South Western Nova

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South Western Nova was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings.

It consisted of:

• counties of Digby and Yarmouth,
• the Municipality of Barrington in the county of Shelburne, and
• part of the county of Annapolis.

It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into South Shore and South West Nova ridings.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Louis-Roland Comeau, Progressive Conservative (1968-1972)
2. Charlie Haliburton, Progressive Conservative (1972-1974)
3. Coline Campbell, Liberal (1974-1979)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	COMEAU, Louis-Roland	14,543
	Liberal	STEWART, John B.	12,290
	New Democrat	GILMAN, Rae	655
	Ind. Progressive Conservative	ATKINSON, N. Evanson	293

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HALIBURTON, Charles E.	15,039
	Liberal	LOGAN, Fulton J.	12,471
	New Democrat	MEUSE, Lawrence	2,104
	Social Credit	PADDOCK, Charles P.	359

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CAMPBELL, Coline	15,066
	Progressive Conservative	HALIBURTON, Charlie	13,841
	New Democrat	COE, Yvonne	1,610
	Social Credit	ZWICKER, Cecilia	164

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for South Western Nova (1966–1976) from the Library of Parliament