City of St. John

Not to be confused with St. John's, Newfoundland; Saint John, New Brunswick; or Saint John City (electoral district).

City 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.

City of St. John

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1917
Demographics
Census division(s)	Saint John
Census subdivision(s)	Saint John

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
City of St. John Alongside City and County of St. John
1st	1867–1872		Samuel Leonard Tilley	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874		Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878		Samuel Leonard Tilley	Liberal–Conservative
	1878–1882
5th	1882–1885
	1885–1887		Frederick Eustace Barker	Conservative
6th	1887–1891		John Valentine Ellis	Liberal
7th	1891–1896		Ezekiel McLeod	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		John Valentine Ellis	Liberal
9th	1900–1903		Andrew George Blair
	1904–1904		John Waterhouse Daniel	Conservative
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		William Pugsley	Liberal
Riding dissolved into St. John—Albert

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,402
	Unknown	John Wilson	610

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,765
	Unknown	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	1,225

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 15 November 1873

By-election on 1 December 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	1,772
	Unknown	G.W. Day	591

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,475
	Liberal	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	1,466

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Minister of Finance, 17 October 1878

By-election on 4 November 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Samuel Leonard Tilley	acclaimed

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley	1,288
	Independent	George McLeod	1,151

By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 12 November 1885

By-election on 24 November 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frederick Eustace Barker	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John V. Ellis	2,375
	Conservative	Frederick Eustace Barker	2,162

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ezekiel McLeod	2,649
	Liberal	John V. Ellis	2,063

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ELLIS, John V.	3,249
	Conservative	CHESLEY, John A.	2,527
	Independent	PUGSLEY, William	1,427

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIR, Hon. Andrew George	4,520
	Conservative	FOSTER, Hon. George Eulas	3,523

By-election: On Mr. Blair's resignation, 27 December 1903

By-election on 16 February 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, J.W.	3,709
	Unknown	MCKEOWN, H.A.	3,440

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, John W.	4,881
	Liberal	O'BRIEN, Richard	3,670

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	DANIEL, John W.	4,394
	Liberal	PENDER, James	4,202

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	PUGSLEY, Hon. William	4,360
	Conservative	POWELL, Henry Absalom	4,295

See also

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