Lunenburg (electoral district)
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- This page refers to the former federal riding of Lunenburg. See Lunenburg (provincial electoral district) for the current provincial riding
Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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 in 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:
1867 - 1925
- Edmund Mortimer McDonald, Anti-Confederate (1867–1872)
- Charles Edward Church, Liberal (1872–1878)
- Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1878–1882)
- Thomas T. Keefler, Liberal (1882–1883)
- Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1883–1887)
- James D. Eisenhauer, Liberal (1887–1891)
- Charles Edwin Kaulbach, Conservative (1891–1904)
- Alex K. Maclean, Liberal (1904–1909)
- John Drew Sperry, Liberal (1909–1911)
- Dugald Stewart, Conservative (1911–1917)
- William Duff, Liberal (1917–1925)
1949- 1953
- Robert Henry Winters, Liberal (1949–1953)
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Anti-Confederation | E.M. McDonald | 1,557 | ||||||
| Unknown | H.A.N. Kaulback | 905 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1872 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Edward Church | 1,338 | ||||||
| Unknown | W.H. Owens | 1,205 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Edward Church | acclaimed | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 1,899 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Edward Church | 1,173 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas T. Keefler | 1,169 | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 1,032 | ||||||
| By-election on 10 October 1883
On election being declared void |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 1,991 | |||
| Liberal | Thomas Twining Keefler | 1,712 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | James D. Eisenhauer | 2,430 | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 2,308 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 2,592 | ||||||
| Liberal | James D. Eisenhauer | 2,402 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 2,403 | ||||||
| Liberal | John D. Sperry | 2,318 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 2,896 | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Kenneth MacLean | 2,574 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Kenneth MacLean | 3,274 | ||||||
| Conservative | Charles Edwin Kaulbach | 2,822 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1908 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Kenneth MacLean | 3,533 | ||||||
| Conservative | Carmon Smith Marshall | 3,332 | ||||||
| By-election on 22 December 1909
On Mr. McLean's resignation, 23 October 1909 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Drew Sperry | 3,371 | |||
| Conservative | Carmon Smith Marshall | 3,104 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Dugald Stewart | 3,645 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Drew Sperry | 3,237 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1917 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | William Duff | 4,699 | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Joseph Willis Margeson | 3,861 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Duff | 7,899 | ||||||
| Conservative | Dugald Stewart | 4,541 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Robert Henry Winters | 8,829 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Melbourne Morton Gardner | 7,527 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Herbert Crouse | 574 | ||||||
