Westmorland | |
Province: | New Brunswick |
Fed-Status: | defunct |
Fed-Created: | 1867 |
Fed-Abolished: | 1966 |
Fed-Election-First: | 1867 |
Fed-Election-Last: | 1965 |
Demo-Cd: | 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.
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries:|-|Liberal| Albert James Smith|align="right"| acclaimed
By-election: on Mr. Wood being called to the Senate:|-|Liberal-Conservative|Henry A. Powell|align="right"| acclaimed
By-election: on Mr. Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals:|-|Liberal|Henry Emmerson|align="right"|acclaimed
By-election: on Mr. Emmerson's death:|-|Liberal|Arthur Bliss Copp|align="right"|acclaimedBy-election: on Mr. Copp's appointment as Secretary of State of Canada:|-|Liberal|Arthur Bliss Copp|align="right"|acclaimedBy-election: on Mr. Rideout's death:|-|Liberal|Margaret Rideout|align="right"|20,401|align="right"| 55.0|align="right"| +6.9|Progressive Conservative|Edward Murphy|align="right"|14,090|align="right"| 38.0|align="right"| -1.4|New Democratic Party|Henry Landry|align="right"|2,615|align="right"| 7.0|align="right"| -3.6