Sunbury—Queen's

Sunbury—Queen's
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1892
District abolished 1914
First contested 1896
Last contested 1911
Demographics
Census divisions Queens, Sunbury

Sunbury—Queen's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1892 from the ridings of Queen's and Sunbury. It consisted of the counties of Sunbury and Queen's. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Royal and York—Sunbury ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Sunbury—Queen's
Riding created from Queen's and Sunbury
8th  1896–1896     George Gerald King Liberal
 1896–1900 Andrew George Blair
9th  1900–1904     Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. Conservative
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911     Hugh Havelock McLean Liberal
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Royal and York—Sunbury

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalKING, Geo. G. 1,778
ConservativeWILMOT, R.D. 1,599

By-election: Mr. King resigned, summoned to the Senate, 18 December 1896

By-election on 25 August 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalBLAIR, Hon. A.G. 2,310
ConservativeWILMOT, R.D. 1,686
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWILMOT, Robert D. 2,143
LiberalWHITE, Albert S. 1,868
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWILMOT, Robert D. 1,917
LiberalFRAY, Hugh Burns 1,799
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMCLEAN, Hugh Havelock 1,951
ConservativeWILMOT, Robert Duncan 1,899
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMCLEAN, Hugh Havelock 2,020
ConservativeSMITH, Luther Benjamin 2,010

See also

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