Antigonish—Guysborough
Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
Nova Scotia electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1914 |
District abolished | 1966 |
First contested | 1917 |
Last contested | 1965 |
Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1914 and combined the former ridings of Antigonish and Guysborough. Antigonish—Guysborough was abolished under redistribution in 1966 forming parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Antigonish—Guysborough Riding created from Antigonish and Guysborough | ||||
13th | 1917–1921 | John Howard Sinclair | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | |
14th | 1921–1925 | Colin Francis McIsaac | Liberal | |
15th | 1925–1926 | Edward Mortimer Macdonald | ||
16th | 1926–1926 | John Carey Douglas | Conservative | |
1927–1930 | William Duff | Liberal | ||
17th | 1930–1935 | |||
18th | 1935–1936 | |||
1936–1940 | J. Ralph Kirk | |||
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1949 | |||
21st | 1948–1953 | |||
22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
23rd | 1957–1958 | Angus Ronald Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | |
24th | 1958–1962 | Clement O'Leary | ||
25th | 1962–1963 | John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal | |
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova |
Election results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | John Howard Sinclair | 3,944 | ||||||
Government (Unionist) | William Alexander Wells | 2,506 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Colin Francis McIsaac | 6,752 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Walter McNeil | 3,356 | ||||||
Progressive | Daniel McIsaac | 1,553 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Edward Mortimer Macdonald | 6,135 | ||||||
Conservative | Duncan Stewart Chisholm | 5,545 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | John Carey Douglas | 6,140 | ||||||
Liberal | Colin Francis McIsaac | 6,003 |
By-election on 18 January 1927 On the death of John Carey Douglas, 10 December 1926 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | William Duff | 6,415 | |||
Conservative | Neil Romuald McArthur | 5,292 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | John Carey Douglas | 6,140 | ||||||
Liberal | Colin Francis McIsaac | 6,003 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | William Duff | 7,779 | ||||||
Reconstruction | John Howard MacKichan | 3,783 |
By-election on 16 March 1936 On William Duff being named to the Senate, 28 February 1936 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
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Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | acclaimed |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | 7,281 | ||||||
National Government | William Edward Landry | 4,610 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | 6,379 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | John Douglas Macdonald | 3,483 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Cyrus MacLellan | 791 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | 7,586 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | John Archibald Walker | 4,385 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | 6,884 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Grant McDonald | 3,395 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Angus Ronald MacDonald | 6,053 | ||||||
Liberal | J. Ralph Kirk | 5,856 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Clement O'Leary | 6,758 | ||||||
Liberal | Alasdair Graham | 5,827 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,296 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Clement O'Leary | 6,183 | ||||||
New Democratic | John Hugh Campbell | 208 | ||||||
Social Credit | Alexander James Malloy | 104 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,947 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Jack Forbes | 5,835 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,210 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | D. Hugh Gillis | 6,163 | ||||||
New Democratic | Leslie Myers | 228 |
See also
External links
- Riding history for Antigonish—Guysborough (1914–1966) from the Library of Parliament