King's (New Brunswick Electoral District)
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King's was a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the
British North America Act 1867 The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (30 & 31 Vict. c. 3) (),''The Constitution Act, 1867'', 30 & 31 Victoria (U.K.), c. 3, http://canlii.ca/t/ldsw retrieved on 2019-03-14. originally enacted as the ''British North America Act, 1867'' (BNA Act), ...
. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into
King's and Albert King's and Albert was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. This riding was created in 1903 from King's and Albert ridings. It consisted of the coun ...
riding. It consisted of the County of King's.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:


Election results

By-election: On election being declared void By-election: On Mr. Foster's acceptance of the office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References


External links


Riding history from the
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{{coord missing, New Brunswick Former federal electoral districts of New Brunswick