Shelburne (provincial electoral district)

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.

Shelburne

Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Nolan Young Progressive Conservative
District created	1867, 2019
District abolished	2013
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	14,495
Electors	11,661
Area (km²)	2,578
Pop. density (per km²)	5.6
Census division(s)	Shelburne County
Census subdivision(s)	Barrington, Clark's Harbour, Lockeport, Shelburne (municipal district), Shelburne (town)

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.

Geography

Shelburne has 2,578 km² (995 sq mi) of landmass.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The electoral district was represented by the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
65th	2024-Present		Nolan Young	Progressive Conservative
64th	2021-2024
Riding recreated from parts of Queens-Shelburne
Riding dissolved
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

Election results

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Robertson	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	826	30.72%
	Liberal	Robert Robertson	765	28.45%
	Liberal–Conservative	William F. MacCoy	570	21.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. H. Kendrick	528	19.64%
Total			2,689	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal	Robert Robertson	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Nathaniel Whitworth White	1,140	29.29%
	Liberal–Conservative	Nehemiah McGray	989	25.41%
	Liberal	William F. MacCoy	892	22.92%
	Liberal	M. Nickerson	871	22.38%
Total			3,892	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	947	30.31%
	Liberal	William F. MacCoy	938	30.03%
	Liberal–Conservative	Nehemiah McGray	692	22.15%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Allan	547	17.51%
Total			3,124	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	1,188	30.97%
	Liberal	William F. MacCoy	1,063	27.71%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred K. Smith	860	22.42%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles Cahan	725	18.90%
Total			3,836	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	1,061	25.85%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles Cahan	1,051	25.60%
	Liberal	William F. MacCoy	1,042	25.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred K. Smith	951	23.17%
Total			4,105	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	1,319	27.11%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	1,282	26.35%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles Hazlett Calen	1,212	24.91%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. W. Freeman	1,053	21.64%
Total			4,866	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Johnston	817	41.98%
	Liberal	Thomas Robertson	803	41.26%
	Liberal–Conservative	Arthur Hood	326	16.75%
Total			1,946	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Moses H. Nickerson	1,083	28.08%
	Liberal	Robert Irwin	975	25.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	N. R. Craig	930	24.11%
	Liberal–Conservative	T. C. Lockwood	869	22.53%
Total			3,857	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Irwin	1,245	26.64%
	Liberal	Smith Nickerson	1,202	25.72%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. Ward Fisher	1,120	23.97%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Phillips	1,106	23.67%
Total			4,673	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Irwin	1,442	27.82%
	Liberal	Maurice Nickerson	1,424	27.47%
	Liberal–Conservative	Wendell H. Currie	1,205	23.24%
	Liberal–Conservative	W.C. Hall	1,113	21.47%
Total			5,184	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Irwin	1,917	28.64%
	Liberal	Frank E. Smith	1,774	26.51%
	Liberal–Conservative	William T. Brannen	1,623	24.25%
	Liberal–Conservative	Wendell H. Currie	1,379	20.60%
Total			6,693	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Ernest Reginald Nickerson	2,596	28.42%
	Liberal–Conservative	Norman Emmons Smith	2,452	26.84%
	Liberal	Ernest Howard Armstrong	2,087	22.84%
	Liberal	Robert Irwin	2,001	21.90%
Total			9,136	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry R. L. Bill	2,474	27.13%
	Liberal	Wishart McLea Robertson	2,473	27.12%
	Liberal–Conservative	Ernest Reginald Nickerson	2,121	23.26%
	Liberal–Conservative	Norman Emmons Smith	2,052	22.50%
Total			9,120	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry R. L. Bill	3,252	56.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	James W. Maddin	2,500	43.46%
Total			5,752	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry R. L. Bill	3,215	58.41%	1.88%
	Liberal–Conservative	Norman Emmons Smith	2,289	41.59%	-1.88%
Total			5,504	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfred Dauphinee	2,422	50.73%	-7.68%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick William Bower	2,352	49.27%	7.68%
Total			4,774	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfred Dauphinee	3,214	55.85%	5.11%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick William Bower	2,203	38.28%	-10.99%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cecil James O'Donnell	338	5.87%	–
Total			5,755	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfred Dauphinee	3,436	53.20%	-2.65%
	Liberal–Conservative	Reginald Donald Ross	3,023	46.80%	8.52%
Total			6,459	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfred Dauphinee	3,256	51.20%	-1.99%
	Progressive Conservative	James McKay Harding	3,103	48.80%	–
Total			6,359	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McKay Harding	3,337	51.95%	3.16%
	Liberal	Wilfred Dauphinee	3,086	48.05%	-3.16%
Total			6,423	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McKay Harding	3,539	52.94%	0.99%
	Liberal	William Russell MacKay	3,146	47.06%	-0.99%
Total			6,685	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McKay Harding	3,737	54.40%	1.46%
	Liberal	Robert Quinlan Hood	3,133	45.60%	-1.46%
Total			6,870	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	James McKay Harding	3,271	46.60%	-7.80%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	3,111	44.32%	-1.29%
	New Democratic	Aubrey Harding	638	9.09%	–
Total			7,020	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	3,725	49.06%	4.74%
	Progressive Conservative	William J. Cox	3,321	43.74%	-2.86%
	New Democratic	Aubrey Harding	547	7.20%	-1.88%
Total			7,593	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	4,119	47.58%	-1.48%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Hatfield	3,732	43.11%	-0.63%
	New Democratic	Dewey Waybret	806	9.31%	2.11%
Total			8,657	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	3,932	45.06%	-2.52%
	Progressive Conservative	A. Etherene Goreham	3,682	42.20%	-0.91%
	New Democratic	Jane A. Strange	1,112	12.74%	3.43%
Total			8,726	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	3,765	46.20%	1.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Warren Doane	3,440	42.21%	0.01%
	New Democratic	Laurie Hitchens	945	11.60%	-1.15%
Total			8,150	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	3,843	46.09%	-0.11%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Leary	3,659	43.88%	1.67%
	New Democratic	Laurie Hitchens	601	7.21%	-4.39%
	Independent	Etheren Goreham	235	2.82%	–
Total			8,338	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Huskilson	5,224	51.54%	5.45%
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Van Zoost	4,241	41.85%	-2.04%
	New Democratic	Ralph Niessen	670	6.61%	-0.60%
Total			10,135	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	5,438	61.70%	10.15%
	Progressive Conservative	Mary E. Rose	2,002	22.71%	-19.13%
	New Democratic	Kathleen K. Tudor	692	7.85%	1.24%
	Independent	Kent A. Blades	507	5.75%	–
	Independent	James M. Harding	175	1.99%	–
Total valid votes			8,814	100.00
Total rejected ballots			62	0.70
Turnout			8,876	70.46
Eligible voters			12,597
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,144	38.57%	-23.13%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	2,835	34.78%	12.06%
	New Democratic	Derek Jones	2,173	26.66%	18.80%
Total valid votes			8,152	100.00
Total rejected ballots			42	0.51
Turnout			8,194	66.18
Eligible voters			12,381
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	3,206	41.54%	6.76%
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,206	41.54%	2.97%
	New Democratic	Dianne Nickerson	1,306	16.92%	-9.73%
Total valid votes			7,718	100.00
Total rejected ballots			33	0.42
Turnout			7,751	63.99
Eligible voters			12,112
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

~In the riding of Shelburne, the Returning Officer had to cast the tie-breaking vote. It went to Cecil O'Donnell

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cecil O'Donnell	3,702	48.59%	7.05%
	Liberal	Clifford Huskilson	3,107	40.78%	-0.76%
	New Democratic	Kendall Stoddard	810	10.63%	-6.29%
Total valid votes			7,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			30	0.39
Turnout			7,649	71.33
Eligible voters			10,724
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Sterling Belliveau	2,438	36.27%	25.64%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Reginald Nickerson	2,353	35.00%	-13.58%
	Liberal	Kirk Cox	1,790	26.63%	-14.15%
	Green	Derek Jones	141	2.10%	–
Total valid votes			6,722	100.00
Total rejected ballots			29	0.43
Turnout			6,751	57.76
Eligible voters			11,688
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Sterling Belliveau	3,844	55.41%	19.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest Reginald Nickerson	1,637	23.59%	-11.41%
	Liberal	Darian Huskilson	1,356	19.54%	-7.08%
	Green	Robin Smith	101	1.46%	-0.64%
Total valid votes			6,938	100.00
Total rejected ballots			20	0.29
Turnout			6,958	59.67
Eligible voters			11,661
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Shelburne" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2017 (transposed)

2017 provincial election redistributed results[2]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	2,330	46.28
	Liberal	1,701	33.78
	New Democratic	896	17.80
	Green	108	2.14

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Nolan Young	3,905	62.56	+16.28	$26,676.96
	Liberal	Penny Smith	1,483	23.76	-10.02	$27,067.38
	New Democratic	Darren Stoddard	753	12.06	-5.74	$22,519.99
	Green	Steve Hirchak	101	1.62	-0.52	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			6,242	99.55	–	$69,456.69
Total rejected ballots			28	0.45
Turnout			6,270	54.50
Eligible voters			11,505
	Progressive Conservative notional hold		Swing		+13.15
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[3]

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Nolan Young	3,092	76.8%	+14.24
	New Democratic	Bridget Taylor	477	11.8%	-0.26
	Liberal	Debbie Muise	457	11.4%	-12.36
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			4,026
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[4]