Shelburne and Queen's
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1892 |
| District abolished | 1924 |
| First contested | 1896 |
| Last contested | 1922 by-election |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Queens, Shelburne |
Shelburne and Queen's was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1925.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Queens and Shelburne ridings. It consisted of the counties of Queen's and Shelburne. It was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth ridings.
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne and Queen's Riding created from Queens and Shelburne |
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| 8th | 1896–1896 | Francis Gordon Forbes | Liberal | |
| 1896–1900 | William Stevens Fielding | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1906 | |||
| 1906–1908 | ||||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Fleming Blanchard McCurdy | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | William Stevens Fielding | Government (Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1921 | Liberal | ||
| 1922–1925 | ||||
| Riding dissolved into Queens—Lunenburg and Shelburne—Yarmouth | ||||
Election results[edit]
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | FORBES, F.G. | 2,130 | ||||||
| Conservative | CAHAN, Cha. H. | 1,932 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Forbes' being appointed Sub-Collector of Customs, 18 July 1896
| By-election on 5 August 1896 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. W.S. | acclaimed | |||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. W.S. | 2,294 | ||||||
| Conservative | RITCHIE, J.J. | 1,901 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. W.S. | 2,302 | ||||||
| Conservative | RITCHIE, James J. | 1,917 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Fielding's election being declared void, 8 October 1906
| By-election on 31 October 1906 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. W.S. | 2,500 | |||
| Conservative | WELDON, R.C. | 1,484 | |||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens | 2,487 | ||||||
| Conservative | MORINE, Alfred Bishop | 2,145 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | MCCURDY, Fleming Blanchard | 2,678 | ||||||
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens | 2,529 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens | 5,237 | ||||||
| Conservative | HALL, William Lorimer | 4,520 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Fielding's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921
| By-election on 19 January 1922 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens | acclaimed | |||