Shelburne (provincial electoral district)
Nova Scotia electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Nova Scotia House of Assembly |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 2013 |
Last contested | 2009 |
Demographics | |
Population (2011) | 14,495 |
Electors | 11,661 |
Census divisions | Shelburne County |
Shelburne is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867-2013. From 1933-2013 it elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; from 1867-1933 it elected two members. In its last configuration, the electoral district included Shelburne County in its entirety.
The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Queens-Shelburne and Argyle-Barrington.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | ||||
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61st | 2009–2013 | Sterling Belliveau | New Democratic | ||||
60th | 2006-2009 | ||||||
59th | 2003-2006 | Cecil O'Donnell | Progressive Conservative | ||||
58th | 1999-2003 | ||||||
57th | 1998-1999 | Clifford Huskilson | Liberal | ||||
56th | 1993-1998 | ||||||
55th | 1988-1993 | Harold Huskilson | Liberal | ||||
54th | 1984-1988 | ||||||
53rd | 1981-1984 | ||||||
52nd | 1978-1981 | ||||||
51st | 1974-1978 | ||||||
50th | 1970-1974 | ||||||
49th | 1967-1970 | James McKay Harding | Progressive Conservative | ||||
48th | 1963-1967 | ||||||
47th | 1960-1963 | ||||||
46th | 1956-1960 | ||||||
45th | 1953-1956 | Wilfred Dauphinee | Liberal | ||||
44th | 1949-1953 | ||||||
43rd | 1945-1949 | ||||||
42nd | 1941-1945 | ||||||
41st | 1937-1941 | Henry R. L. Bill | Liberal | ||||
40th | 1933-1937 | ||||||
Shelburne returned two members before 1933 | |||||||
39th | 1928-1933 | Henry R. L. Bill | Liberal | Wishart McLea Robertson | Liberal | ||
38th | 1925-1928 | Ernest Reginald Nickerson | Conservative | Norman Emmons Smith | Conservative | ||
37th | 1920-1925 | Robert Irwin | Liberal | Ernest Howard Armstrong | Liberal | ||
1920 | Frank E. Smith | Liberal | |||||
36th | 1916-1920 | Maurice Nickerson | Liberal | ||||
35th | 1911-1916 | Smith Nickerson | Liberal | ||||
34th | 1906-1911 | Moses H. Nickerson | Liberal | ||||
33rd | 1904-1906 | George A. Cox | Liberal | ||||
1902-1904 | Thomas Johnston | Liberal | |||||
1901-1902 | Thomas Robertson | Liberal | |||||
32nd | 1897-1901 | ||||||
31st | 1894-1897 | ||||||
30th | 1890-1894 | Charles Cahan | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
29th | 1886-1890 | William F. McCoy | Liberal | ||||
28th | 1882-1886 | ||||||
27th | 1878-1882 | Nathaniel Whitworth White | Liberal-Conservative | Nehemiah McGray | Liberal-Conservative | ||
26th | 1874-1878 | Thomas Johnston | Liberal | Robert Robertson | Liberal | ||
25th | 1871-1874 | ||||||
24th | 1867-1871 |
Election results
Nova Scotia general election, 2009 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
New Democratic Party | Sterling Belliveau | 3844 | 55.41 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Eddie Nickerson | 1637 | 23.59 | ||
Liberal | Darian Huskilson | 1356 | 19.54 | ||
Green | Robin Smith | 101 | 1.46 | – |
Nova Scotia general election, 2006 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
New Democratic Party | Sterling Belliveau | 2438 | 36.27 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Eddie Nickerson | 2373 | 35.00 | ||
Liberal | Kirk Cox | 1790 | 26.63 | ||
Green | Derek Jones | 141 | 2.1 | – |
Nova Scotia general election, 2003 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Cecil O'Donnell | 3702 | 48.62 | ||
Liberal | Clifford Huskilson | 3107 | 40.75 | ||
New Democratic Party | Kendall Stoddard | 810 | 10.62 |
Nova Scotia general election, 1999 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Progressive Conservative | Cecil O'Donnell | 3206~ | |||
Liberal | Clifford Huskilson | 3206~ | |||
New Democratic Party | Dianne Nickerson | 1306 |
~In the riding of Shelburne, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote. It went to Cecil O'Donnell