Shelburne (federal electoral district)

Shelburne was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1896.

Shelburne

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1892
First contested	1867
Last contested	1891
Demographics
Census division(s)	Shelburne

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the County of Shelburne. It was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Shelburne and Queen's riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Shelburne
1st	1867–1869		Thomas Coffin	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872			Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874			Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Thomas Robertson
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1887
	1887–1888		John Wimburn Laurie	Conservative
	1888–1891
7th	1891–1896		Nathaniel Whitworth White	Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Shelburne and Queen's

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	Thomas Coffin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas Coffin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

By-election on 9 December 1873 On Mr. Coffin being appointed Receiver-General of Canada, 7 November 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Coffin	acclaimed

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Coffin	acclaimed
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v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	966
	Unknown	Robert W. Freeman	899
	Liberal	Thomas Coffin	198

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	912
	Unknown	N.W. White	775

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	1,194
	Conservative	John Wimburn Laurie	1,160

By-election on 15 December 1887 On election being declared void, 9 November 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Wimburne Laurie	1,083
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	1,075

By-election on 22 October 1888 On election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Wimburne Laurie	987
	Unknown	Congden	976

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Nathaniel Whitworth White	1,388
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	1,369

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada