King's and Albert
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King's and Albert was a federal electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada
Canada
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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1904 to 1917.

This riding was created in 1903 from King's
King's (New Brunswick electoral district)
King's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into King's and Albert riding...

 and Albert
Albert (electoral district)
Albert was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904.-History:...

 ridings. It consisted of the county of King's and the county of Albert.

It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Royal and St. John—Albert ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

:
  1. George W. Fowler, Conservative
    Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
    The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

     (1904–1908)
  2. Duncan H. McAlister, Liberal
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

     (1908–1911)
  3. George W. Fowler, Conservative (1911–1917)

Election results

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|FOWLER, George W. ||align=right|3,653
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|WHITE, Albert S. ||align=right|3,294
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|MCALISTER, Duncan H. ||align=right|3,573
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|FOWLER, George William ||align=right|3219
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|FOWLER, George William ||align=right|3,734
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|MCALISTER, Duncan Hamilton ||align=right|3,402

See also


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