Queen's (New Brunswick federal electoral district)

Queen's

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1892
First contested	1867
Last contested	1892 by-election
Demographics
Census division(s)	Queens

Queen's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896.

It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It consisted of the County of Queen's. It was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Sunbury—Queen's riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Queen's
1st	1867–1872		John Ferris	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		George Gerald King
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1887
	1888–1891		George Frederick Baird	Conservative
7th	1891–1892		George Gerald King	Liberal
	1892–1896		George Frederick Baird	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Sunbury—Queen's

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Ferris	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Ferris	621
	Unknown	Amasa Coy	135
	Unknown	V.W. Wiggins	30

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Ferris	621
	Unknown	Amasa Coy	135
	Unknown	V.W. Wiggins	30
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Gerald King	1,143
	Liberal–Conservative	Ezekiel Stone Wiggins [2]	630

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Gerald King	1,084
	Liberal–Conservative	S.L. Peters [2]	886

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Gerald King	1,191
	Conservative	George Frederick Baird	1,130

By-election: On Mr. Baird's resignation because his election was contested, 24 November 1887

By-election on 18 January 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Frederick Baird	1,175
	Liberal	George Gerald King	1,064

N.B. The Canadian Directory of Parliament states that George Frederick Baird was declared duly elected by a court decision.

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Gerald King	1,233
	Conservative	George Frederick Baird	1,204

By-election: On Mr. King being declared not duly elected, 25 February 1892, George Frederick Baird was declared elected by a court decision.

By-election on 25 February 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BAIRD, George Frederick

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. "—". The Morning Herald. 1 July 1882. p. 1. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament