Westmorland (provincial electoral district)

For the former New Brunswick federal electoral district, see Westmorland (federal electoral district).
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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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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1970 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 10,683 13.10 Green tickY
Liberal Wendell W. Meldrum 10,495 12.87 Green tickY
Liberal William J. McNevin 10,284 12.61 Green tickY
Liberal J. Cléophas Léger 10,141 12.43 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Frank K. Wortman 9,516 11.67
Progressive Conservative William Sloan 9,316 11.42
Progressive Conservative Max Gordon 9,143 11.21
Progressive Conservative Alfred Leger 8,713 10.68
New Democratic Colin McCabe 1,188 1.46
New Democratic Beatrice Boudreau 1,110 1.36
New Democratic Kevin Noon 982 1.20
Total number of valid votes 81,571 100.00
Number of electors who cast votes/Turnout 22,326 82.03
Eligible voters 27,216
1967 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal W. W. Meldrum 11,785 15.00 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 11,656 14.84 Green tickY
Liberal Percy Mitton 11,346 14.44 Green tickY
Liberal J. Cléophas Léger 11,314 14.40 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Frank Wortman 8,476 10.79
Progressive Conservative Mark Yeoman 8,243 10.49
Progressive Conservative Leopold Leger 7,952 10.12
Progressive Conservative George Cormier 7,780 9.90
Total number of valid votes 78,552 100.00
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 27 September 1965
Death of Donald C. Harper
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Wendell W. Meldrum 10,570 66.24 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Robert V. Landry 5,388 33.76
Total number of valid votes 15,958
1963 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Donald C. Harper 11,284 14.18 Green tickY
Liberal Percy Mitton 11,195 14.07 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 11,083 13.93 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph C. Léger 11,072 13.92 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Frank Lutes 8,779 11.04
Progressive Conservative Harvey Hicks 8,770 11.02
Progressive Conservative Louis Landry 8,699 10.93
Progressive Conservative Sylvain Léger 8,672 10.90
Total number of valid votes 79,554
1960 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Donald C. Harper 11,889 14.16 Green tickY
Liberal Percy Mitton 11,832 14.09 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 11,811 14.07 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph C. Léger 11,759 14.00 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative James Henderson 9,269 11.04
Progressive Conservative Harvey Hicks 9,213 10.97
Progressive Conservative Louis Landry 9,138 10.88
Progressive Conservative Régis LeBlanc 9,060 10.79
Total number of valid votes 83,971
1956 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 11,159 13.84 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 11,012 13.66 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph C. Léger 11,005 13.65 Green tickY
Liberal Donald C. Harper 10,962 13.60 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Aurèle Young 9,147 11.35
Progressive Conservative Howard Trueman 9,132 11.33
Progressive Conservative Louis Landry 9,128 11.32
Progressive Conservative Roy Beckwith 9,069 11.25
Total number of valid votes 80,614
1952 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 11,829 13.72 Green tickY
Liberal Donald C. Harper 11,569 13.42 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph E. Leblanc 11,487 13.33 Green tickY
Liberal Joseph C. Léger 11,375 13.20 Green tickY
Progressive Conservative Robert S. Black 8,998 10.44
Progressive Conservative Aurèle Young 8,763 10.17
Progressive Conservative Roy Beckwith 8,755 10.16
Progressive Conservative George Belliveau 8,472 9.83
Co-operative Commonwealth Percy Mitton 1,274 1.48
Co-operative Commonwealth Claude P. Milton 1,259 1.46
Co-operative Commonwealth George A. Wilson 1,259 1.44
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph O. LeBlanc 1,182 1.37
Total number of valid votes 86,204
1948 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 13,203 16.91 Green tickY
Liberal Frank H. Copp 12,895 16.52 Green tickY
Liberal Langton C. Dysart 12,794 16.39 Green tickY
Liberal Edouard S. Léger 12,647 16.20 Green tickY
Conservative J. Lawrence Black 5,143 6.59
Conservative Percy J. Eagles 5,136 6.58
Conservative Ambrose Léger 4,832 6.19
Conservative M. J. Esliger 4,812 6.16
Co-operative Commonwealth Percy Mitton 2,261 2.90
Co-operative Commonwealth Gordon Wilson 2,208 2.83
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Breau 2,127 2.72
Total number of valid votes 78,058
1944 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 9,465 13.02 Green tickY
Liberal Frank H. Copp 9,148 12.59 Green tickY
Liberal Langton C. Dysart 9,076 12.49 Green tickY
Liberal Edouard S. Léger 8,913 12.26 Green tickY
Conservative Charles Cass 6,493 8.93
Conservative Carl C. Allen 6,323 8.70
Conservative William H. Humphrey 6,313 8.69
Conservative Eloi J. Léger 5,949 8.18
Co-operative Commonwealth R. J. Caldwell 2,840 3.91
Co-operative Commonwealth Edward R. McDonald 2,740 3.77
Co-operative Commonwealth G. W. R. Myles 2,740 3.77
Co-operative Commonwealth P. A. Bannister 2,685 3.69
Total number of valid votes 72,685
1939 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 9,999 14.85 Green tickY
Liberal Frank H. Copp 9,692 14.39 Green tickY
Liberal Alexander W. McQueen 9,725 14.44 Green tickY
Liberal Edouard S. Léger 9,593 14.25 Green tickY
Conservative Carl C. Allen 7,132 10.59
Conservative Emmerson C. Rice 7,104 10.55
Conservative Medley G. Siddall 7,096 10.54
Conservative Ferdinand J. Robidoux 6,992 10.38
Total number of valid votes 67,333
1935 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 10,558 15.49 Green tickY
Liberal Frank H. Copp 10,491 15.39 Green tickY
Liberal Edward McDonald 10,418 15.28 Green tickY
Liberal Siméon Melanson 10,230 15.01 Green tickY
Conservative William Humphrey 6,807 9.98
Conservative Herbert M. Wood 6,719 9.68
Conservative Medley G. Siddall 6,625 9.72
Conservative Antoine J. Léger 6,327 9.28
Total number of valid votes 68,178
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 7 October 1930
Resignation of Merville A. Oulton
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Conservative Lewis Smith Acclaimed Green tickY
1930 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Herbert M. Wood 7,156 12.98 Green tickY
Conservative Merville A. Oulton 7,060 12.81 Green tickY
Conservative Medley G. Siddall 7,051 12.79 Green tickY
Conservative Antoine J. Léger 6,927 12.57 Green tickY
Liberal Austin C. Taylor 6,841 12.41
Liberal William C. Rayworth 6,819 12.37
Liberal Reid McManus 6,671 12.10
Liberal Alphonse T. LeBlanc 6,603 11.98
Total number of valid votes 54,896
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 26 September 1925
Upon Antoine J. Léger being appointed to cabinet
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Conservative Antoine J. Léger Acclaimed Green tickY
1925 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Herbert Wood 6,690 13.11 Green tickY
Conservative Merville Oulton 6,662 13.06 Green tickY
Conservative Medley Siddall 6,572 12.88 Green tickY
Conservative Antoine Léger 6,486 12.71 Green tickY
Liberal Fred Magee 6,224 12.20
Liberal Ferdinand Bourgeois 6,147 12.05
Liberal Reid McManus 6,140 12.03
Liberal Fred Estabrooks 6,109 11.97
Total number of valid votes 51,030
1920 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Fred Magee 4,875 13.30 Green tickY
Liberal Fred Estabrooks 4,707 12.84 Green tickY
United Farmers Albert Fawcett 4,648 12.68 Green tickY
Liberal Reid McManus 4,645 12.67 Green tickY
Liberal Ferdinand Bourgeois 4,515 12.31
United Farmers Arthur Robinson 4,513 12.31
United Farmers Frank Reilly 4,412 12.12
United Farmers Matthias Arsenault 4,319 11.78
Total number of valid votes 36,664
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 23 April 1917
Upon Ernest A. Smith being appointed to cabinet
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal Ernest A. Smith Acclaimed Green tickY
1917 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Ernest Smith 3,585 13.84 Green tickY
Liberal Fred Magee 3,583 13.84 Green tickY
Liberal Frank Sweeney 3,491 13.48 Green tickY
Liberal Clément Léger 3,487 13.47 Green tickY
Conservative Albert Trites 2,981 11.51
Conservative Frank Black 2,980 11.51
Conservative Patrick Mahoney 2,919 11.27
Conservative Antoine Léger 2,868 11.08
Total number of valid votes 36,664
New Brunswick provincial by-election, 30 May 1916
Upon Patrick G. Mahoney being appointed to cabinet
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Ernest A. Smith 3,190 50.55 Green tickY
Conservative Patrick Mahoney 3,121 49.45
Total number of valid votes 6,311
1912 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Frank Black 3,550 13.67 Green tickY
Conservative Patrick Mahoney 3,539 13.63 Green tickY
Conservative William Humphrey 3,501 13.49 Green tickY
Conservative Oliver Melanson 3,436 13.23 Green tickY
Liberal Arthur Copp 3,045 11.73
Liberal Fred Magee 2,992 11.52
Liberal I. Newton Killam 2,976 11.46
Liberal Clément Léger 2,923 11.26
Total number of valid votes 25,962
1908 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Clifford Robinson 4,469 13.60 Green tickY
Liberal Arthur Copp 4,364 13.28 Green tickY
Liberal Frank Sweeney 4,352 13.24 Green tickY
Liberal Clément Léger 4,217 12.83 Green tickY
Conservative Frederick Sumner 3,925 11.94
Conservative Frank Black 3,892 11.84
Conservative Patrick Mahoney 3,851 11.72
Conservative Oliver Melanson 3,790 11.53
Total number of valid votes 32,860
1903 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Arthur Copp 4,151 14.10 Green tickY
Liberal Clifford Robinson 4,138 14.05 Green tickY
Liberal Francis Sweeney 4,026 13.67 Green tickY
Liberal Clément Léger 3,949 13.41 Green tickY
Conservative William Humphrey 3,601 12.23
Conservative Frank Black 3,545 12.04
Conservative Oliver Melanson 3,523 11.96
Conservative Patrick Mahoney 2,515 8.54
Total number of valid votes 29,448
1899 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent William Humphrey 4,097 12.81 Green tickY
Liberal Clifford Robinson 4,064 12.71 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Oliver Melanson 4,038 12.63 Green tickY
Liberal William Wells 4,022 12.58 Green tickY
Unknown Frank Black 3,986 12.47
Unknown Frederick Sumner 3,985 12.46
Unknown Ambroise Richard 3,922 12.27
Unknown Arthur Copp 3,857 12.06
Total number of valid votes 31,971
1895 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Liberal–Conservative Amasa Killam Acclaimed Green tickY
Conservative Ambroise Richard Acclaimed Green tickY
Conservative Frederick Sumner Acclaimed Green tickY
Liberal William Wells Acclaimed Green tickY
1892 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent John Smith 3,492 13.13 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Amasa Killam 3,463 13.02 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Henry Powell 3,367 12.66 Green tickY
Liberal William Wells 3,321 12.48 Green tickY
Unknown Ambroise Richard 3,317 12.47
Unknown William Wells 3,254 12.23
Unknown Frederick Sumner 3,240 12.18
Unknown Oliver Melanson 3,147 11.83
Total number of valid votes 26,601
1890 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal–Conservative Oliver Melanson 4,338 22.77 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Henry Powell 3,235 16.98 Green tickY
Independent Henry Stevens 3,079 16.16 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Hanington 3,037 15.94 Green tickY
Unknown Amasa Killam 2,687 14.10
Unknown Josiah Anderson 2,675 14.04
Total number of valid votes 19,051
1886 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Independent Joseph Black 2,678 13.22 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Amasa Killam 2,658 13.12 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Hanington 2,654 13.10 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative John Humphrey 2,593 12.80 Green tickY
Unknown Edward J. Smith 2,588 12.78
Unknown E. Gaudet 2,573 12.70
Unknown William Robinson 2,415 11.92
Unknown Tilman Landry 2,096 10.35
Total number of valid votes 20,255
1882 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Pierre Landry 2,743 19.22 Green tickY
Conservative Charles Black 2,585 18.12 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Hanington 2,545 17.84 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative John Humphrey 2,544 17.83 Green tickY
Unknown Amasa Killam 2,023 14.18
Unknown Angus McQueen 1,829 12.82
Total number of valid votes 14,269
1878 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal–Conservative Amasa Killam 2,766 15.27 Green tickY
Independent Joseph Black 2,738 15.12 Green tickY
Conservative Pierre Landry 2,737 15.11 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Hanington 2,710 14.96 Green tickY
Unknown Josiah Wood 1,922 10.61
Unknown Angus McQueen 1,880 10.38
Unknown John Humphrey 1,788 9.87
Unknown John McKenzie 1,568 8.66
Total number of valid votes 18,109
1874 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Edward Smith 2,024 13.78 Green tickY
Independent Angus McQueen 1,989 13.54 Green tickY
Liberal–Conservative John Humphrey 1,953 13.30 Green tickY
Liberal Thomas Pickard 1,912 13.02 Green tickY
Unknown Daniel Hanington 1,789 12.18
Unknown Pierre Landry 1,709 11.64
Unknown Titus Hicks 1,657 11.28
Unknown John McKenzie 1,654 11.26
Total number of valid votes 14,687

References

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  1. ^ died in 1812
  2. ^ appointed judge
  3. ^ declared ineligible because he was a preacher
  4. ^ died in 1853
  5. ^ elected to federal seat
  6. ^ died in 1871
  7. ^ 1890 election appealed but re-elected in subsequent by-election in 1891
  8. ^ 1890 election appealed; lost subsequent by-election in 1891
  9. ^ "The Statistical Year-book of Canada for". 1893.
  10. ^ died in 1901
  11. ^ named to cabinet; lost subsequent by-election
  12. ^ resigned
  13. ^ named to Senate
  14. ^ died in 1965

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