Shelburne and Queen's

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.

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

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

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Shelburne and Queen's Riding created from Queens and Shelburne
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

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

See also

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