Westmorland (provincial electoral district) explained
Westmorland |
Province: | New Brunswick |
Prov-Status: | defunct |
Prov-Created: | 1785 |
Prov-Abolished: | 1973 |
Prov-Election-First: | 1785 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 1970 |
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Notes and References
- died in 1812
- appointed judge
- declared ineligible because he was a preacher
- died in 1853
- elected to federal seat
- died in 1871
- election appealed
- 1890 election appealed but re-elected in subsequent by-election in 1891
- 1890 election appealed; lost subsequent by-election in 1891
- Web site: 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