City and County of St. John explained

City and County of St. John
Province:	New Brunswick
Fed-Status:	defunct
Fed-Created:	1867
Fed-Abolished:	1914
Fed-Election-First:	1867
Fed-Election-Last:	1911 by-election
Demo-Cd:	Saint John

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.

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. John Alongside 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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament