Shelburne—Yarmouth

Former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Shelburne—Yarmouth Nova Scotia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1924
District abolished| 1933
First contested| 1925
Last contested| 1930
Demographics
Census division(s)| Shelburne, Yarmouth

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

This riding was created in 1924 from Shelburne and Queen's and Yarmouth and Clare ridings. It consisted of the Counties of Shelburne and Yarmouth. It was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare.

## Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Shelburne—Yarmouth
Riding created from Shelburne and Queen's
and Yarmouth and Clare
15th |  1925–1926 |  | Paul Hatfield | Liberal
16th |  1926–1926
1926–1930 | James Ralston
17th |  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

## Election results

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1925 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Lacombe Hatfield | 6,709
| Conservative | Hon. Edgar Keith Spinney | 6,327
1926 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Paul Lacombe Hatfield | 7,339
| Conservative | Frank Harris Patterson | 6,008

By-election: On Mr. Hatfield being called to the Senate, 6 October 1926

By-election on 2 November 1926

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

| Liberal | Hon. James Layton Ralston | acclaimed
1930 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Hon. James Layton Ralston | 8,173
| Conservative | James Marvin Walker | 6,800

## See also

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* List of Canadian electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## References

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## External links

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* Riding history for Shelburne—Yarmouth (1924-1933) from the Library of Parliament

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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

* Annapolis
* Annapolis—Kings
* Annapolis Valley
* Annapolis Valley—Hants
* Antigonish
* Antigonish—Guysborough
* Bras d'Or
* Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
* Cape Breton
* Cape Breton—East Richmond
* Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
* Cape Breton North and Victoria
* Cape Breton North—Victoria
* Cape Breton South
* Cape Breton South and Richmond
* Cape Breton—The Sydneys
* Colchester
* Colchester—Hants
* Cumberland
* Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
* Cumberland—Colchester North
* Dartmouth
* Dartmouth—Halifax East
* Digby
* Digby and Annapolis
* Digby—Annapolis
* Digby—Annapolis—Kings
* Digby—Yarmouth
* Guysborough
* Halifax—East Hants
* Hants
* Hants—Kings
* Inverness
* Inverness—Richmond
* Kings
* Lunenburg
* North Cape Breton and Victoria
* North Nova
* Pictou
* Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
* Queens
* Queens—Lunenburg
* Queens—Shelburne
* Richmond
* Richmond—West Cape Breton
* Sackville—Eastern Shore
* Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
* Shelburne
* Shelburne and Queen's
* Shelburne—Yarmouth
* Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
* South Shore
* South Shore—St. Margaret's
* South Western Nova
* South West Nova
* Victoria
* Yarmouth
* Yarmouth and Clare

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