Colchester (federal electoral district)

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

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

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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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	Votes
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

^ 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.

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