Albert (federal electoral district)
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 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1903 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1900 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division | Albert |
Albert was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904.
The district was proclaimed in the British North America Act 1867, based on the borders of Albert County. The district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into King's and Albert riding. It consisted of the County of Albert.[1]
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Albert | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1872 | John Wallace | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Alexander Rogers | ||
| 5th | 1882–1883 | John Wallace | ||
| 1883–1887 | Liberal–Conservative | |||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | Richard Chapman Weldon | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | |||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | William James Lewis | Independent | |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Liberal | ||
| Riding dissolved into King's and Albert (1904–1917) | ||||
Election results
1900
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William James Lewis | 1,276 | 52.38 | -3.41 | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Chapman Weldon | 1,160 | 47.62 | +3.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,436 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[2] | ||||||||
1896
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | William James Lewis | 1,170 | 55.79 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Chapman Weldon | 927 | 44.21 | -7.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,097 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3] | ||||||||
1891
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Chapman Weldon | 1,096 | 51.80 | -1.35 | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Emmerson | 1,020 | 48.20 | +1.35 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,116 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4] | ||||||||
1887
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Richard Chapman Weldon | 1,047 | 53.15 | -0.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Rogers | 923 | 46.85 | +0.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,970 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5] | ||||||||
1883 by-election
| Canadian federal by-election, 10 July 1883 On John Wallace being unseated, on petition, 2 May 1883 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Wallace | 934 | 53.40 | +1.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Rogers | 815 | 46.60 | -1.38 | ||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6] | ||||||||
1882
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Wallace | 784 | 52.02 | +19.59 | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Rogers | 723 | 47.98 | +10.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,507 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[7] | ||||||||
1878
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Rogers | 684 | 37.21 | – | ||||
| Liberal | John Wallace | 596 | 32.43 | -19.16 | ||||
| Unknown | James Domville | 558 | 30.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,838 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[8][9] | ||||||||
1874
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Wallace | 810 | 51.59 | -1.51 | ||||
| Unknown | Calhoun | 760 | 48.41 | +1.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,570 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[10][11] | ||||||||
1872
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Wallace | 847 | 53.10 | +0.96 | ||||
| Unknown | Calhoun | 748 | 46.90 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,595 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[12][13] | ||||||||
1867
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Wallace | 778 | 52.14 | |||||
| Unknown | Henry J. Stevens | 714 | 47.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,492 | – | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[14][15] | ||||||||