Guysborough (electoral district)

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Guysborough was an electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917.

It was created in the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish—Guysborough. It consisted of Guysborough County.

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. Stewart Campbell, Anti-Confederate/Liberal-Conservative (1867-1874)
2. John A. Kirk, Liberal (1874-1878)
3. Alfred Ogden, Conservative (1878-1882)
4. John A. Kirk, Liberal (1882-1891)
5. Duncan C. Fraser, Liberal (1891-1904)
6. John H. Sinclair, Liberal (1904-1917)

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederate	Stewart Campbell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Stewart Campbell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John A. Kirk	759
	Liberal-Conservative	Stewart Campbell	544

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Ogden	936
	Liberal	John A. Kirk	772

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John A. Kirk	818
	Conservative	Alfred Ogden	628

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John A. Kirk	1,136
	Conservative	Alex. F. Falconer	784

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D.C. Fraser	1,145
	Conservative	Alfred Ogden	1,059

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan C. Fraser	1,533
	Conservative	C. Ernest Gregory	1,455

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan C. Fraser	1,928
	Conservative	C. Ernest Gregory

By-election: On Mr. Fraser's nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 10 February 1904

By-election on 16 March 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Howard Sinclair	2,004
	Conservative	S.O. Griffin	1,643

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Howard Sinclair	2,040
	Conservative	John S. Wells	1,492

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Howard Sinclair	2,001
	Conservative	George Anderson Rowe Rowlings	1,796

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Howard Sinclair	2,043
	Conservative	George Anderson Rowe Rowlings	1,700

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Guysborough (1867–1914) from the Library of Parliament