Lunenburg (electoral district)

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This page refers to the former federal riding of Lunenburg. See Lunenburg (provincial electoral district) for the current provincial riding

Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1953. It consisted of the Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

I was created as part of the British North America Act in 1867. In 1924, it was abolished into Queens—Lunenburg riding. In the redistribution of 1947, the riding was created from Queens—Lunenburg, and then mergerd into that riding agin in 1952.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1867 - 1925

1. Edmund Mortimer McDonald, Anti-Confederate (1867-1872)
2. Charles Edward Church, Liberal (1872-1878)
3. Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1878-1882)
4. Thomas T. Keefler, Liberal (1882-1883)
5. Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1883-1887)
6. James D. Eisenhauer, Liberal (1887-1891)
7. Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1891-1904)
8. Alex K. Maclean, Liberal (1904-1909)
9. John Drew Sperry, Liberal (1909-1911)
10. Dugald Stewart, Conservative (1911-1917)
11. William Duff, Liberal (1917-1925)

1949- 1953

1. Robert Henry Winters, Liberal (1949-1953)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederate	E.M. McDonald	1,557
	Unknown	H.A.N. Kaulback	905

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,338
	Unknown	W.H. Owens	1,205

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,899
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,173

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas T. Keefler	1,169
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,032

By-election on 10 October 1883 On election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,991
	Liberal	Thomas Twining Keefler	1,712

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James D. Eisenhauer	2,430
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,308

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,592
	Liberal	James D. Eisenhauer	2,402

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,403
	Liberal	John D. Sperry	2,318

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,896
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth MacLean	2,574

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth MacLean	3,274
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,822

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth MacLean	3,533
	Conservative	Carmon Smith Marshall	3,332

By-election on 22 December 1909 On Mr. McLean's resignation, 23 October 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	3,371
	Conservative	Carmon Smith Marshall	3,104

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dugald Stewart	3,645
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	3,237

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Opposition	William Duff	4,699
	Government	Joseph Willis Margeson	3,861

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Duff	7,899
	Conservative	Dugald Stewart	4,541

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Henry Winters	8,829
	Progressive Conservative	Melbourne Morton Gardner	7,527
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Herbert Crouse	574

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Lunenburg (1867–1924) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Lunenburg (1947–1952) from the Library of Parliament