Antigonish—Guysborough

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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 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Antigonish—Guysborough (1914–1966) from the Library of Parliament