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.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Louis-Roland Comeau, Progressive Conservative (1968-1972)
- Charlie Haliburton, Progressive Conservative (1972-1974)
- 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 | |||
