Brant North

Not to be confused with Brant North (provincial electoral district).

Brant North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1893. It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which divided the county of Brant into two ridings: Brant North and Brant South according to a traditional division.

In 1882, the North Riding of the county of Brant was defined to consist of the townships of Ancaster, Blenheim, East Brantford and South Dumfries.

The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Wentworth North and Brant ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John Young Bown	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Gavin Fleming	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		James Somerville
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
Riding dissolved into Wentworth North and Brant

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Young Bown	672
	Unknown	J. D. Clement	670
Eligible voters			1,857
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gavin Fleming	882
	Unknown	H. A. Baird	571
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gavin Fleming	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [3]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gavin Fleming	931
	Unknown	Crawford	734
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Somerville	1,603
	Conservative	James R. Currey [5]	652

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Somerville	1,660
	Conservative	J.R. Curry	496

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Somerville	1,729
	Conservative	R.L. Hamilton	613

See also

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

References

1. "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". p. 161. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
3. Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
4. Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
5. "Conservative convention". Brantford Weekly Expositor. 16 June 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament