Cumberland (electoral district)

For other uses, see Cumberland (disambiguation).
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 divisions Cumberland

Cumberland was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

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

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 1,368
Anti-ConfederationWilliam Annand 1,271
By-election on 15 June 1870

On Mr. Tupper being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, June 1870

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 1,911
UnknownW.A.D. Morse 650
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 1,580
UnknownG. Hibbard 1,201
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 2,030
UnknownWilliam Thomas Pipes 1,468
By-election on 4 November 1878

On Mr. Tupper being named Minister of Public Works, 17 October 1878

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper acclaimed
By-election on 26 June 1884

On Mr. Tupper being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 24 May 1884

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeCharles James Townshend acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 2,788
LiberalWilliam Thomas Pipes 2,120
UnknownJ.T. Bulmer 206
By-election on 9 November 1887

On election being declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeCharles Tupper 2,468
IndependentJ.T. Balmer 1,026
By-election on 13 July 1888

On Mr. Tupper being named High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, 23 May 1888

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey 2,491
UnknownC.R. Casey 1,727
By-election on 26 December 1888

On election being declared void

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey 2,479
UnknownElderkin 1,431
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey 2,935
LiberalD.S. Howard 2,095
UnknownC.R. Casey 303
By-election on 30 January 1892

On Mr. Dickey being unseated, 22 December 1891

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey acclaimed
By-election on 15 January 1895

On Mr. Dickey being named Secretary of State for Canada, 21 December 1894

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance J. Logan 3,462
ConservativeArthur Rupert Dickey 3,307
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance J. Logan 3,742
ConservativeCharles H. Cahan 3,345
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance J. Logan 4,535
ConservativeT. Sherman Rogers 3,829
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEdgar Nelson Rhodes 4,800
LiberalJ. Layton Ralston 4,310
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEdgar Nelson Rhodes 4,780
LiberalHance James Logan 4,442
Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)Edgar Nelson Rhodes 6,655
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Hance James Logan 5,459
Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalHance James Logan 9,762
ConservativeCharles Edward Bent 4,407
ProgressiveJames Anderson MacKinnon 3,094
Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Knowlton Smith 8,492
LiberalHance James Logan 6,291
Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Knowlton Smith 8,176
LiberalJames Albert Hanway 6,609
Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Knowlton Smith 8,854
LiberalJohn Stanley Smiley 7,401
Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalKenneth Judson Cochrane 7,473
ConservativeDara Mason Cochrane 7,158
ReconstructionAlexander Leadbetter 2,469
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
National GovernmentPercy Chapman Black 8,073
LiberalKenneth Judson Cochrane 8,061
Co-operative CommonwealthGuy Alton Demings 1,403
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativePercy Chapman Black 9,121
LiberalArchibald Joseph Mason 6,522
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn James Crummey 3,807
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativePercy Chapman Black 9,850
LiberalLawrence Martin Hanway 8,718
Co-operative CommonwealthDouglas Haig MacBrien 1,205
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAzel Randolph Lusby 8,860
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Harmon Wasson 8,263
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Carman Coates 10,065
LiberalRandolph Lusby 8,398
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Carman Coates 11,379
LiberalAzel Randolph Lusby 7,525
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Carman Coates 9,524
LiberalH. Keith Russell 7,817
New DemocraticCarson Carlyle Spicer 1,265
Social CreditJohn Vincent Forbes 165
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Carman Coates 9,034
LiberalH. Keith Russell 8,082
New DemocraticCarson Carlyle Spicer 874
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Carman Coates 9,560
LiberalC. Elmer Bragg 7,088
New DemocraticCarson C. Spicer 1,327

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