Shelburne and Queen's was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1896 to 1925.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Queens

Queens (Nova Scotia federal electoral district)

Queens was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Queen's...

 and Shelburne

Shelburne (federal electoral district)

Shelburne was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1896.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Shelburne...

 ridings. It consisted of the counties of Queen's and Shelburne. It was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Queens—Lunenburg

Queens—Lunenburg

Queens—Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1968....

 and Shelburne—Yarmouth

Shelburne—Yarmouth

Shelburne—Yarmouth was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935....

 ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Francis Gordon Forbes
   Francis Gordon Forbes
   Francis Gordon Forbes was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Queens and then Shelburne and Queen's in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a Liberal member....
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
   The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
   
    (1896)
2. William Stevens Fielding
   William Stevens Fielding
   William Stevens Fielding, PC was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh Premier of Nova Scotia , and the federal finance minister 1896–1911 and 1921–25.-Early life:...
   
   , Liberal (1896-1911)
3. Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
   Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
   Fleming Blanchard McCurdy, was a Canadian politician.Born in Old Barns, Nova Scotia, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Nova Scotia riding of Shelburne and Queen's in the 1911 election as a Conservative...
   
   , Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
   The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
   
    (1911-1917)
4. William Stevens Fielding, Unionist
   Unionist Party (Canada)
   The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by Members of Parliament in Canada who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during the First World War....
   
   /Liberal (1917-1925)

Election results

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|FORBES, F.G. ||align=right|2,130
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|CAHAN, Cha. H. ||align=right| 1,932
By-election: On Mr. Forbes' being appointed Sub-Collector of Customs, 18 July 1896
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. W.S. ||align=right|acclaimed
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. W.S. ||align=right|2,294
|-

|RITCHIE, J.J. ||align=right| 1,901
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. W.S. ||align=right|2,302
|-

|RITCHIE, James J. ||align=right| 1,917
By-election: On Mr. Fielding's election being declared void, 8 October 1906
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. W.S. ||align=right|2,500
|-

|WELDON, R.C. ||align=right|1,484
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens ||align=right|2,487
|-

|MORINE, Alfred Bishop  ||align=right| 2,145
|-

|MCCURDY, Fleming Blanchard ||align=right| 2,678
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens ||align=right|2,529
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens ||align=right|acclaimed
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens ||align=right|5,237
|-

|HALL, William Lorimer ||align=right|4,520
By-election: On Mr. Fielding's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 29 December 1921
|-

|FIELDING, Hon. William Stevens ||align=right|acclaimed

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Shelburne and Queen's (1892–1924) from the Library of Parliament
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