Colchester (electoral district)

Colchester
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

Colchester was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Colchester—Hants riding. The district consisted of the County of Colchester.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Colchester
1st	1867–1869	Archibald McLelan	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1869	Archibald McLelan	Liberal–Conservative
	1869–1870	Adams George Archibald	Liberal–Conservative
	1870–1872	Frederick M. Pearson	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	Frederick M. Pearson	Liberal
3rd	1874–1874	Thomas McKay	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1881
4th	1881–1882	Archibald McLelan	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1887
	1887–1888
	1888–1891	Adams George Archibald	Liberal–Conservative
7th	1891–1896	William Albert Patterson	Conservative
8th	1896–1897	Wilbert David Dimock	Conservative
8th	1897–1900	Firman McClure	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	Seymour Eugene Gourley	Conservative
10th	1904–1907	Frederick Andrew Laurence	Liberal
10th	1907–1908	John Stanfield	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1920	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	Government (Unionist)
13th	1921–1921	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	Nationalist Liberal
14th	1921–1925	Harold Putnam	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	George Taylor MacNutt	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	George Taylor MacNutt	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	Martin Luther Urquhart	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Colchester—Hants

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 9 September 1869 On Mr. McLellan being called to the Senate, August 1869
	Liberal–Conservative	Adams George Archibald	1,585
	Liberal	Frederick M. Pearson	1,230

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 8 November 1870 On Mr. Archibald being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, May 1870
	Liberal	Frederick M. Pearson	1,672
	Unknown	R. Chambers	268

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 December 1874 On Mr. McKay being un-seated on petition, 14 November 1874
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas McKay	1,818
	Unknown	Alex C. Page	951

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 June 1881 On Mr. McKay's resignation in June 1881
	Conservative	Archibald Woodbury McLelan	1,802
	Independent	Charles N. Cummings	1,374

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 October 1887 On Mr. McLelan being un-seated for bribery by agents
	Conservative	Archibald Woodbury McLelan	2,137
	Liberal	Samuel David McLelland	1,511

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 15 August 1888 On Mr. McLelan being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia
	Liberal–Conservative	Adams George Archibald	1,773
	Unknown	Cyrus Eaton	1,267
	Unknown	E. Fulton	315

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 April 1897 On Mr. Dimock's election being declared void, 19 January 1897
	Liberal	Firman McClure	2,350
	Conservative	D.H. Muir	2,344

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 28 November 1907 On Mr. Laurence being appointed Judge, 4 November 1907
	Conservative	John Stanfield	2,586
	Liberal	Charles Hill	2,363

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 September 1920 On Mr. McCurdy being appointed Minister of Public Works, 13 July 1920
	Nationalist Liberal	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	6,478
	United Farmers	Hugh Archibald Dickson	5,034

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

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