Sunbury—Queen's 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 New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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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 1896 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1892 from the ridings of Queen's

Queen's (New Brunswick electoral district)

Queen's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Queen's...

 and Sunbury

Sunbury (electoral district)

Sunbury was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Sunbury—Queen's riding.-Members of Parliament:This riding...

. 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

Member of Parliament

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:

1. George G. King
   George Gerald King
   George Gerald King was a Canadian politician.Born in Springfield, New Brunswick, the son of Malcolm King and Elizabeth Hickson, he was a businessman before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the New Brunswick riding of Queen's in the 1878 federal election. A Liberal, he was...
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
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    (1896)
2. Andrew George Blair
   Andrew George Blair
   Andrew George Blair, PC, KC was a Canadian politician in New Brunswick, Canada.He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1878 after unsuccessful attempts in the previous two elections. Though Blair was a supporter of Sir John A...
   
   , Liberal (1896-1900)
3. Robert D. Wilmot
   Robert Duncan Wilmot (MP)
   Robert Duncan Wilmot was a Canadian farmer, businessman and politician.Born in Liverpool, England, where his father, Robert Duncan Wilmot, was working in the family shipbuilding business from 1835 to 1840, Wilmot was educated in St. John, New Brunswick and the Sunbury County Grammar School. In...
   
   , Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
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    (1900-1908)
4. Hugh Havelock McLean
   Hugh Havelock McLean
   Hugh Havelock McLean was a Canadian soldier, politician, and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1928 to 1935....
   
   , Liberal (1908-1917)

Election results

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|KING, Geo. G. ||align=right|1,778
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|WILMOT, R.D. ||align=right|1,599
By-election: Mr. King resigned, summoned to the Senate, 18 December 1896
|-

|BLAIR, Hon. A.G. ||align=right|2,310
|-

|WILMOT, R.D. ||align=right|1,686
|-

|WILMOT, Robert D. ||align=right|2,143
|-

|WHITE, Albert S. ||align=right|1,868
|-

|WILMOT, Robert D. ||align=right|1,917
|-

|FRAY, Hugh Burns ||align=right|1,799
|-

|MCLEAN, Hugh Havelock ||align=right|1,951
|-

|WILMOT, Robert Duncan ||align=right|1,899
|-

|MCLEAN, Hugh Havelock ||align=right|2,020
|-

|SMITH, Luther Benjamin ||align=right|2,010

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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