Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Digby and Annapolis and Shelburne—Yarmouth ridings. It consisted of the counties of Shelburne and Yarmouth, and the municipality of Clare in the county of Digby. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Digby—Yarmouth and Queens—Shelburne ridings.
It was re-created in 1952 from those two ridings, and was abolished again in 1966 into South Shore and South Western Nova ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
1935–1949
- Vincent-Joseph Pottier, Liberal (1935–1945)
- Loran Ellis Baker, Liberal (1945–1949)
1953–1968
- Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk, Liberal (1953–1958)
- Felton Fenwick Legere, Progressive Conservative (1958–1963)
- Frederick T. Armstrong, Liberal (1963–1965)
- John Oates Bower, Progressive Conservative (1965–1968)
Election results
1935–1949
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Vincent Joseph Pottier | 11,102 | ||||||
| Conservative | René-Wilfrid-Emilien Landry | 5,086 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | James Donald Burton | 1,594 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Vincent-Joseph Pottier | 10,851 | ||||||
| National Government | James Marven Walker | 6,569 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Loran Ellis Baker | 9,341 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ulric Gathorne Dawson | 8,595 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ronald Grantham | 1,071 | ||||||
1953–1968
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | 11,556 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Farish Filleul | 7,392 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | 10,734 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | James Douglas Trefry | 9,806 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felton Fenwick Legere | 12,071 | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | 10,187 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Felton Fenwick Legere | 11,162 | ||||||
| Liberal | Frederick Thomas Armstrong | 10,665 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ashley Allen Crowell | 374 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Arthur P. Monahan | 329 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Frederick Thomas Armstrong | 11,607 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O. Bower | 10,380 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ashley Allen Crowell | 220 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Victor A. Ross | 215 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John O. Bower | 10,744 | ||||||
| Liberal | Frederick T. Armstrong | 9,884 | ||||||
| New Democratic | A. Boyd MacGillivray | 1,538 | ||||||