | J. Cléophas Léger | 11,314 | 14.40 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Wortman | 8,476 | 10.79 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Mark Yeoman | 8,243 | 10.49 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Leopold Leger | 7,952 | 10.12 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | George Cormier | 7,780 | 9.90 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 78,552 | 100.00 |
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 27 September 1965 Death of Donald C. Harper | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Wendell W. Meldrum | 10,570 | 66.24 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert V. Landry | 5,388 | 33.76 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 15,958 |
1963 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Donald C. Harper | 11,284 | 14.18 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Percy Mitton | 11,195 | 14.07 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 11,083 | 13.93 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph C. Léger | 11,072 | 13.92 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Lutes | 8,779 | 11.04 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Hicks | 8,770 | 11.02 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis Landry | 8,699 | 10.93 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Sylvain Léger | 8,672 | 10.90 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 79,554 |
1960 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Donald C. Harper | 11,889 | 14.16 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Percy Mitton | 11,832 | 14.09 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 11,811 | 14.07 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph C. Léger | 11,759 | 14.00 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | James Henderson | 9,269 | 11.04 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Hicks | 9,213 | 10.97 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis Landry | 9,138 | 10.88 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Régis LeBlanc | 9,060 | 10.79 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 83,971 |
1956 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 11,159 | 13.84 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 11,012 | 13.66 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph C. Léger | 11,005 | 13.65 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Donald C. Harper | 10,962 | 13.60 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Aurèle Young | 9,147 | 11.35 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Howard Trueman | 9,132 | 11.33 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Louis Landry | 9,128 | 11.32 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Roy Beckwith | 9,069 | 11.25 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 80,614 |
1952 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 11,829 | 13.72 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Donald C. Harper | 11,569 | 13.42 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph E. Leblanc | 11,487 | 13.33 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Joseph C. Léger | 11,375 | 13.20 | ![]() | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert S. Black | 8,998 | 10.44 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Aurèle Young | 8,763 | 10.17 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Roy Beckwith | 8,755 | 10.16 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | George Belliveau | 8,472 | 9.83 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Percy Mitton | 1,274 | 1.48 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Claude P. Milton | 1,259 | 1.46 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | George A. Wilson | 1,259 | 1.44 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph O. LeBlanc | 1,182 | 1.37 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 86,204 |
1948 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 13,203 | 16.91 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank H. Copp | 12,895 | 16.52 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Langton C. Dysart | 12,794 | 16.39 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Edouard S. Léger | 12,647 | 16.20 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | J. Lawrence Black | 5,143 | 6.59 | |||||
Conservative | Percy J. Eagles | 5,136 | 6.58 | |||||
Conservative | Ambrose Léger | 4,832 | 6.19 | |||||
Conservative | M. J. Esliger | 4,812 | 6.16 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Percy Mitton | 2,261 | 2.90 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Gordon Wilson | 2,208 | 2.83 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph Breau | 2,127 | 2.72 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 78,058 |
1944 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 9,465 | 13.02 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank H. Copp | 9,148 | 12.59 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Langton C. Dysart | 9,076 | 12.49 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Edouard S. Léger | 8,913 | 12.26 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Charles Cass | 6,493 | 8.93 | |||||
Conservative | Carl C. Allen | 6,323 | 8.70 | |||||
Conservative | William H. Humphrey | 6,313 | 8.69 | |||||
Conservative | Eloi J. Léger | 5,949 | 8.18 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | R. J. Caldwell | 2,840 | 3.91 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward R. McDonald | 2,740 | 3.77 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | G. W. R. Myles | 2,740 | 3.77 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | P. A. Bannister | 2,685 | 3.69 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 72,685 |
1939 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 9,999 | 14.85 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank H. Copp | 9,692 | 14.39 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Alexander W. McQueen | 9,725 | 14.44 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Edouard S. Léger | 9,593 | 14.25 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Carl C. Allen | 7,132 | 10.59 | |||||
Conservative | Emmerson C. Rice | 7,104 | 10.55 | |||||
Conservative | Medley G. Siddall | 7,096 | 10.54 | |||||
Conservative | Ferdinand J. Robidoux | 6,992 | 10.38 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 67,333 |
1935 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 10,558 | 15.49 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank H. Copp | 10,491 | 15.39 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Edward McDonald | 10,418 | 15.28 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Siméon Melanson | 10,230 | 15.01 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | William Humphrey | 6,807 | 9.98 | |||||
Conservative | Herbert M. Wood | 6,719 | 9.68 | |||||
Conservative | Medley G. Siddall | 6,625 | 9.72 | |||||
Conservative | Antoine J. Léger | 6,327 | 9.28 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 68,178 |
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 7 October 1930 Resignation of Merville A. Oulton | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
Conservative | Lewis Smith | Acclaimed | ![]() |
1930 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Conservative | Herbert M. Wood | 7,156 | 12.98 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Merville A. Oulton | 7,060 | 12.81 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Medley G. Siddall | 7,051 | 12.79 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Antoine J. Léger | 6,927 | 12.57 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Austin C. Taylor | 6,841 | 12.41 | |||||
Liberal | William C. Rayworth | 6,819 | 12.37 | |||||
Liberal | Reid McManus | 6,671 | 12.10 | |||||
Liberal | Alphonse T. LeBlanc | 6,603 | 11.98 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 54,896 |
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1925 Upon Antoine J. Léger being appointed to cabinet | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
Conservative | Antoine J. Léger | Acclaimed | ![]() |
1925 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Conservative | Herbert Wood | 6,690 | 13.11 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Merville Oulton | 6,662 | 13.06 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Medley Siddall | 6,572 | 12.88 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Antoine Léger | 6,486 | 12.71 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Fred Magee | 6,224 | 12.20 | |||||
Liberal | Ferdinand Bourgeois | 6,147 | 12.05 | |||||
Liberal | Reid McManus | 6,140 | 12.03 | |||||
Liberal | Fred Estabrooks | 6,109 | 11.97 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 51,030 |
1920 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Fred Magee | 4,875 | 13.30 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Fred Estabrooks | 4,707 | 12.84 | ![]() | ||||
United Farmers | Albert Fawcett | 4,648 | 12.68 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Reid McManus | 4,645 | 12.67 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Ferdinand Bourgeois | 4,515 | 12.31 | |||||
United Farmers | Arthur Robinson | 4,513 | 12.31 | |||||
United Farmers | Frank Reilly | 4,412 | 12.12 | |||||
United Farmers | Matthias Arsenault | 4,319 | 11.78 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 36,664 |
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 23 April 1917 Upon Ernest A. Smith being appointed to cabinet | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
Liberal | Ernest A. Smith | Acclaimed | ![]() |
1917 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Ernest Smith | 3,585 | 13.84 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Fred Magee | 3,583 | 13.84 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank Sweeney | 3,491 | 13.48 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Clément Léger | 3,487 | 13.47 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Albert Trites | 2,981 | 11.51 | |||||
Conservative | Frank Black | 2,980 | 11.51 | |||||
Conservative | Patrick Mahoney | 2,919 | 11.27 | |||||
Conservative | Antoine Léger | 2,868 | 11.08 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 36,664 |
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 30 May 1916 Upon Patrick G. Mahoney being appointed to cabinet | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Ernest A. Smith | 3,190 | 50.55 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Patrick Mahoney | 3,121 | 49.45 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 6,311 |
1912 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Conservative | Frank Black | 3,550 | 13.67 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Patrick Mahoney | 3,539 | 13.63 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | William Humphrey | 3,501 | 13.49 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Oliver Melanson | 3,436 | 13.23 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Arthur Copp | 3,045 | 11.73 | |||||
Liberal | Fred Magee | 2,992 | 11.52 | |||||
Liberal | I. Newton Killam | 2,976 | 11.46 | |||||
Liberal | Clément Léger | 2,923 | 11.26 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 25,962 |
1908 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Clifford Robinson | 4,469 | 13.60 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Arthur Copp | 4,364 | 13.28 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Frank Sweeney | 4,352 | 13.24 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Clément Léger | 4,217 | 12.83 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Frederick Sumner | 3,925 | 11.94 | |||||
Conservative | Frank Black | 3,892 | 11.84 | |||||
Conservative | Patrick Mahoney | 3,851 | 11.72 | |||||
Conservative | Oliver Melanson | 3,790 | 11.53 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 32,860 |
1903 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Arthur Copp | 4,151 | 14.10 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Clifford Robinson | 4,138 | 14.05 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Francis Sweeney | 4,026 | 13.67 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Clément Léger | 3,949 | 13.41 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | William Humphrey | 3,601 | 12.23 | |||||
Conservative | Frank Black | 3,545 | 12.04 | |||||
Conservative | Oliver Melanson | 3,523 | 11.96 | |||||
Conservative | Patrick Mahoney | 2,515 | 8.54 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 29,448 |
1899 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Independent | William Humphrey | 4,097 | 12.81 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Clifford Robinson | 4,064 | 12.71 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Oliver Melanson | 4,038 | 12.63 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | William Wells | 4,022 | 12.58 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Frank Black | 3,986 | 12.47 | |||||
Unknown | Frederick Sumner | 3,985 | 12.46 | |||||
Unknown | Ambroise Richard | 3,922 | 12.27 | |||||
Unknown | Arthur Copp | 3,857 | 12.06 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 31,971 |
1895 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
Liberal–Conservative | Amasa Killam | Acclaimed | ![]() | |||||
Conservative | Ambroise Richard | Acclaimed | ![]() | |||||
Conservative | Frederick Sumner | Acclaimed | ![]() | |||||
Liberal | William Wells | Acclaimed | ![]() |
1892 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Independent | John Smith | 3,492 | 13.13 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Amasa Killam | 3,463 | 13.02 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Henry Powell | 3,367 | 12.66 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | William Wells | 3,321 | 12.48 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Ambroise Richard | 3,317 | 12.47 | |||||
Unknown | William Wells | 3,254 | 12.23 | |||||
Unknown | Frederick Sumner | 3,240 | 12.18 | |||||
Unknown | Oliver Melanson | 3,147 | 11.83 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 26,601 |
1890 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Oliver Melanson | 4,338 | 22.77 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Henry Powell | 3,235 | 16.98 | ![]() | ||||
Independent | Henry Stevens | 3,079 | 16.16 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Daniel Hanington | 3,037 | 15.94 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Amasa Killam | 2,687 | 14.10 | |||||
Unknown | Josiah Anderson | 2,675 | 14.04 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 19,051 |
1886 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Independent | Joseph Black | 2,678 | 13.22 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Amasa Killam | 2,658 | 13.12 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Daniel Hanington | 2,654 | 13.10 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | John Humphrey | 2,593 | 12.80 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Edward J. Smith | 2,588 | 12.78 | |||||
Unknown | E. Gaudet | 2,573 | 12.70 | |||||
Unknown | William Robinson | 2,415 | 11.92 | |||||
Unknown | Tilman Landry | 2,096 | 10.35 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 20,255 |
1882 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Conservative | Pierre Landry | 2,743 | 19.22 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Charles Black | 2,585 | 18.12 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Daniel Hanington | 2,545 | 17.84 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | John Humphrey | 2,544 | 17.83 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Amasa Killam | 2,023 | 14.18 | |||||
Unknown | Angus McQueen | 1,829 | 12.82 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 14,269 |
1878 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Amasa Killam | 2,766 | 15.27 | ![]() | ||||
Independent | Joseph Black | 2,738 | 15.12 | ![]() | ||||
Conservative | Pierre Landry | 2,737 | 15.11 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | Daniel Hanington | 2,710 | 14.96 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Josiah Wood | 1,922 | 10.61 | |||||
Unknown | Angus McQueen | 1,880 | 10.38 | |||||
Unknown | John Humphrey | 1,788 | 9.87 | |||||
Unknown | John McKenzie | 1,568 | 8.66 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 18,109 |
1874 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
Liberal | Edward Smith | 2,024 | 13.78 | ![]() | ||||
Independent | Angus McQueen | 1,989 | 13.54 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | John Humphrey | 1,953 | 13.30 | ![]() | ||||
Liberal | Thomas Pickard | 1,912 | 13.02 | ![]() | ||||
Unknown | Daniel Hanington | 1,789 | 12.18 | |||||
Unknown | Pierre Landry | 1,709 | 11.64 | |||||
Unknown | Titus Hicks | 1,657 | 11.28 | |||||
Unknown | John McKenzie | 1,654 | 11.26 | |||||
Total number of valid votes | 14,687 |
References
- died in 1812
- appointed judge
- declared ineligible because he was a preacher
- died in 1853
- elected to federal seat
- died in 1871
- 1890 election appealed but re-elected in subsequent by-election in 1891
- 1890 election appealed; lost subsequent by-election in 1891
- "The Statistical Year-book of Canada for". 1893.
- died in 1901
- named to cabinet; lost subsequent by-election
- resigned
- named to Senate
- died in 1965
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