Brant North was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1893. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Brant into two ridings: Brant North and Brant South

Brant South

Brant South was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1923....

 according to a traditional division.

In 1882, the North Riding of the county of Brant was defined to consist of the townships of Ancaster, Blenheim, East Brantford and South Dumfries.

The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Wentworth North and Brant

Wentworth North and Brant

Wentworth North and Brant was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1904. It was located west of the city of Hamilton in the province of Ontario....

 ridings.

Election results

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|John Young Bown

John Young Bown

John Young Bown was a physician and Canadian political figure. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1872....

|align="right"| 672
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|Mr. Clement
|align="right"| 670
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|FLEMING, Gavin
|align="right"| 882
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|BAIRD, H.A.
|align="right"| 571
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|FLEMING, Gavin
|align="right"| acclaimed
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|FLEMING, Gavin
|align="right"| 931
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|CRAWFORD,
|align="right"|734
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|SOMERVILLE, James

James Somerville (Canadian politician, Brant)

James Somerville was an Ontario journalist, newspaper editor and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons who represented Brant North from 1882 to 1896 and Wentworth North and Brant from 1896 to 1900.He was born in Dundas, Upper Canada in 1834 and educated there...

|align="right"|1,603
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|CURREY, James R.
|align="right"| 652
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|SOMERVILLE, James
|align="right"| 1,660
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|CURRY, J.R.
|align="right"| 496
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|SOMERVILLE, James
|align="right"| 1,729
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|HAMILTON, R.L.
|align="right"| 613
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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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