Antigonish—Guysborough
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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.
Contents |
[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
- John Howard Sinclair, Laurier Liberals (1917-1921)
- Colin Francis McIsaac, Liberal (1921-1925)
- Edward Edward MacDonald, Liberal (1925-1926)
- John C. Douglas, Conservative Party of Canada (1926-1927)
- William Duff, Liberal (1927-1936)
- James Ralph Kirk, Liberal (1936-1958)
- Angus Ronald MacDonald, Progressive Conservative (1957-1958)
- Clement O'Leary, Progressive Conservative (1958-1962)
- John B. Stewart, Liberal (1962-1968)
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1917 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | John Howard Sinclair | 3,944 | |||
| Government (Unionist) | William Alexander Wells | 2,506 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Colin F. McIsaac | 6,752 | |||
| Conservative | Walter McNeil | 3,356 | |||
| Progressive | Daniel McIsaac | 1,553 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Edward Edward MacDonald | 6,135 | |||
| Conservative | Duncan Stewart Chisholm | 5,545 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | John C. Douglas | 6,140 | |||
| Liberal | Colin F. McIsaac | 6,003 | |||
| By-Election December 10, 1926 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | William Duff | 6,415 | |||
| Conservative | Neil Romuald McArthur | 5,292 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | William Duff | 6,370 | |||
| Conservative | Howard A. Rice | 5,811 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | William Duff | 7,779 | |||
| Reconstruction | John Howard MacKichan | 3,783 | |||
| By-Election February 28, 1936 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | 7,281 | |||
| National Government | William Edward Landry | 4,610 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | 6,379 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Douglas Macdonald | 3,483 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Cyrus MacLellan | 791 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | 7,586 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Archibald Walker | 4,385 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | 6,884 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Grant McDonald | 3,395 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Angus Ronald MacDonald | 6,053 | |||
| Liberal | James Ralph Kirk | 5,856 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clement O'Leary | 6,758 | |||
| Liberal | Alasdair Graham | 5,827 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,296 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Clement O'Leary | 6,183 | |||
| New Democrat | John Hugh Campbell | 208 | |||
| Social Credit | Alexander James Malloy | 104 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,947 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Forbes | 5,835 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | John B. Stewart | 6,210 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | D. Hugh Gillis | 6,163 | |||
| New Democrat | Leslie Myers | 228 | |||
