Westmorland (provincial electoral district)

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LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1785
District abolished1973
First contested1785
Westmorland
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1785
District abolished1973
First contested1785
Last contested1970

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.

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1st 1786 – 1792     Amos Botsford[1] Ind.     Charles Dixon Ind.     Samuel Gay Ind.     Andrew Kinnear Ind.
2nd 1793 – 1795     Thomas Chandler Ind.     William Black Ind.     Thomas Dixson Ind.
3rd 1795 – 1802     Samuel Gay Ind.     Ralph Siddall Ind.
4th 1802 – 1809     Benjamin Wilson Ind.     James Easterbrooks Ind.
5th 1809 – 1812     Titus Knapp Ind.     John Chapman Ind.
1813 – 1816     William Botsford[2] Ind.
6th 1817 – 1819     Rufus Smith Ind.
7th 1820     Joseph Crandall[3] Ind.
8th 1821 – 1823     Benjamin Wilson Ind.
1823 – 1824     Malcolm Wilmot Ind.
1824 – 1827     William Crane Ind.
9th 1827 – 1830     Edward Barron Chandler Ind.     Philip Palmer Ind.     Robert Scott Ind.
10th 1831 – 1834     Rufus Smith Ind.
11th 1835 – 1837     Philip Palmer Ind.     Daniel Hanington Ind.
12th 1837 – 1842     William Wilson Ind.
13th 1843 – 1846     William Hazen Botsford Ind.     John Smith Ind.
14th 1847 – 1850     William Wilson Ind.     Amand Landry Ind.
15th 1851 – 1853     William Crane[4] Ind.     Bliss Botsford Ind.     Robert B. Chapman Ind.
1853 – 1854     Amand Landry Ind.
16th 1854 – 1856     Albert James Smith[5] Lib.     James Steadman Ind.
17th 1856 – 1857     Bliss Botsford Ind.     Robert K. Gilbert Ind.
18th 1857 – 1861     James Steadman Ind.
19th 1862 – 1865     Amand Landry Ind.     William J. Gilbert Ind.
20th 1865 – 1866     Bliss Botsford Ind.
21st 1866 – 1867     Angus McQueen Ind.
1867 – 1870     Joseph Lytle Moore[6] Ind.
22nd 1870 – 1871     Pierre-Amand Landry Cons.
1871 – 1874     Daniel Lionel Hanington Lib.-Con.     John A. Humphrey Lib.-Con.
23rd 1875 – 1878     Edward J. Smith Lib.     Thomas Pickard Lib.
24th 1879 – 1882     Daniel Lionel Hanington Lib.-Con.     Amasa E. Killam Lib.-Con.     Pierre-Amand Landry Cons.     Joseph Laurence Black Ind.
25th 1882 – 1883     John A. Humphrey Lib.-Con.     Charles A. Black Cons.
1883 – 1886     Amasa E. Killam Lib.-Con.
26th 1886 – 1890     Joseph Laurence Black Ind.
27th 1890 – 1891     Henry Absalom Powell[7] Lib.-Con.     Olivier-Maximin Melanson Lib.-Con.     Henry T. Stevens[8] Ind.
1891 – 1892     Joseph A. McQueen Lib.
28th 1892 – 1895     John W. Y. Smith[9] Ind.     Amasa E. Killam Lib.-Con.     W. Woodbury Wells[10] Lib.
29th 1896 – 1897     Ambrose D. Richard Cons.     Frederick W. Sumner Cons.
1897 – 1899     Clifford William Robinson Lib.
30th 1899 – 1901     William F. Humphrey Ind.     Olivier-Maximin Melanson Lib.-Con.
1901 – 1903     Arthur Bliss Copp Lib.
31st 1903 – 1908     Francis J. Sweeney Lib.     Clement M. Leger Lib.
32nd 1908 – 1912
33rd 1912 – 1916     William F. Humphrey Ind.     Frank Bunting Black Cons.     Olivier-Maximin Melanson Lib.-Con.     Patrick G. Mahoney[11] Ind.
1916 – 1917     Ernest A. Smith Lib.
34th 1917 – 1920     Francis J. Sweeney Lib.     Clement M. Leger Lib.     Fred Magee Lib.
35th 1921 – 1925     Frederick L. Estabrooks Lib.     A. Chase Fawcett UF     Reid McManus Lib.
36th 1925 – 1930     Merville A. Oulton[12] Cons.     Antoine Joseph Léger Cons.     Herbert M. Wood Cons.     Medley G. Siddall Cons.
37th 1930
1931 – 1935     Lewis Smith Cons.
38th 1935 – 1939     Austin Claude Taylor[13] Lib.     Frank Copp Lib.     E. R. McDonald Lib.     Simeon Melanson Lib.
39th 1939 – 1944     Édouard S. Léger Lib.     A. W. McQueen Lib.
40th 1944 – 1948     L. C. Dysart Lib.
41st 1948 – 1952
42nd 1952 – 1956     Donald C. Harper[14] Lib.     Joseph E. LeBlanc Lib.     Cléophas Léger Lib.
43rd 1957 – 1960
44th 1960 – 1963     Percy Mitton Lib.
45th 1963 – 1965
1965 – 1967     W. Wynn Meldrum Lib.
46th 1967 – 1970
47th 1970 – 1974     William J. McNevin Lib.
Riding dissolved into Memramcook, Petitcodiac, Shediac and Tantramar

Election results

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