Sunbury—Queen's

Sunbury—Queen's
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1914
First contested1896
Last contested1911
Demographics
Census division(s)Queens, Sunbury

Sunbury—Queen's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1892 from the ridings of Queen's and Sunbury. It consisted of the counties of Sunbury and Queen's. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Royal and York—Sunbury ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Sunbury—Queen's
Riding created from Queen's and Sunbury
8th  1896–1896     George Gerald King Liberal
 1896–1900 Andrew George Blair
9th  1900–1904     Robert Duncan Wilmot Jr. Conservative
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911     Hugh Havelock McLean Liberal
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Royal and York—Sunbury

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal KING, Geo. G. 1,778
Conservative WILMOT, R.D. 1,599

By-election: Mr. King resigned, summoned to the Senate, 18 December 1896

By-election on 25 August 1896
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal BLAIR, Hon. A.G. 2,310
Conservative WILMOT, R.D. 1,686
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative WILMOT, Robert D. 2,143
Liberal WHITE, Albert S. 1,868
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative WILMOT, Robert D. 1,917
Liberal FRAY, Hugh Burns 1,799
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal MCLEAN, Hugh Havelock 1,951
Conservative WILMOT, Robert Duncan 1,899
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal MCLEAN, Hugh Havelock 2,020
Conservative SMITH, Luther Benjamin 2,010

See also