Colchester—Hants
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Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from Colchester and Kings—Hants. It consisted of the counties of Colchester and Hants. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Annapolis Valley and Cumberland—Colchester North ridings.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Gordon T. Purdy, Liberal (1935-1945)
- Frank T. Stanfield, Progressive Conservative (1945-1953)
- Gordon T. Purdy, Liberal (1953-1957)
- Cyril F. Kennedy, Progressive Conservative (1957-1967)
- Robert L. Stanfield, Progressive Conservative (1967-1968)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon T. | 9,608 | |||
| Conservative | ARMSTRONG, William Boardman | 9,402 | |||
| Reconstruction | MILLER, Wentworth Chauncy | 1,923 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon Timlin | 12,328 | |||
| National Government | TREMAIN, Hadley B. | 10,044 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | STANFIELD, Frank T. | 11,141 | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon Timlin | 11,133 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | WYMAN, Clifford Parker | 2,165 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | STANFIELD, Frank Thomas | 13,550 | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon Timlin | 13,149 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SCOTT, Frederick C.G. | 814 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon T. | 12,660 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BLOIS, Fred M. | 12,271 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | LOOMER, Ralph | 936 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KENNEDY, Cyril F. | 15,231 | |||
| Liberal | PURDY, Gordon T. | 12,151 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | LOOMER, Ralph | 912 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KENNEDY, Cyril F. | 15,653 | |||
| Liberal | MCLELLAN, Robert Faulkner | 11,779 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | LOOMER, Ralph | 1,267 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KENNEDY, Cyril F. | 14,128 | |||
| Liberal | HILL, Hector | 13,836 | |||
| New Democrat | CAMERON, Lawrence C. | 1,207 | |||
| Unknown | PARKER, K.Y. | 411 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KENNEDY, Cyril F. | 14,387 | |||
| Liberal | HILL, Hector | 14,185 | |||
| New Democrat | CAMERON, Laurence C. | 822 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KENNEDY, Cyril F. | 15,250 | |||
| Liberal | HILL, Hector | 12,962 | |||
| New Democrat | SCHURMAN, Gordon S. | 1,078 | |||
| Independent | KIRK, Robert | 299 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967
| By-election on 6 November 1967 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | STANFIELD, Robert L. | 15,389 | |||
| Independent Liberal | KIRK, Robert | 1,098 | |||
| Independent | SMITH, Elwood | 221 | |||
