Annapolis (federal electoral district)

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Annapolis
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1914
First contested 1867
Last contested 1911
Demographics
Census division(s) Annapolis

Annapolis was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. The district was created in the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis. It consisted of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

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Geography

This riding was set by the British North America Act, 1867 to consist of Annapolis County. The boundaries were not changed during the electoral redistributions of 1872, 1882, 1892 or 1903. This riding was dissolved into Digby and Annapolis in the 1914 electoral redistribution. The county was legally defined in 1837 as such:

...to comprehend and comprise all that part of the present County of Annapolis to the Eastward of a line to pass through the centre of the Gut of Annapolis and from a line to be drawn from the same to the centre of Bear River, and from thence to be continued southwardly, following the course of the same River, to the head of the tide, and thence following a line South twenty four degrees East to the boundary of Queen's County, and containing the Townships of Annapolis, Granville and Wilmot, and so much of the Township of Clements as lies to the Eastward of Bear River, and of the aforesaid line; and also, all other parts of the County of Annapolis to the Eastward of the same line, and not included in any Township. [1]

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Annapolis
1st  1867–1869 [nb 1]    William Hallett Ray Anti-Confederation
 1869–1872   Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882   Avard Longley Conservative
5th  1882–1887   William Hallett Ray Liberal
6th  1887–1891   John B. Mills Conservative
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904   Fletcher Bath Wade Liberal
10th  1904–1908 Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917   Avard Longley Davidson Conservative
Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Anti-Confederation William Hallett Ray 1,17153.54
Conservative Avard Longley 1,01646.46
Total valid votes2,187100.00  
This electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867 from the colonial Province of Nova Scotia'a Annapolis electoral district. Both Avard Longley and William Hallett Ray were incumbents, along with George Whitman.
Source: Library of Parliament [1]
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Hallett Ray 1,129
Conservative Avard Longley 1,019
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Hallett Ray 878
UnknownT.W. Chesley220
Source: Canadian Elections Database [3]
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Avard Longley 1,301
Liberal William Hallett Ray 1,298
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Hallett Ray 1,430
UnknownR.E. Fitzrandolph1,368
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John B. Mills 1,758
Liberal William Hallett Ray 1,730
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John B. Mills 1,835
UnknownWilliam A. Chipman1,662
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John B. Mills 2,012
Liberal J.W. Longley1,815
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Fletcher Bath Wade 1,883
Conservative John B. Mills 1,733
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Samuel Walter Willet Pickup 2,013
Conservative Lawrence D. Shaffner1,794
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Samuel Walter Willet Pickup 2,121
Conservative George E. Corbitt1,910
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Avard Longley Davidson 2,131
Liberal Samuel Walter Willet Pickup 2,118

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Anti-Confederation Party dissolved in 1869, and William Hallett Ray joined the Liberal Party.

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References

  1. 1 2 Library of Parliament. "History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Annapolis, Nova Scotia (1867 - 1917)" . Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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