# City of St. John

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

## History

Originally, Saint John had a special setup for representation in Parliament. The City of Saint John itself returned one member, and the entire County of Saint John (including the city) returned one as well, and two between 1872 and 1896. In effect, the city itself had two or even three Members of Parliament. This practice continued until 1914.
After 1914, the counties of Saint John and Albert were joined, and the riding was known as St. John—Albert. It returned two Members of Parliament until 1935. In 1966, Albert County was moved to the Fundy—Royal riding and the district became known as Saint John—Lancaster. Saint John—Lancaster riding was abolished in the redistribution of ridings of 1976, and Saint John riding was created.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| City of St. John Alongside City and County of St. John |||||
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative |
| 2nd | 1872–1873 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative |
| 2nd | 1873–1874 | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | Liberal |
| 4th | 1878–1878 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative |
| 5th | 1882–1885 | Samuel Leonard Tilley | Liberal–Conservative |
| 5th | 1885–1887 | Frederick Eustace Barker | Conservative |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Ezekiel McLeod | Conservative |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | John Valentine Ellis | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1903 | Andrew George Blair | Liberal |
| 9th | 1904–1904 | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | William Pugsley | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into St. John—Albert |||||

## Election results

1867 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,402 |
| | Unknown | John Wilson | 610 |
1872 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,765 |
| | Unknown | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | 1,225 |
By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 15 November 1873
By-election on 1 December 1873 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | acclaimed |
1874 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | 1,772 |
| | Unknown | G.W. Day | 591 |
1878 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,475 |
| | Liberal | Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber | 1,466 |
By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Minister of Finance, 17 October 1878
By-election on 4 November 1878 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Samuel Leonard Tilley | acclaimed |
1882 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1,288 |
| | Independent | George McLeod | 1,151 |
By-election: On Mr. Tilley being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, 12 November 1885
By-election on 24 November 1885 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frederick Eustace Barker | acclaimed |
1887 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John V. Ellis | 2,375 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Eustace Barker | 2,162 |
1891 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Ezekiel McLeod | 2,649 |
| | Liberal | John V. Ellis | 2,063 |
1896 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | ELLIS, John V. | 3,249 |
| Conservative | CHESLEY, John A. | 2,527 |
| Independent | PUGSLEY, William | 1,427 |
1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | BLAIR, Hon. Andrew George | 4,520 |
| | Conservative | FOSTER, Hon. George Eulas | 3,523 |
By-election: On Mr. Blair's resignation, 27 December 1903
By-election on 16 February 1904 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | DANIEL, J.W. | 3,709 |
| | Unknown | MCKEOWN, H.A. | 3,440 |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | DANIEL, John W. | 4,881 |
| | Liberal | O'BRIEN, Richard | 3,670 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | DANIEL, John W. | 4,394 |
| | Liberal | PENDER, James | 4,202 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | PUGSLEY, Hon. William | 4,360 |
| | Conservative | POWELL, Henry Absalom | 4,295 |