Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough

Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1996 from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova ridings, and consisted of the counties of Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—Canso and Central Nova ridings.

Its only member was Peter G. MacKay from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativePeter MacKay 19,256 48.32
LiberalRaymond Mason 12,634 31.70
New DemocraticWendy Panagopoulous 4,498 11.29
AllianceHarvey Henderson 2,915 7.31
IndependentDarryl Gallivan 551 1.38
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativePeter MacKay 18,196 42.34
LiberalFrancis Leblanc 12,851 29.90
New DemocraticCharlene Long 8,284 19.28
ReformHenry Van Berkel 3,416 7.95
Natural LawRichard Robertson 228 0.53

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