Percy Chapman Black

Percy Chapman Black demonstrated exceptional electoral durability in Cumberland across seven consecutive elections spanning twenty-four years, adapting his partisan affiliation as the conservative movement underwent its organizational transformations from the 1920s through the postwar period. His consistent re-election despite the shifting party nomenclature—from Conservative Party of Nova Scotia through Liberal Conservative and National Government iterations to the stabilized Progressive Conservative Party—reflects both personal local appeal and the underlying continuity of Nova Scotia's conservative electorate. Black's vote tallies, which generally increased over his tenure and peaked at over 10,000 in 1937, suggest he deepened his constituency support even as national political alignments shifted around him.

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
CAN (Mar 1940)	Cumberland	National Government	8,073	Yes
CAN (Jun 1945)	Cumberland	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	9,121	Yes
CAN (Jun 1949)	Cumberland	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	9,850	Yes
NS (Jun 1925)	Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	9,057	Yes
NS (Oct 1928)	Cumberland	Liberal Conservative Party	7,710	Yes
NS (Aug 1933)	Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	9,406	Yes
NS (Jun 1937)	Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	10,289	Yes

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CAN (Mar 1940)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	National Government	8,073	Yes

CAN (Jun 1945)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	9,121	Yes

CAN (Jun 1949)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	9,850	Yes

NS (Jun 1925)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	9,057	Yes

NS (Oct 1928)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Liberal Conservative Party	7,710	Yes

NS (Aug 1933)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	9,406	Yes

NS (Jun 1937)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Cumberland	Conservative Party of Nova Scotia	10,289	Yes

Political Party	Candidacies
conservative party of nova scotia	3
liberal conservative party	1
national government	1
progressive conservative party of canada/parti progressiste-conservateur du canada	2