Saint John (provincial electoral district)

Saint John
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1785
District abolished 1795
First contested 1785
Last contested 1793

Saint John was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was split into the ridings of Saint John City and Saint John County in 1795.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1st[1] 1786 – 1792     William Pagan Ind.     Jonathan Bliss Ind.     Christopher Billop Ind.     Ward Chipman Ind.     John McGeorge Ind.     Stanton Hazard Ind.
2nd 1793 – 1795     William Thomson Ind.     George Younghusband Ind.     Edward Sands Ind.     Bradford Gilbert Ind.     Elias Hardy Ind.
Riding dissolved into Saint John City and Saint John County

References

  1. ↑ The members elected for St. John were known as the Government candidates. Another group of candidates, Tertuluss Dickinson, Richard Lightfoot, Richard Bonsall, Peter Grim, Jonathan Boggs and Alexander Reid, actually received a majority of the votes but were unsuccessful because of the actions of the sheriff in validating the votes. A petition from the voters of St. John was addressed to the governor but was ignored. History of New Brunswick, J Hannay
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