Brome (electoral district)
Brome was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.
Defunct federal electoral district | |
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Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1924 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1921 |
It was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and was amalgamated into the Brome—Missisquoi electoral district in 1924.
The County of Brome consisted of the Townships of Bolton, Potton, Sutton, Brome and the eastern part of the Township of Farnham.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Brome | ||||
1st | 1867–1869 | Christopher Dunkin | Conservative | |
1869–1871 | ||||
1871–1872 | Edward Carter | |||
2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
3rd | 1874–1878 | Nathaniel Pettes | Liberal | |
4th | 1878–1880 | Edmund Leavens Chandler | ||
1880–1882 | David Ames Manson | Liberal–Conservative | ||
5th | 1882–1887 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | |
6th | 1887–1891 | |||
7th | 1891–1892 | Eugène Alphonse Dyer | Conservative | |
1892–1896 | ||||
8th | 1896–1896 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | Liberal | |
1896–1900 | ||||
9th | 1900–1904 | |||
10th | 1904–1908 | |||
11th | 1908–1911 | |||
12th | 1911–1916 | George Harold Baker | Conservative | |
13th | 1917–1921 | Andrew Ross McMaster | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | |
14th | 1921–1925 | Liberal | ||
Riding dissolved into Brome—Missisquoi |
Election results
1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Christopher Dunkin | acclaimed |
By-election: On Mr. Dunkin being called to the Privy Council and appointed Minister of Agriculture, 16 November 1869
By-election on 29 November 1869 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Conservative | Christopher Dunkin | acclaimed |
By-election: On Mr. Dunkin being appointed Puisne Judge, Superior Court of Quebec, 25 October 1871
By-election on 17 November 1871 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Conservative | Edward Carter | acclaimed |
1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Edward Carter | 1,037 | ||||||
Unknown | J.A. Perkins | 602 |
1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Nathaniel Pettes | acclaimed |
1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Edmund Leavens Chandler | 1,272 | ||||||
Unknown | S.L. Foster | 991 |
By-election: On Mr. Chandler's death, 21 August 1880
By-election on 18 October 1880 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal–Conservative | David Ames Manson | 1,217 | |||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,099 |
1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,399 | ||||||
Unknown | S.N. Boright | 1,240 |
1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,570 | ||||||
Conservative | James Burnett | 1,191 |
1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Eugène Alphonse Dyer | 1,456 | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,453 |
By-election: On Mr. Dyer being unseated
By-election on 10 March 1892 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Conservative | Eugène Alphonse Dyer | acclaimed |
1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,677 | ||||||
Conservative | George Green Foster | 1,344 |
By-election: Mr. Fisher appointed Minister of Agriculture, 11 July 1896
By-election on 30 July 1896 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | acclaimed |
1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,805 | ||||||
Conservative | Frederick England | 1,249 |
1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,821 | ||||||
Conservative | E.P. Stevens | 941 |
1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,674 | ||||||
Conservative | Frederick Albyn Olmstead | 1,233 | ||||||
Independent | William Ulric Cotton | 37 |
1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | George Harold Baker | 1,520 | ||||||
Liberal | Sydney Arthur Fisher | 1,496 |
1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Andrew Ross McMaster | 1,926 | ||||||
Government (Unionist) | Dennis Colburn Draper | 1,488 |
1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Andrew Ross McMaster | 3,768 | ||||||
Conservative | Joseph Boulay | 2,163 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts