Cumberland_(federal_electoral_district)

Cumberland
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 division(s)	Cumberland

Cumberland (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Cumberland was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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.^[1]

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Parliament	Years		Party
Cumberland
1st	1867–1870	Charles Tupper	Conservative
1st	1870–1872
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1884
5th	1884–1887	Charles James Townshend	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1887	Charles Tupper	Conservative
	1887–1888	Charles Tupper
	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		Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Hance James Logan	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	Robert Knowlton Smith	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Percy Chapman Black	National Government
20th	1945–1949		Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Progressive Conservative
22nd	1953–1957	Azel Randolph Lusby	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cumberland—Colchester North

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,368
	Anti-Confederation	William Annand	1,271
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 June 1870 On Mr. Tupper being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, June 1870
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	1,911
	Unknown	W.A.D. Morse	650
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

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

Cumberland (federal electoral district)

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 November 1878 On Mr. Tupper being named Minister of Public Works, 17 October 1878
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 June 1884 On Mr. Tupper being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 24 May 1884
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles James Townshend	acclaimed

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 July 1888 On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	2,491
	Unknown	C.R. Casey	1,727

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

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 30 January 1892 On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 January 1895 On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894
	Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey	acclaimed

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

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
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

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