York (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see York (provincial electoral district).

York was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.

York

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1913 by-election
Demographics
Census division(s)	York

It was created as part of the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of York. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into York—Sunbury riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York
1st	1867–1868		Charles Fisher	Liberal
	1868–1872		John Pickard	Independent Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1883
	1884–1887		Thomas Temple	Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900		George Eulas Foster
9th	1900–1901		Alexander Gibson	Liberal
	1901–1904
10th	1904–1908		Oswald Smith Crocket	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1913
	1913–1917		Harry Fulton McLeod
Riding dissolved into York—Sunbury

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Fisher	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Fisher's resignation, 3 October 1868 to become Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick

By-election on 1868/10/28
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Pickard	acclaimed

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Pickard	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Pickard	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Pickard	1,490
	Unknown	C.H.B. Fisher	834

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Liberal	John Pickard	2,359
	Unknown	John J. Fraser	1,442

By-election: On Mr. Pickard's death, 17 December 1883

By-election on 29 June 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Temple	2,012
	Liberal	G.F. Gregory	1,834

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Temple	2,172
	Liberal	G.F. Gregory	1,768

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	FOSTER, Hon. George E.	3,306
	Liberal	ALLEN, Edmond N.	1,764

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GIBSON, Alexander, Jr.	2,937
	Independent Conservative	MCLEOD, Joseph	2,861

By-election: On election being declared void by a Court decision, 11 June 1901

By-election on 28 December 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GIBSON, Alexander Jr.	2,800
	Independent Liberal	MCLEOD, Joseph	1,976

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CROCKET, Oswald S.	3,096
	Liberal	GIBSON, Alex Jr.	2,934

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CROCKET, Oswald S.	3,653
	Liberal	BROWN, Nelson W.	2,784

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CROCKET, Oswald Smith	4,143
	Unknown	Alfred Bennison Atherton	2,474

By-election: On Mr. Crocket being appointed judge, 11 December 1913

By-election on 31 December 1913
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MCLEOD, H.F.	acclaimed

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament