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.

Brome
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1924
First contested1867
Last contested1921

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
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
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeChristopher Dunkinacclaimed

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
ConservativeChristopher Dunkinacclaimed

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
ConservativeEdward Carteracclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEdward Carter1,037
UnknownJ.A. Perkins602
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalNathaniel Pettesacclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdmund Leavens Chandler1,272
UnknownS.L. Foster991

By-election: On Mr. Chandler's death, 21 August 1880

By-election on 18 October 1880
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeDavid Ames Manson1,217
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,099
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,399
UnknownS.N. Boright1,240
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,570
ConservativeJames Burnett1,191
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEugène Alphonse Dyer1,456
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,453

By-election: On Mr. Dyer being unseated

By-election on 10 March 1892
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEugène Alphonse Dyeracclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,677
ConservativeGeorge Green Foster1,344

By-election: Mr. Fisher appointed Minister of Agriculture, 11 July 1896

By-election on 30 July 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisheracclaimed
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,805
ConservativeFrederick England1,249
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,821
ConservativeE.P. Stevens941
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,674
ConservativeFrederick Albyn Olmstead1,233
IndependentWilliam Ulric Cotton37
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Harold Baker1,520
LiberalSydney Arthur Fisher1,496
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Andrew Ross McMaster1,926
Government (Unionist)Dennis Colburn Draper1,488
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAndrew Ross McMaster3,768
ConservativeJoseph Boulay2,163

See also

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