King's (New Brunswick federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Kings (New Brunswick provincial electoral district).

King's

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1903
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kings

King's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904.

It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into King's and Albert riding. It consisted of the County of King's.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
King's
1st	1867–1872		George Ryan	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		James Domville	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1882		George Eulas Foster
	1882–1885
	1885–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900		James Domville	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		George William Fowler	Conservative
Riding dissolved into King's and Albert

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	George Ryan	1,303	Y
	Unknown	George Otty	1,083
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Domville	1,507
	Unknown	L.N. Sharp	1,044
	Unknown	J.E.B. McCready	657
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Domville	1,651
	Independent	J.E.B. McCready	1,389
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v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Domville	1,786
	Independent	L.N. Sharp	1,452

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster	1,536
	Conservative	James Domville	1,465

By-election: On election being declared void

By-election on 7 November 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster	2,005
	Conservative	James Domville	1,723

By-election: On Mr. Foster's acceptance of the office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries

By-election on 31 December 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster
	Independent Conservative	James Domville

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster	2,237
	Independent	James Domville	1,762

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Eulas Foster	1,931
	Independent	James Domville	1,858

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Domville	2,389
	Conservative	F.E. Morton	1,874

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George William Fowler	2,566
	Liberal	James Domville	2,383

See also

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

References

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament