Shelburne (provincial electoral district)

Shelburne
Nova Scotia electoral district

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		Party
61st	2009–2013	Sterling Belliveau	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009	Sterling Belliveau	New Democratic
59th	2003-2006	Cecil O'Donnell	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999-2003	Cecil O'Donnell	Progressive Conservative
57th	1998-1999	Clifford Huskilson	Liberal
56th	1993-1998	Clifford Huskilson	Liberal
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	Henry R. L. Bill	Liberal
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
37th	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			William F. McCoy	Liberal
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
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
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
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
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

External links

riding profile

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria

to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville

to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid

to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West

to 1956:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

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