Town of Sherbrooke

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Town of Sherbrooke
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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1924
First contested 1867
Last contested 1921

Town of Sherbrooke (French : Ville de Sherbrooke) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.

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It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the Town of Sherbrooke. It was abolished in 1924 and replaced by Sherbrooke riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Town of Sherbrooke
1st  1867–1872   Alexander Tilloch Galt Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   Edward Towle Brooks Conservative
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887   Robert Newton Hall Liberal–Conservative
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1892   William Bullock Ives Conservative
 1892–1896
8th  1896–1899
 1900–1900 John McIntosh
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1905 Arthur Norreys Worthington
 1906–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917   Francis McCrea Liberal
13th  1917–1921   Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   Liberal
Riding dissolved into Sherbrooke

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Alexander Tilloch Galt acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Edward Towle Brooks acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Edward Towle Brooks acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Edward Towle Brooks acclaimed
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Robert Newton Hall acclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Robert Newton Hall 1,081
Liberal L. C. Bélanger504
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Bullock Ives 1,118
Liberal Clement Millier803

By-election: On Mr. Ives being appointed President of the Privy Council, 5 December 1892

By-election on 21 December 1892
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Bullock Ives acclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Bullock Ives 1,478
Liberal Henry Aylmer 1,221

By-election: On Mr. Ives' death, 15 July 1899

By-election on 25 January 1900
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John McIntosh 1,397
Liberal George Albert Le Baron1,301
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John McIntosh 1,693
Liberal George Albert Lebaron1,662
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Norreys Worthington 1,875
Liberal Charles Cair Knight1,749

By-election: On election being declared void, 4 December 1905

By-election on 6 February 1906
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Norreys Worthington acclaimed
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Norreys Worthington 2,117
Liberal John Leonard1,973
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Francis McCrea 2,321
Conservative Charles Dickinson White2,282
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Francis McCrea 4,151
Government (Unionist) William Stewart Davidson3,409
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Francis McCrea 9,043
Conservative Edward Bruen Worthington4,535

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