Shelburne is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1867 and 2013 and since 2021. Since 2021 and between 1933 and 2013 it has elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; from 1867 to 1933 it elected two members. The electoral district includes Shelburne County in its entirety.
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. It was re-created following the 2019 electoral boundary review out of those districts.
Shelburne has 2,578 km2 (995 sq mi) of landmass.[1]
The electoral district was represented by the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
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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 |
2017 general election (transposed)
2017 provincial election redistributed results[2] |
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Party | Vote | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | 2,330 | 46.28 |
| Liberal | 1,701 | 33.78 |
| New Democratic | 896 | 17.80 |
| Green | 108 | 2.14 |
2009 general election
2009 Nova Scotia general electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 electionParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 |