Lunenburg (federal electoral district)

Lunenburg
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1947
District abolished	1924, 1952
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930
Demographics
Census division(s)	Lunenburg

Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1953. Its boundary was that of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

History

The electoral district was created as part of the British North America Act, 1867. In 1924, it became obsolete when consolidated with Queens—Lunenburg riding. In the redistribution of 1947, the riding was re-established from Queens—Lunenburg, and then re-consolidated with the previous riding in 1952.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Lunenburg
1st	1867–1868	Edmund Mortimer McDonald	Anti-Confederation
1st	1868–1872	Edmund Mortimer McDonald	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Charles Edward Church	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Charles Edward Church	Liberal
4th	1878–1882	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative
5th	1882–1883	Thomas Twining Keefler	Liberal
5th	1883–1887	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	James Daniel Eisenhauer	Liberal
7th	1891–1896	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	Conservative
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	Liberal
11th	1908–1909	Alexander Kenneth Maclean
11th	1909–1911	John Drew Sperry
12th	1911–1917	Dugald Stewart	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	William Duff	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1925	William Duff	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Queens—Lunenburg
Riding re-created from Queens—Lunenburg
21st	1949–1953	Robert Winters	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Queens—Lunenburg

Election results

Lunenburg, 1867–1925

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	E.M. McDonald	1,557
	Unknown	H.A.N. Kaulback	905
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,338
	Unknown	W.H. Owens	1,205
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,899
	Liberal	Charles Edward Church	1,173

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas T. Keefler	1,169
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,032

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 10 October 1883 On election being declared void
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	1,991
	Liberal	Thomas Twining Keefler	1,712

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	2,430
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,308

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,592
	Liberal	James Daniel Eisenhauer	2,402

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,403
	Liberal	John D. Sperry	2,318

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,896
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	2,574

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	3,274
	Conservative	Charles Edwin Kaulbach	2,822

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Kenneth Maclean	3,533
	Conservative	Carmon Smith Marshall	3,332

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 December 1909 On Mr. McLean's resignation, 23 October 1909
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	3,371
	Conservative	Carmon Smith Marshall	3,104

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dugald Stewart	3,645
	Liberal	John Drew Sperry	3,237

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Duff	4,699
	Government (Unionist)	Joseph Willis Margeson	3,861

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Duff	7,899
	Conservative	Dugald Stewart	4,541

Lunenburg, 1949–1953

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Henry Winters	8,829
	Progressive Conservative	Melbourne Morton Gardner	7,527
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Herbert Crouse	574

References

^ 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.

External links

[1] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

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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