Shelburne (provincial electoral district)

Shelburne is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867-2013. From 1933-2013 it elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; from 1867-1933 it elected two members. In its last configuration, the electoral district included Shelburne County in its entirety.

Shelburne

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
District created	1867
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2009
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,495
Electors	11,661
Census divisions	Shelburne County

The electoral district was abolished following the 2012 electoral boundary review and was largely replaced by the new electoral districts of Queens-Shelburne and Argyle-Barrington.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
61st	2009–2013		Sterling Belliveau	New Democratic
60th	2006-2009
59th	2003-2006		Cecil O'Donnell	Progressive Conservative
58th	1999-2003
57th	1998-1999		Clifford Huskilson	Liberal
56th	1993-1998
55th	1988-1993		Harold Huskilson	Liberal
54th	1984-1988
53rd	1981-1984
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970		James McKay Harding	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967
47th	1960-1963
46th	1956-1960
45th	1953-1956		Wilfred Dauphinee	Liberal
44th	1949-1953
43rd	1945-1949
42nd	1941-1945
41st	1937-1941		Henry R. L. Bill	Liberal
40th	1933-1937
Shelburne returned two members before 1933
39th	1928-1933		Henry R. L. Bill	Liberal		Wishart McLea Robertson	Liberal
38th	1925-1928		Ernest Reginald Nickerson	Conservative		Norman Emmons Smith	Conservative
37th	1920-1925		Robert Irwin	Liberal		Ernest Howard Armstrong	Liberal
	1920					Frank E. Smith	Liberal
36th	1916-1920					Maurice Nickerson	Liberal
35th	1911-1916					Smith Nickerson	Liberal
34th	1906-1911					Moses H. Nickerson	Liberal
33rd	1904-1906		George A. Cox	Liberal
	1902-1904		Thomas Johnston	Liberal
	1901-1902					Thomas Robertson	Liberal
32nd	1897-1901
31st	1894-1897
30th	1890-1894					Charles Cahan	Liberal-Conservative
29th	1886-1890					William F. McCoy	Liberal
28th	1882-1886
27th	1878-1882		Nathaniel Whitworth White	Liberal-Conservative		Nehemiah McGray	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874-1878		Thomas Johnston	Liberal		Robert Robertson	Liberal
25th	1871-1874
24th	1867-1871

Election results

2009 general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Sterling Belliveau	3,844	55.41
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Nickerson	1,637	23.59
	Liberal	Darian Huskilson	1,356	19.54
	Green	Robin Smith	101	1.46	–
Total valid votes			6,938	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.29
Turnout			6,958	59.67
Eligible voters			11,661

2006 general election

2006 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Sterling Belliveau	2,438	36.27
	Progressive Conservative	Eddie Nickerson	2,373	35.00
	Liberal	Kirk Cox	1,790	26.63
	Green	Derek Jones	141	2.1	–
Total valid votes			6,722	100.00
Total rejected ballots			29	0.43
Turnout			6,751	57.76
Eligible voters			11,688

2003 general election

2003 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	3,702	48.62
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,107	40.75
	New Democratic Party	Kendall Stoddard	810	10.62
Total valid votes			7,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			30	0.39
Turnout			7,649	71.33
Eligible voters			10,724

1999 general election

1999 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	3,206~	41.54
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,206~	41.54
	New Democratic Party	Dianne Nickerson	1,306	16.92
Total valid votes			7,718	100.00
Total rejected ballots			33	0.42
Turnout			7,751	63.99
Eligible voters			12,112

~In the riding of Shelburne, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote. It went to Cecil O'Donnell

1998 general election

1998 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,144	38.57
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	2,835	34.78
	New Democratic Party	Derek Jones	2,173	26.66
Total valid votes			8,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			42	0.51
Turnout			8,194	66.18
Eligible voters			12,381

1993 general election

1993 Nova Scotia general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	5,438	61.70
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Rose	2,002	22.71
	New Democratic Party	Kathleen Tudor	692	7.85
	Independent	Kent Blades	507	5.75	Ø
	Independent	James Harding	175	1.98	Ø
Total valid votes			8,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			62	0.70
Turnout			8,876	70.46
Eligible voters			12,597

External links

• riding profile