Westmorland (provincial electoral district)

Westmorland
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1785
District abolished	1973
First contested	1785
Last contested	1970

Westmorland was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years		Party		Party		Party		Party
1st	1786 – 1792	Amos Botsford[1]	Ind.	Charles Dixon	Ind.	Samuel Gay	Ind.	Andrew Kinnear	Ind.
2nd	1793 – 1795			Thomas Chandler	Ind.	William Black	Ind.	Thomas Dixson	Ind.
3rd	1795 – 1802			Samuel Gay	Ind.	Ralph Siddall	Ind.	Thomas Dixson	Ind.
4th	1802 – 1809			Benjamin Wilson	Ind.	James Easterbrooks	Ind.
5th	1809 – 1812			Titus Knapp	Ind.			John Chapman	Ind.
5th	1813 – 1816	William Botsford[2]	Ind.	Titus Knapp	Ind.
6th	1817 – 1819			Rufus Smith	Ind.
7th	1820							Joseph Crandall[3]	Ind.
8th	1821 – 1823					Benjamin Wilson	Ind.	Joseph Crandall[3]	Ind.
	1823 – 1824							Malcolm Wilmot	Ind.
	1824 – 1827	William Crane	Ind.					Malcolm Wilmot	Ind.
9th	1827 – 1830			Edward Barron Chandler	Ind.	Philip Palmer	Ind.	Robert Scott	Ind.
10th	1831 – 1834					Rufus Smith	Ind.	Robert Scott	Ind.
11th	1835 – 1837					Philip Palmer	Ind.	Daniel Hanington	Ind.
12th	1837 – 1842			William Wilson	Ind.
13th	1843 – 1846	William Hazen Botsford	Ind.	John Smith	Ind.
14th	1847 – 1850	William Hazen Botsford	Ind.	William Wilson	Ind.	Amand Landry	Ind.
15th	1851 – 1853	William Crane[4]	Ind.	Bliss Botsford	Ind.	Robert B. Chapman	Ind.
15th	1853 – 1854	Amand Landry	Ind.	Bliss Botsford	Ind.	Robert B. Chapman	Ind.
16th	1854 – 1856			Albert James Smith[5]	Lib.	James Steadman	Ind.
17th	1856 – 1857					Bliss Botsford	Ind.	Robert K. Gilbert	Ind.
18th	1857 – 1861	James Steadman	Ind.			Bliss Botsford	Ind.	Robert K. Gilbert	Ind.
19th	1862 – 1865	James Steadman	Ind.			Amand Landry	Ind.	William J. Gilbert	Ind.
20th	1865 – 1866	Bliss Botsford	Ind.					William J. Gilbert	Ind.
21st	1866 – 1867							Angus McQueen	Ind.
21st	1867 – 1870			Joseph Lytle Moore[6]	Ind.
22nd	1870 – 1871			Joseph Lytle Moore[6]	Ind.	Pierre-Amand Landry	Cons.
22nd	1871 – 1874	Daniel Lionel Hanington	Lib.-Con.	John A. Humphrey	Lib.-Con.	Pierre-Amand Landry	Cons.
23rd	1875 – 1878	Edward J. Smith	Lib.	John A. Humphrey	Lib.-Con.	Thomas Pickard	Lib.
24th	1879 – 1882	Daniel Lionel Hanington	Lib.-Con.	Amasa E. Killam	Lib.-Con.	Pierre-Amand Landry	Cons.	Joseph Laurence Black	Ind.
25th	1882 – 1883			John A. Humphrey	Lib.-Con.	Pierre-Amand Landry	Cons.	Charles A. Black	Cons.
25th	1883 – 1886					Amasa E. Killam	Lib.-Con.	Charles A. Black	Cons.
26th	1886 – 1890					Amasa E. Killam	Lib.-Con.	Joseph Laurence Black	Ind.
27th	1890 – 1891			Henry Absalom Powell[7]	Lib.-Con.	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.	Henry T. Stevens[8]	Ind.
27th	1891 – 1892					Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.	Joseph A. McQueen	Lib.
28th	1892 – 1895	John W. Y. Smith[9]	Ind.			Amasa E. Killam	Lib.-Con.	W. Woodbury Wells[10]	Lib.
29th	1896 – 1897	Ambrose D. Richard	Cons.	Frederick W. Sumner	Cons.	Amasa E. Killam	Lib.-Con.
29th	1897 – 1899	Ambrose D. Richard	Cons.	Frederick W. Sumner	Cons.	Clifford William Robinson	Lib.
30th	1899 – 1901	William F. Humphrey	Ind.	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.
30th	1901 – 1903	William F. Humphrey	Ind.	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.			Arthur Bliss Copp	Lib.
31st	1903 – 1908	Francis J. Sweeney	Lib.	Clement M. Leger	Lib.
32nd	1908 – 1912	Francis J. Sweeney	Lib.	Clement M. Leger	Lib.
33rd	1912 – 1916	William F. Humphrey	Ind.	Frank Bunting Black	Cons.	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.	Patrick G. Mahoney[11]	Ind.
33rd	1916 – 1917	William F. Humphrey	Ind.	Frank Bunting Black	Cons.	Olivier-Maximin Melanson	Lib.-Con.	Ernest A. Smith	Lib.
34th	1917 – 1920	Francis J. Sweeney	Lib.	Clement M. Leger	Lib.	Fred Magee	Lib.	Ernest A. Smith	Lib.
35th	1921 – 1925	Frederick L. Estabrooks	Lib.	A. Chase Fawcett	UF	Fred Magee	Lib.	Reid McManus	Lib.
36th	1925 – 1930	Merville A. Oulton[12]	Cons.	Antoine Joseph Léger	Cons.	Herbert M. Wood	Cons.	Medley G. Siddall	Cons.
37th	1930	Merville A. Oulton[12]	Cons.
37th	1931 – 1935	Lewis Smith	Cons.
38th	1935 – 1939	Austin Claude Taylor[13]	Lib.	Frank Copp	Lib.	E. R. McDonald	Lib.	Simeon Melanson	Lib.
39th	1939 – 1944					Édouard S. Léger	Lib.	A. W. McQueen	Lib.
40th	1944 – 1948							L. C. Dysart	Lib.
41st	1948 – 1952							L. C. Dysart	Lib.
42nd	1952 – 1956			Donald C. Harper[14]	Lib.	Joseph E. LeBlanc	Lib.	Cléophas Léger	Lib.
43rd	1957 – 1960
44th	1960 – 1963	Percy Mitton	Lib.
45th	1963 – 1965
45th	1965 – 1967			W. Wynn Meldrum	Lib.
46th	1967 – 1970
47th	1970 – 1974	William J. McNevin	Lib.
Riding dissolved into Memramcook, Petitcodiac, Shediac and Tantramar

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	10,683	13.10	Y
	Liberal	Wendell W. Meldrum	10,495	12.87	Y
	Liberal	William J. McNevin	10,284	12.61	Y
	Liberal	J. Cléophas Léger	10,141	12.43	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Frank K. Wortman	9,516	11.67
	Progressive Conservative	William Sloan	9,316	11.42
	Progressive Conservative	Max Gordon	9,143	11.21
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Leger	8,713	10.68
	New Democratic	Colin McCabe	1,188	1.46
	New Democratic	Beatrice Boudreau	1,110	1.36
	New Democratic	Kevin Noon	982	1.20
Total number of valid votes			81,571	100.00
Number of electors who cast votes/Turnout			22,326	82.03
Eligible voters			27,216

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	W. W. Meldrum	11,785	15.00	Y
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	11,656	14.84	Y
	Liberal	Percy Mitton	11,346	14.44	Y
	Liberal	J. Cléophas Léger	11,314	14.40	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Wortman	8,476	10.79
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Yeoman	8,243	10.49
	Progressive Conservative	Leopold Leger	7,952	10.12
	Progressive Conservative	George Cormier	7,780	9.90
Total number of valid votes			78,552	100.00

1963 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald C. Harper	11,284	14.18	Y
	Liberal	Percy Mitton	11,195	14.07	Y
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	11,083	13.93	Y
	Liberal	Joseph C. Léger	11,072	13.92	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Lutes	8,779	11.04
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Hicks	8,770	11.02
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Landry	8,699	10.93
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvain Léger	8,672	10.90

1960 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald C. Harper	11,889	14.16	Y
	Liberal	Percy Mitton	11,832	14.09	Y
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	11,811	14.07	Y
	Liberal	Joseph C. Léger	11,759	14.00	Y
	Progressive Conservative	James Henderson	9,269	11.04
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey Hicks	9,213	10.97
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Landry	9,138	10.88
	Progressive Conservative	Régis LeBlanc	9,060	10.79

1956 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	11,159	13.84	Y
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	11,012	13.66	Y
	Liberal	Joseph C. Léger	11,005	13.65	Y
	Liberal	Donald C. Harper	10,962	13.60	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Aurèle Young	9,147	11.35
	Progressive Conservative	Howard Trueman	9,132	11.33
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Landry	9,128	11.32
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Beckwith	9,069	11.25

1952 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	11,829	13.72	Y
	Liberal	Donald C. Harper	11,569	13.42	Y
	Liberal	Joseph E. Leblanc	11,487	13.33	Y
	Liberal	Joseph C. Léger	11,375	13.20	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Robert S. Black	8,998	10.44
	Progressive Conservative	Aurèle Young	8,763	10.17
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Beckwith	8,755	10.16
	Progressive Conservative	George Belliveau	8,472	9.83
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Percy Mitton	1,274	1.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Claude P. Milton	1,259	1.46
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George A. Wilson	1,259	1.44
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph O. LeBlanc	1,182	1.37

1948 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	13,203	16.91	Y
	Liberal	Frank H. Copp	12,895	16.52	Y
	Liberal	Langton C. Dysart	12,794	16.39	Y
	Liberal	Edouard S. Léger	12,647	16.20	Y
	Progressive Conservative	J. Lawrence Black	5,143	6.59
	Progressive Conservative	Percy J. Eagles	5,136	6.58
	Progressive Conservative	Ambrose Léger	4,832	6.19
	Progressive Conservative	M. J. Esliger	4,812	6.16
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Percy Mitton	2,261	2.90
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gordon Wilson	2,208	2.83
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Breau	2,127	2.72

1944 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	9,465	13.02	Y
	Liberal	Frank H. Copp	9,148	12.59	Y
	Liberal	Langton C. Dysart	9,076	12.49	Y
	Liberal	Edouard S. Léger	8,913	12.26	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Cass	6,493	8.93
	Progressive Conservative	Carl C. Allen	6,323	8.70
	Progressive Conservative	William H. Humphrey	6,313	8.69
	Progressive Conservative	Eloi J. Léger	5,949	8.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	R. J. Caldwell	2,840	3.91
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward R. McDonald	2,740	3.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. W. R. Myles	2,740	3.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	P. A. Bannister	2,685	3.69

1939 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	9,999	14.85	Y
	Liberal	Frank H. Copp	9,692	14.39	Y
	Liberal	Alexander W. McQueen	9,725	14.44	Y
	Liberal	Edouard S. Léger	9,593	14.25	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Carl C. Allen	7,132	10.59
	Progressive Conservative	Emmerson C. Rice	7,104	10.55
	Progressive Conservative	Medley G. Siddall	7,096	10.54
	Progressive Conservative	Ferdinand J. Robidoux	6,992	10.38

1935 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	10,558	15.49	Y
	Liberal	Frank H. Copp	10,491	15.39	Y
	Liberal	Edward McDonald	10,418	15.28	Y
	Liberal	Siméon Melanson	10,230	15.01	Y
	Progressive Conservative	William Humphrey	6,807	9.98
	Progressive Conservative	Herbert M. Wood	6,719	9.68
	Progressive Conservative	Medley G. Siddall	6,625	9.72
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine J. Léger	6,327	9.28

1930 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Herbert M. Wood	7,156	12.98	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Merville A. Oulton	7,060	12.81	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Medley G. Siddall	7,051	12.79	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Antoine J. Léger	6,927	12.57	Y
	Liberal	Austin C. Taylor	6,841	12.41
	Liberal	William C. Rayworth	6,819	12.37
	Liberal	Reid McManus	6,671	12.10
	Liberal	Alphonse T. LeBlanc	6,603	11.98

References

died in 1812
appointed judge
declared ineligible because he was a preacher
died in 1853
elected to federal seat
died in 1871
1890 election appealed but re-elected in subsequent by-election in 1891
1890 election appealed; lost subsequent by-election in 1891
died in 1901
named to cabinet; lost subsequent by-election
resigned
named to Senate
died in 1965

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[1] 1812

[2] ted judge

[3] red ineligible because he was a preacher

[4] 1853

[5] ted to federal seat

[6] 1871

[7] 1890 election appealed but re-elected in subsequent by-election in 1891

[8] 1890 election appealed; lost subsequent by-election in 1891

[10] 1901

[11] to cabinet; lost subsequent by-election

[12] resigned

[13] to Senate

[14] 1965

New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Capital	Carleton-York Fredericton North Fredericton South Fredericton West-Hanwell Fredericton-Grand Lake Fredericton-York New Maryland-Sunbury Oromocto-Lincoln-Fredericton
Northern	Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore Bathurst West-Beresford Campbellton-Dalhousie Caraquet Miramichi Miramichi Bay-Neguac Restigouche West Restigouche-Chaleur Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin Tracadie-Sheila
River Valley	Carleton Carleton-Victoria Edmundston-Madawaska Centre Madawaska les Lacs-Edmundston Victoria-la-Vallée
South	Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West Hampton Kings Centre Portland-Simonds Quispamsis Rothesay Saint Croix Saint John East Saint John Harbour Saint John Lancaster Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins
Southeast	Albert Dieppe Gagetown-Petitcodiac Kent North Kent South Memramcook-Tantramar Moncton Centre Moncton East Moncton Northwest Moncton South Moncton Southwest Riverview Shediac Bay-Dieppe Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé
Defunct Districts
1974 – 2014	Albert Bathurst Bay du Vin Campbellton Campbellton-Restigouche Centre Caraquet Carleton Carleton Centre Carleton North Carleton South Centre-Péninsule Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur Charlotte Charlotte-Campobello Charlotte Centre Charlotte-Fundy Charlotte-The Isles Charlotte West Chatham Dalhousie Dalhousie-Restigouche East Dieppe Centre-Lewisville Dieppe-Memramcook East Saint John Edmundston Edmundston-Saint-Basile Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak Fredericton-Lincoln Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Fredericton North Fredericton-Silverwood Fredericton South Fundy Isles Fundy-River Valley Grand Bay-Westfield Grand Falls Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André Grand Falls Region Grand Lake Grand Lake-Gagetown Hampton-Belleisle Hampton-Kings Kennebecasis Kent Kent Centre Kent North Kent South Kings Centre Kings East Kings West Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou Mactaquac Madawaska Centre Madawaska-la-Vallée Madawaska-les-Lacs Madawaska South Memramcook Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe Miramichi Bay Miramichi-Bay du Vin Miramichi Bay-Neguac Miramichi Centre Miramichi-Newcastle Moncton Crescent Moncton East Moncton North Moncton South Moncton West Nepisiguit Nepisiguit-Chaleur New Maryland New Maryland-Sunbury West Nigadoo-Chaleur Oromocto Oromocto-Gagetown Petitcodiac Queens North Queens South Quispamsis Restigouche East Restigouche-La-Vallée Restigouche West Riverview Rogersville-Kouchibouguac Rothesay Saint John Champlain Saint John East Saint John-Fundy Saint John Harbour Saint John-Kings Saint John Lancaster Saint John Park Saint John Portland Saint John South Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Shediac Shediac-Cap-Pelé Shippagan-les-Îles Southwest Miramichi Sunbury Tantramar Tracadie Tracadie-Sheila Victoria-Tobique Western Charlotte Woodstock York York North York South
Pre-1974	Albert Bathurst Carleton Charlotte Edmundston Fredericton Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Moncton Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Saint John Centre Saint John City Saint John County Saint John East Saint John West St. Stephen-Milltown Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York
See also: 2013 electoral redistribution List of elections 2014 general election