York (provincial electoral district, 1785–1974) explained

York
Province:New Brunswick
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1785
Prov-Abolished:1973
Prov-Election-First:1785
Prov-Election-Last:1970

York 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

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1st1786 – 1792   Daniel MurrayInd.   Isaac AtwoodInd.   Daniel LymanInd.   Edward StelleInd.
2nd1793 – 1795   Archibald McLeanInd.   Stair AgnewInd.   Jacob EllegoodInd.
3rd1795 – 1796   James French[1] Ind.
1796 – 1802   Stair Agnew[2] Ind.
4th1802 – 1809   John DavisonInd.   Walter PriceInd.
5th1809 – 1816   Peter FraserInd.   John AllenInd.   Duncan McLeodInd.
6th1817 – 1819   John Dow[3] Ind.
7th1820
8th1821
1822 – 1827   William TaylorInd.
9th1827 – 1830   Richard KetchumInd.
10th1831 – 1832   Jedediah SlasonInd.
1832 – 1834   James TaylorInd.
11th1835 – 1837   Lemuel Allan WilmotRef.
12th1837 – 1842   Charles FisherRef.
13th1843 – 1846
14th1847 – 1850   Thomas BaillieInd.
15th1851 – 1854   George Luther HathawayCons.   Thomas Pickard, Jr.Ind.
16th1854 – 1856   Charles FisherRef.   Charles McPhersonInd.
17th1856 – 1857   John Campbell AllenInd.
18th1857 – 1861   John McIntoshInd.
19th1862 – 1865   George Luther HathawayCons.   Hiram DowInd.
20th1865 – 1866   John James FraserCons.   William Hayden NeedhamInd.
21st1866 – 1867   Hiram DowInd.   Charles Fisher[4] Ref.   Alexander ThompsonInd.   John Adolphus BeckwithCons.
1867 – 1868   John PickardInd.
1869 – 1870   William Hayden NeedhamInd.
22nd1870 – 1872   Robert RobinsonInd.   George Luther Hathaway[5] Cons.   Charles McPhersonInd.
1872 – 1874   John James FraserCons.
23rd1875 – 1878   Thomas F. BarkerCons.   Hiram DowInd.
24th1879 – 1882   Andrew George BlairLib.   Frederick P. Thompson[6] Lib.   George J. ColterLib.-Con.
25th1883 – 1885   Edward Ludlow WetmoreLib.
1885 – 1886   William WilsonLib.
26th1886 – 1890   Richard Bellamy[7] Lib.   David R. MooreLib.
27th1890[8]    John AndersonInd.
1890 – 1892   Thomas ColterCons.
28th1892 – 1895   William K. AllenInd.   William T. HoweCons.   James K. PinderCons.   Herman PittsCons.
29th1896 – 1899   John BlackLib.
30th1899 – 1901   William T. WhiteheadInd.   John A. CampbellInd.   Alexander GibsonLib.   Frederick P. Thompson[9] Lib.
1901 – 1903   George W. AllenInd.
31st1903 – 1908   George F. BurdenInd.
32nd1908 – 1911   Harry Fulton McLeodCons.   John A. YoungCons.   Thomas Robison[10] Cons.   James K. PinderCons.
1911 – 1912   Oscar E. MorehouseCons.
33rd1912 – 1914
1914 – 1917   Percy A. GuthrieCons.
34th1917 – 1920   William C. CrocketCons.   Samuel B. HunterLib.
35th1921 – 1925   Charles Dow RichardsCons.
36th1925 – 1930   B. H. DouganCons.   G. C. GrantCons.   James M. ScottCons.see Fredericton
37th1931 – 1935   Marcus Lorne JewettCons.   Charles Dow Richards[11] Cons.
38th1935 – 1939   John B. McNairLib.   Ernest W. StairsLib.   H. Ralph GunterLib.   Stewart E. DurlingLib.
39th1939 – 1944   C. Hedley ForbesCons.   Charles PriceCons.   John Rutherford MesserCons.   Arthur J. McEvoyCons.
40th1944 – 1948   Harry A. CoreyLib.   Donald T. CochraneLib.   Henry C. GreenlawLib.   John B. McNairLib.
41st1948 – 1952
42nd1952 – 1956   Harry Ames[12] PC   C. Weldon LawrencePC   John F. McInerneyPC   William J. WestPC
43rd1957 – 1960
44th1960 – 1963   George Everett ChalmersPC
45th1963 – 1967
46th1967 – 1970   Carl MooersPCsee Fredericton
47th1970 – 1974
Riding dissolved into York North and York South

Notes and References

  1. unseated after an appeal
  2. died in 1821
  3. died in 1832
  4. elected to federal seat
  5. died in 1872
  6. named to Legislative Council
  7. lost second election
  8. election protested and a second election was held in October 1890
  9. called to the Senate in 1902
  10. died in 1911
  11. resigned to accept appointment as judge
  12. died in 1973