Cumberland (electoral district)
For other uses, see Cumberland (disambiguation).
 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 divisions | Cumberland |
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, 1867, and was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Cumberland—Colchester North riding. The district consisted of the County of Cumberland.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1870 | Charles Tupper | Conservative | |
| 1870–1872 | ||||
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1878 | |||
| 1878–1882 | ||||
| 5th | 1882–1884 | |||
| 1884–1887 | Charles James Townshend | Liberal–Conservative | ||
| 6th | 1887–1887 | Charles Tupper | Conservative | |
| 1887–1888 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Government (Unionist) | ||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Hance James Logan | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Robert Knowlton Smith | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 16th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 17th | 1935–1940 | Kenneth Judson Cochrane | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1940–1945 | Percy Chapman Black | National Government | |
| 19th | 1945–1949 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 20th | 1949–1953 | |||
| 21st | 1953–1957 | Azel Randolph Lusby | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1957–1958 | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1958–1962 | |||
| 24th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 25th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 26th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Cumberland—Colchester North | ||||
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Tupper | 1,368 | ||||||
| Anti-Confederation | William Annand | 1,271 | ||||||
| By-election on 15 June 1870
On Mr. Tupper being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, 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 4 November 1878
On Mr. Tupper being named Minister of Public Works, 17 October 1878 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Tupper | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Tupper | acclaimed | ||||||
| By-election on 26 June 1884
On Mr. Tupper being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 24 May 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 9 November 1887
On election being declared void | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Tupper | 2,468 | |||
| Independent | J.T. Balmer | 1,026 | |||
| By-election on 13 July 1888
On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Rupert Dickey | 2,491 | |||
| Unknown | C.R. Casey | 1,727 | |||
| By-election on 26 December 1888
On election being declared void | |||||
| 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 30 January 1892
On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Rupert Dickey | acclaimed | |||
| By-election on 15 January 1895
On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894 | |||||
| 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 (Unionist) | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 6,655 | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | 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 Democratic | 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 Democratic | 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 Democratic | Carson C. Spicer | 1,327 | ||||||
See also
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