Digby—Annapolis—Kings

Digby—Annapolis—Kings
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Digby—Annapolis and Hants—Kings ridings. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the municipality of Clare. The district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth ridings.

The district was created again in 1952 from Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the Municipality of Clare. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley and South Western Nova ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Digby—Annapolis—Kings Riding created from Digby—Annapolis and Hants—Kings
18th	1935–1940	James Lorimer Ilsley	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1948
20th	1948–1949	George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth
Riding re-created from Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth
22nd	1953–1957	George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	Pat Nowlan
Riding dissolved into Annapolis Valley and South Western Nova

Election results

1935–1949

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	13,894
	Conservative	Caldwell Stewart	7,266
	Reconstruction	Cyril B. Wetmore	1,773

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	15,094
	National Government	Hiram Thomas	9,518

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	14,445
	Progressive Conservative	Hiram Thomas	9,885
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cecil Hambly Hansford	1,252
	Farmer Labour	Roscoe Alfred Fillmore	362

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 December 1948 On Mr. Ilsley's resignation, 27 October 1948
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	14,057
	Liberal	John Douglas McKenzie	12,469
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd R. Shaw	1,992

1953–1968

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	16,422
	Liberal	Eric Wilfred Balcom	15,387

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	18,534
	Liberal	Arthur Laurence Morfee	13,417

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	19,432
	Liberal	Angus A. Elderkin	13,981

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	17,499
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Steadman	14,511
	New Democratic	Murray Alton Bent	803
	Social Credit	Granville B. Thompson	456

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	16,887
	Liberal	John Elvin Shaffner	16,471
	New Democratic	Murray Alton Bent	579

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Patrick Nowlan	17,845
	Liberal	John Elvin Shaffner	14,636
	New Democratic	George W. Turner	1,049

External links

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

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Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia

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