Cumberland (federal electoral district)

Cumberland
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census division(s)	Cumberland

Cumberland was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Cumberland—Colchester North riding. The district consisted of the County of Cumberland.^[1]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Cumberland
1st	1867–1870	Charles Tupper	Conservative
1st	1870–1872
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1884
5th	1884–1887	Charles James Townshend	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1887	Charles Tupper	Conservative
	1887–1888	Charles Tupper
	1888–1888	Arthur Rupert Dickey
	1888–1891
7th	1891–1891
	1892–1894
	1895–1896
8th	1896–1900	Hance James Logan	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	Conservative
12th	1911–1917		Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Hance James Logan	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	Robert Knowlton Smith	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Percy Chapman Black	National Government
20th	1945–1949		Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957	Azel Randolph Lusby	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cumberland—Colchester North

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,368
	Anti-Confederation	William Annand	1,271
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 June 1870 On Mr. Tupper being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, June 1870
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,911
	Unknown	W.A.D. Morse	650
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,580
	Unknown	G. Hibbard	1,201
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[4]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	2,030
	Unknown	William Thomas Pipes	1,468

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 November 1878 On Mr. Tupper being named Minister of Public Works, 17 October 1878
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 June 1884 On Mr. Tupper being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 24 May 1884
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles James Townshend	acclaimed

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	2,788
	Liberal	William Thomas Pipes	2,120
	Unknown	J.T. Bulmer	206

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	2,788
	Liberal	William Thomas Pipes	2,120
	Unknown	J.T. Bulmer	206

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 9 November 1887 On election being declared void
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	2,468
	Independent	J.T. Balmer	1,026

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 July 1888 On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,491
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	1,727

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 December 1888 On election being declared void
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,479
	Unknown	Elderkin	1,431

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,935
	Liberal	D.S. Howard	2,095
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	303

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 30 January 1892 On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 January 1895 On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	3,462
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	3,307

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	3,742
	Conservative	Charles H. Cahan	3,345

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	4,535
	Conservative	T. Sherman Rogers	3,829

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	4,800
	Liberal	J. Layton Ralston	4,310

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	4,780
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	4,442

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	6,655
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Hance James Logan	5,459

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	9,762
	Conservative	Charles Edward Bent	4,407
	Progressive	James Anderson MacKinnon	3,094

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Knowlton Smith	8,492
	Liberal	Hance James Logan	6,291

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Knowlton Smith	8,176
	Liberal	James Albert Hanway	6,609

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Knowlton Smith	8,854
	Liberal	John Stanley Smiley	7,401

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	7,473
	Conservative	Dara Mason Cochrane	7,158
	Reconstruction	Alexander Leadbetter	2,469

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Percy Chapman Black	8,073
	Liberal	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	8,061
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Guy Alton Demings	1,403

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Chapman Black	9,121
	Liberal	Archibald Joseph Mason	6,522
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John James Crummey	3,807

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Chapman Black	9,850
	Liberal	Lawrence Martin Hanway	8,718
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Douglas Haig MacBrien	1,205

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Azel Randolph Lusby	8,860
	Progressive Conservative	William Harmon Wasson	8,263

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Carman Coates	10,065
	Liberal	Randolph Lusby	8,398

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Carman Coates	11,379
	Liberal	Azel Randolph Lusby	7,525

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Carman Coates	9,524
	Liberal	H. Keith Russell	7,817
	New Democratic	Carson Carlyle Spicer	1,265
	Social Credit	John Vincent Forbes	165

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Carman Coates	9,034
	Liberal	H. Keith Russell	8,082
	New Democratic	Carson Carlyle Spicer	874

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Carman Coates	9,560
	Liberal	C. Elmer Bragg	7,088
	New Democratic	Carson C. Spicer	1,327

References

^ "Nova Scotia Electoral District Maps". Elections Nova Scotia Information, Statistics and Resources. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

Riding history for Cumberland (1867–1966) from the Library of Parliament

[1] "Nova Scotia Electoral District Maps". Elections Nova Scotia Information, Statistics and Resources. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[3] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[4] Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Sydney—Victoria
Conservative	Cumberland—Colchester South Shore—St. Margarets West Nova

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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