Queens—Lunenburg

Queens—Lunenburg
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924, 1952
District abolished	1947, 1966
First contested	1925
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census division(s)	Lunenburg, Queens

Queens—Lunenburg was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Lunenburg and Shelburne and Queen's ridings. It consisted of the counties of Queens and Lunenburg. It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into Lunenburg and Queens—Shelburne ridings.

The district was re-created in 1952 from Lunenburg and Queens—Shelburne, and was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into South Shore riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Queens—Lunenburg Riding created from Lunenburg and Shelburne and Queen's
15th	1925–1926	William Duff	Liberal
16th	1926–1930	William Gordon Ernst	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	William Gordon Ernst	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	John James Kinley	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	John James Kinley
20th	1945–1949	Robert Winters
Riding dissolved into Lunenburg and Queens—Shelburne
Riding re-created from Lunenburg and Queens—Shelburne
22nd	1953–1957	Robert Winters	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into South Shore

Election results

Queens—Lunenburg, 1925–1949

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Duff	9,219
	Conservative	William Ernst	8,846

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Ernst	9,925
	Liberal	William Duff	9,136

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Ernst	10,504
	Liberal	John Kinley	9,378

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KINLEY, John James	10,238
	Conservative	ERNST, Hon. William Gordon	9,500

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KINLEY, John James	10,616
	National Government	LEVY, Robert Clifford	7,845
	Co-operative Commonwealth	VAN BUSKIRK, Claude	457

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WINTERS, Robert Henry	9,693
	Progressive Conservative	BEACH, Leaman Clyde	8,562
	Co-operative Commonwealth	NICHOLSON, John William Angus	1,295