Cumberland (electoral district)

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

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

1. Sir Charles Tupper, Conservative (1867-1884)
2. Charles James Townsend, Liberal-Conservative (1884-1887)
3. Sir Charles Tupper, Conservative (1887-1888)
4. Arthur Rupert Dickey, Conservative (1888-1896)
5. Hance J. Logan, Liberal (1896-1908)
6. Edgar N. Rhodes, Conservative (1908-1921)
7. Hance J. Logan, Liberal (1921-1925)
8. Robert Knowlton Smith, Conservative (1925-1935)
9. Kenneth Judson Cochrane, Liberal (1935-1940)
10. Percy Chapman Black, Progressive Conservative (1940-1953)
11. Azel Randolph Lusby, Liberal (1953-1957)
12. Robert C. Coates, Progressive Conservative (1957-1968)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,368
	Anti-Confederate	William Annand	1,271

By-election : On Mr. Tupper being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, June 1870

By-election on 15 June 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,911
	Unknown	W.A.D. Morse	650

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,580
	Unknown	G. Hibbard	1,201

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

By-election: On Mr. Tupper being named Minister of Public Works, 17 October 1878

By-election on 4 November 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Tupper being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 24 May 1884

By-election on 26 June 1884
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles James Townshend	acclaimed

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

By-election: On election being declared void

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

By-election: On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888

By-election on 13 July 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,491
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	1,727

By-election: On election being declared void

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

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

By-election: On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891

By-election on 30 January 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894

By-election on 15 January 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance J. Logan	3,462
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	3,307

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hance J. Logan	3,742
	Conservative	Charles H. Cahan	3,345

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

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

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

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	6,655
	Opposition	Hance James Logan	5,459

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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