Colchester (federal electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

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 House of Commons of Canada 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

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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

Election results

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v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Anti-Confederation	Archibald McLelan	1,649
Liberal–Conservative	Adams George Archibald	1,289
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

Party		Candidate
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
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

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Frederick M. Pearson	1,634
Unknown	J.F. Blanchard	1,209
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal–Conservative	Thomas McKay	1,429
Liberal	F.M. Pearson	1,313
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

Party		Candidate
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

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal–Conservative	Thomas McKay	1,829
Unknown	Alex C. Page	1,453

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

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Archibald McLelan	1,887
Unknown	F.A. Laurence	1,452

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Archibald McLelan	2,446
Liberal	Samuel David McLelland	1,819

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

Party		Candidate
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

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	William Albert Patterson	2,588
Liberal	P. McG. Archibald	1,785
Unknown	A.B. Fletcher	165

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Wilbert David Dimock	2,483
Liberal	Firman McClure	2,306

Party		Candidate
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

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Seymour Eugene Gourley	2,449
Liberal	Firman McClure	2,170

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Frederick Andrew Laurence	2,610
Conservative	S.E. Gourley	2,419

Party		Candidate
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

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Stanfield	2,736
Liberal	Charles Hill	2,621

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Stanfield	2,847
Liberal	Samuel David McLellan	2,203

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Government (Unionist)	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	acclaimed

Party		Candidate
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

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Harold Putnam	5,888
Conservative	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy	5,562

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	6,405
Liberal	Maynard B. Archibald	3,394

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	6,067
Liberal	Alfred Dickie	4,049

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Martin Luther Urquhart	6,131
Conservative	George Taylor MacNutt	5,734
Source: lop.parl.ca

References

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^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

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Riding history for Colchester (1867–1933) from the Library of Parliament

v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook Sydney—Victoria
Conservative	Cumberland—Colchester South Shore—St. Margarets West Nova

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Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia

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Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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