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Otto Baird Price

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Otto Baird Price (September 16, 1877 – January 18, 1947) was a dentist and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the City of Moncton in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1912 to 1920 and Westmorland in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935 as a Unionist and Conservative member.

He was born in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, the son of Warren W. Price and Helena Crandall. In 1904, he married Clare B. Sibler. Price ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1917 and 1921. He was defeated in a bid for reelection in 1935.

Electoral record

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1917 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Opposition Arthur Bliss Copp 6,645 57.2 +6.8
  Government Otto Baird Price 4,982 42.8 -6.8
1921 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Arthur Bliss Copp 12,646 61.4 +4.2
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 4,884 23.7 -19.1
Progressive Albert Ernest Trites 3,059 14.9 *

By-election: on Mr. Copp's appointment as Secretary of State of Canada:

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Arthur Bliss Copp acclaimed
1925 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 11,806 60.3 +36.6
  Liberal Ernest Albert Smith 7,780 39.7 -21.7
1926 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 10,737 51.3 -9.0
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,204 48.7 +9.0
1930 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 13,304 55.1 +3.8
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 10,836 44.9 -3.8
Source: lop.parl.ca
1935 Canadian federal election: Westmoreland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Henry Read Emmerson 16,307 62.8 +17.9
  Conservative Otto Baird Price 6,342 24.4 -30.7
Reconstruction Charles Younger-Lewis 3,312 12.8 *

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