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Westmorland (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency).
For the former New brunswick provincial electoral district, see Westmorland (provincial electoral district).

Westmorland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

Westmorland
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1966
First contested1867
Last contested1965
Demographics
Census division(s)Westmorland

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.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Westmorland
1st  1867–1872     Albert James Smith Liberal
2nd  1872–1873
 1873–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887     Josiah Wood Conservative
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1895
 1895–1896     Henry Absalom Powell Liberal–Conservative
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904     Henry Emmerson Liberal
 1904–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1914
 1915–1917 Arthur Bliss Copp
13th  1917–1921
14th  1921–1922
 1922–1925
15th  1925–1926     Otto Baird Price Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     Henry Read Emmerson Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953 Edmund William George
22nd  1953–1957 Henry Murphy
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     William Creaghan Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Sherwood Rideout Liberal
26th  1963–1964
 1964–1965 Margaret Rideout
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Westmorland—Kent and Moncton

Election results

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1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Albert James Smith 2,207 82.9
Conservative Israël Landry 454 17.1
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Albert Smith acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries:

By-election on 7 November 1873
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Albert James Smith acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Albert James Smith acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Albert James Smith 2,572 57.2
  Unknown R.A. Chapman 1,928 42.8
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 2,620 54.5 +11.7
  Liberal Albert James Smith 2,188 45.5 -11.7
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 3,252 54.5 n/c
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 2,710 45.5 n/c
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Josiah Wood 4,205 67.2 +12.7
  Liberal William F. George 2,057 32.8 -12.7

By-election: on Mr. Wood being called to the Senate:

By-election on 5 August 1895
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal-Conservative Henry A. Powell acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal-Conservative Henry A. Powell 3,442 50.1 -17.1
  Liberal C.N. Robinson 3,427 49.9 +17.1
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 4,420 52.9 +3.0
  Conservative Henry A. Powell 3,934 47.1 -3.0

By-election: on Mr. Emmerson being appointed Minister of Railways and Canals:

By-election on 30 January 1904
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Henry Emmerson acclaimed
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 4,693 55.6 +2.7
  Conservative Henry A. Powell 3,747 44.4 -2.7
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 5,047 58.0 +2.4
  Conservative Frederick William Sumner 3,662 42.0 -2.4
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Emmerson 4,452 50.4 -7.6
  Unknown Medley Godfrey Siddall 4,388 49.6 +7.6

By-election: on Mr. Emmerson's death:

By-election on 1 February 1915
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Arthur Bliss Copp acclaimed
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Opposition Arthur Bliss Copp 6,645 57.2 +6.8
  Government Otto Baird Price 4,982 42.8 -6.8
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Arthur Bliss Copp 12,646 61.4 +4.2
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 4,884 23.7 -19.1
Progressive Albert Ernest Trites 3,059 14.9 *

By-election: on Mr. Copp's appointment as Secretary of State of Canada:

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Arthur Bliss Copp acclaimed
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 11,806 60.3 +36.6
  Liberal Ernest Albert Smith 7,780 39.7 -21.7
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 10,737 51.3 -9.0
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,204 48.7 +9.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 13,304 55.1 +3.8
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,836 44.9 -3.8
Source: lop.parl.ca
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 16,307 62.8 +17.9
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 6,342 24.4 -30.7
Reconstruction Charles Younger-Lewis 3,312 12.8 *
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 16,431 61.6 -1.2
  National Government William Emmet McMonagle 10,259 38.4 +14.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 17,251 53.0 -8.6
  Progressive Conservative William Alfred Walker 11,612 35.7 -2.7
  Co-operative Commonwealth Claude Pearson Milton 3,707 11.4 *
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Edmund William George 20,649 57.3 +4.3
  Progressive Conservative John Edward Murphy 11,696 32.4 -3.3
  Co-operative Commonwealth William Robert Rogers 3,702 10.3 -1.1
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Murphy 20,160 54.4 -2.9
  Progressive Conservative William Gerald Stewart 14,788 39.9 +7.5
  Co-operative Commonwealth Claude Pearson Milton 2,099 5.7 -4.6
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Murphy 19,873 50.7 -3.7
  Progressive Conservative William Creaghan 16,478 42.0 +3.1
Social Credit Silas Taylor 1,476 3.8 *
  Co-operative Commonwealth Edward McAllister 1,373 3.5 -2.2
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative William Creaghan 20,149 48.3 +6.3
  Liberal Henry Murphy 18,597 44.5 -6.2
  Co-operative Commonwealth Edward McAllister 2,478 5.9 +2.4
Social Credit Silas Taylor 522 1.3 -2.5
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Sherwood Rideout 18,334 42.8 -1.7
  Progressive Conservative William Creaghan 17,818 41.6 -6.7
  New Democratic Party Edward McAllister 5,848 13.7 +7.8
Social Credit John Bampton 836 2.0 +0.7
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Sherwood Rideout 19,989 48.1 +5.3
  Progressive Conservative Jean-Paul LeBlanc 16,356 39.4 -2.2
  New Democratic Party Edward McAllister 4,415 10.6 -3.1
Social Credit John Bampton 771 1.9 -0.1

By-election: on Mr. Rideout's death:

By-election on 9 November 1964
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Margaret Rideout 20,401 55.0 +6.9
  Progressive Conservative Edward Murphy 14,090 38.0 -1.4
  New Democratic Party Henry Landry 2,615 7.0 -3.6
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Margaret Rideout 20,768 49.7 -5.3
  Progressive Conservative R.F. Robinson 15,090 36.1 -1.9
  New Democratic Party John Dimick 5,943 14.2 +7.2

See also

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  1. ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
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