Niagara (electoral district)
Niagara Regional Municipality
.Niagara was a federal
historic counties, as it was listed in some post-Confederation
census records as a county of residence.
Niagara consisted of the
St. Catharines
.
The electoral district was abolished in 1882 when it was merged into Lincoln and Niagara riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament
:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Angus Morrison | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1874 | Josiah Burr Plumb | ||
| 1874–1878 | ||||
| 4th | 1878–1879 | Patrick Hughes | Liberal | |
| 1879–1882 | Josiah Burr Plumb | Conservative | ||
| Riding dissolved into Lincoln and Niagara | ||||
Electoral history
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Angus Morrison | 300 | ||||||
| Unknown | William Alexander Thomson | 250 | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Angus Morrison | 300 | ||||||
| Unknown | J.M Currie | 298 | ||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Josiah Burr Plumb | 336 | ||||||
| Unknown | J.M Currie | 306 | ||||||
On election being declared void:
| By-election on 22 December 1874 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Josiah Burr Plumb | 354 | |||
| Unknown | Solomon John Johnson Brown | 251 | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Patrick Hughes |
312 | ||||||
| Conservative | Josiah Burr Plumb | 310 | ||||||
On election being declared void:
| By-election on 20 March 1879 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | PLUMB, Josiah Burr | 310 | |||
| Liberal | HUGHES, Patrick | 308 | |||
Mr. Hughes was disqualified; subsequently the Court struck off four votes from Mr. Hughes' list for bribery, thus giving the seat to Mr. Plumb by a majority of two.