Brockville (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Brockville (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Brockville (Province of Canada electoral district).

Brockville

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

Brockville was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act 1867.

It consisted initially of the Town of Brockville and the Township of Elizabethtown. In 1882, the township of Kitley was added to the riding. In 1903, the township of Kitley was removed from the riding, and the townships of Yonge and Escott (Front and Rear), and the village of Athens were added.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Leeds ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		James Crawford	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Jacob Dockstader Buell	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		William Fitzsimmons	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		John Fisher Wood	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1899
	1899–1900		William Henry Comstock	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		John Culbert	Conservative
10th	1904–1907		Daniel Derbyshire	Liberal
	1907–1908		George Perry Graham
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		John Webster	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Leeds

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Crawford	690
	Unknown	F. W. H. Chambers	521
Eligible voters			1,641
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1] 1867 Return of the Elections to House of Commons [2]

Result by subdivision ^[3]

Subdivision	Chambers	Crawford	Total vote	Eligible voters
Brockville East Ward	57	112	169	230
Brockville Centre Ward	88	97	185	289
Brockville West Ward	58	103	161	221
Elizabethtown Township	320	376	696	901
Total	521	690	1,211	1,641

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacob Dockstader Buell	804
	Unknown	H. Abbott	793
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacob Dockstader Buell	910
	Conservative	J. Crawford	868
Source: open.canada.ca [5] [ not specific enough to verify ]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Fitzsimmons	1,033
	Liberal	Jacob Dockstader Buell	906
Source: Canadian Elections Database [6]

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Fisher Wood	1,277
	Liberal	William Henry Comstock	1,272

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Fisher Wood	1,823
	Liberal	William Henry Comstock	1,534

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Fisher Wood	1,815
	Liberal	Daniel Derbyshire	1,637

On Mr. Wood's nomination as Controller of Inland Revenue, 5 December 1892:

By-election on 21 December 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John Fisher Wood	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Hon. John Fisher Wood	1,781
	Liberal	James Cumming	1,549
	McCarthyite	William Johnson Cluff	148

On Mr. Wood's death, 14 March 1899:

By-election on 20 April 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	W. H. Comstock	1,881
	Conservative	Hon. Peter White	1,673

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Culbert	1,886
	Liberal	D. Derbyshire	1,665

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D. Derbyshire	2,217
	Conservative	John Culbert	2,013

On Mr. Derbyshire's resignation, 30 August 1907:

By-election on 18 September 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hon. G. P. Graham	acclaimed

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hon. G. P. Graham	2,144
	Conservative	John Webster	2,000

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Webster	2,251
	Liberal	Hon. G. P. Graham	2,140

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. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
3. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
4. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
5. "History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867-2010". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
6. Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament