Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

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Antigonish
 Nova Scotia House of Assembly
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly		       Angus MacIsaac
PC
Population (2001)
Electors (2006)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions Antigonish County
Subdivisions

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.

Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is the Honourable Angus (Tando) MacIsaac of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

The district includes the community of Antigonish, and the surrounding Antigonish County. It is bordered by Pictou East to the west, Guysborough-Sheet Harbour to its south, the Strait of Canso to the east, and the Northumberland Strait to the north.

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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly

  • Angus (Tando) MacIsaac, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)
  • Hyland Fraser, Liberal (1998-1999)
  • Bill Gillis, Liberal (1970-1998)
  • William F. MacKinnon, Progressive Conservative (1956-1970)
  • Colin Herman Chisholm, Liberal (1949-1956)
  • John Patrick Gorman, Liberal (1945-1949)
  • John MacIsaac (1941-1945)

[edit] Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Angus (Tando) MacIsaac 4629 48.28
     Liberal Daniel MacIsaac 2953 30.8
     New Democratic Party Andrew MacDonald 1827 19.06
     Green Party Judith Dowden 179 1.87
Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Progressive Conservative Angus (Tando) MacIsaac 4256 41.64
     Liberal David Allister Cameron 3651 35.72
     New Democratic Party Terry O'Toole 1755 17.17
     Marijuana Party Gene Purdy 560 5.48

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[edit] References

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Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts
Current
Annapolis • Antigonish • Argyle • Bedford • Cape Breton Centre • Cape Breton North • Cape Breton Nova • Cape Breton South • Cape Breton West • Chester-St. Margaret's • Clare • Colchester North • Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley • Cole Harbour • Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage • Cumberland North • Cumberland South • Dartmouth East • Dartmouth North • Dartmouth South-Portland Valley • Digby-Annapolis • Eastern Shore • Glace Bay • Guysborough-Sheet Harbour • Halifax Atlantic • Halifax Chebucto • Halifax Citadel • Halifax Clayton Park • Halifax Fairview • Halifax Needham • Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville • Hants East • Hants West • Inverness • Kings North • Kings South • Kings West • Lunenburg • Lunenburg West • Pictou Centre • Pictou East • Pictou West • Preston • Queens • Richmond • Sackville-Cobequid • Shelburne • Timberlea-Prospect • Truro-Bible Hill • Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank • Yarmouth • Victoria-The Lakes
Historic
to 2003: Cape Breton East • Cape Breton The Lakes • Dartmouth South • Dartmouth-Cole Harbour • Halifax Bedford Basin • Sackville-Beaver Bank • Victoria
to 1993: Annapolis East • Annapolis West • Colchester South • Cumberland Centre • Cumberland East • Cumberland West • Digby • Guysborough • Halifax Cornwallis • Halifax Eastern Shore • Halifax St. Margarets • Inverness North • Inverness South • Lunenburg Centre • Lunenburg East • Sackville
to 1978: Colchester • Halifax Cobequid
to 1967: Halifax Centre • Halifax County Dartmouth • Halifax East • Halifax North • Halifax Northwest • Halifax South • Halifax West
to 1956: Annapolis County • Kings
to 1949: Cumberland • Hants • Pictou
to 1933: Halifax • Richmond and Cape Breton West
to 1925: Cape Breton
See also: 2006 election • List of elections • Politics of Nova Scotia


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