Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

Antigonish
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Michelle Thompson ; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,590
Electors	13,314
Area (km²)	1,353
Pop. density (per km²)	14.5
Census division(s)	Antigonish County
Census subdivision(s)	Antigonish

Last updated December 11, 2024

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.

Geography

The electoral district of Antigonish covers 1,353 km² (522 sq mi) of land.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Dual-member era

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
24th	1867–1871	Daniel MacDonald	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
25th	1871–1874			Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
26th	1874–1877			John J. McKinnon	Independent
26th	1877–1878			John Sparrow David Thompson	Conservative
27th	1878–1882	Angus McGillivray	Liberal
28th	1882
28th	1882–1886			Charles B. Whidden	Conservative
29th	1886–1890			Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal
30th	1890–1891
30th	1891–1894	Christopher P. Chisholm	Liberal
31st	1894–1895
31st	1895–1897			Angus McGillivray	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901
33rd	1901–1903
33rd	1903–1906			Fred Robert Trotter	Liberal
34th	1906–1911
35th	1911	Edward Lavin Girroir	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1913–1916	John Stanfield O'Biren	Liberal-Conservative
36th	1916–1920	William Chisholm	Liberal
37th	1920–1925			Angus J. MacGillivray	United Farmers
38th	1925–1928			John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
39th	1928–1933			John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal

Single-member era

Antigonish
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding returned 2 members prior to 1933
40th	1933–1937		John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
41st	1937–1941		John Laughlin McIsaac
42nd	1941–1942		John A. MacIsaac
42nd	1942–1945		John Patrick Gorman
43rd	1945–1949		John Patrick Gorman
44th	1949–1953		Colin H. Chisholm
45th	1953–1956		Colin H. Chisholm
46th	1956–1960		William F. MacKinnon	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960–1963
48th	1963–1967
49th	1967–1970
50th	1970–1974		Bill Gillis	Liberal
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1981
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999		Hyland Fraser
58th	1999–2003		Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2009
61st	2009–2013		Maurice Smith	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017		Randy Delorey	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Randy Delorey	Liberal
64th	2021–2024		Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative
65th	2024–present		Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

v t e 2024 Nova Scotia general election
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michelle Thompson	5,196	64.81	+14.83
	Liberal	Sheila Sears	1,720	21.45	-10.37
	New Democratic	John David MacIsaac	1,101	13.73	-2.75
Total valid votes			8,017	99.34
Total rejected ballots			53	0.66	+0.25
Turnout			8,070	52.84	-11.94
Eligible voters			15,273
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.60

2021

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Michelle Thompson	4,707	49.98	+14.86	$53,998.17
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	2,997	31.82	-11.56	$62,427.05
	New Democratic	Moraig Macgillivray	1,552	16.48	-3.83	$47,736.84
	Green	Will Fraser	128	1.36	–	$274.35
	Atlantica	Ryan Smyth	34	0.36	-0.83	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9.418	99.59	-0.01	$85,581.45
Total rejected ballots			39	0.41	+0.01
Turnout			9,457	64.78	+2.68
Eligible voters			14,599
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.21
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[4]^[5]

2017

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	3,877	43.38	+0.60
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Mattie	3,139	35.12	+3.52
	New Democratic	Moraig MacGillivray	1,815	20.31	-5.30
	Atlantica	Ryan Smyth	106	1.19
Total valid votes			8,973	99.60
Total rejected ballots			36	0.40	-0.48
Turnout			8,973	62.08	-3.12
Eligible voters			14,455
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia ^[6]^[7]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	3882	42.78	+20.10
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2868	31.61	-3.77
	New Democrat	Maurice Smith	2324	25.61	-15.41
Total valid votes			9,074	100.00
Total rejected ballots			81	0.88
Turnout			9,155	65.20
Eligible voters			14,041

2009 by-election

October 20, 2009 by-election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
New Democrat	Maurice Smith	3,310	41.02	+5.84
Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2,855	35.38	-2.70
Liberal	Miles Tompkins	1,830	22.68	-2.38
Green	Michael Marshall	74	0.92	-0.77

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	3,613	38.08%	-10.20%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	3,338	35.18%	16.12%
	Liberal	Miles Tompkins	2,378	25.06%	-5.74%
	Green	Rebecca Mosher	160	1.69%	-0.18%
Total			9,489	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,629	48.28%	6.64%
	Liberal	Daniel MacIsaac	2,953	30.80%	-4.91%
	New Democratic	Andrew MacDonald	1,827	19.06%	1.88%
	Green	Judith Dowden	179	1.87%	–
Total			9,588	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,256	41.64%	2.34%
	Liberal	David Allister Cameron	3,650	35.71%	-3.47%
	New Democratic	Terry O'Toole	1,755	17.17%	-4.35%
	Marijuana	Gene Purdy	560	5.48%	–
Total			10,221	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,070	39.30%	7.53%
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4,058	39.18%	-2.37%
	New Democratic	Charlene Long	2,229	21.52%	-5.17%
Total			10,357	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4,649	41.55%	-22.93%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew MacNeil	3,554	31.76%	3.50%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	2,986	26.69%	19.43%
Total			11,189	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	7,292	64.48%	11.24%
	Progressive Conservative	Liz Chisholm	3,196	28.26%	-11.31%
	New Democratic	Marion MacDonald	821	7.26%	0.07%
Total			11,309	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	6,004	53.24%	5.46%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Garvie	4,463	39.57%	-5.31%
	New Democratic	Bill Woodfine	811	7.19%	-0.14%
Total			11,278	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	5,167	47.78%	1.31%
	Progressive Conservative	Liz Chisholm	4,854	44.89%	0.99%
	New Democratic	Bill Woodfine	793	7.33%	-2.30%
Total			10,814	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,522	46.47%	-3.34%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIssac	4,271	43.90%	4.45%
	New Democratic	John A. Murphy	937	9.63%	-1.10%
Total			9,730	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,689	49.82%	-7.06%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacNeil	3,713	39.45%	4.36%
	New Democratic	John A. Murphy	1,010	10.73%	2.70%
Total			9,412	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	5,141	56.88%	5.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Ronnie MacDonald	3,172	35.09%	-10.63%
	New Democratic	Patrick D. Gough	726	8.03%	4.66%
Total			9,039	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,002	50.91%	1.11%
	Progressive Conservative	William Shaw	3,594	45.72%	-4.48%
	New Democratic	Alex MacPherson	265	3.37%	–
Total			7,861	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,222	50.20%	-4.38%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	3,196	49.80%	4.38%
Total			6,418	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,334	54.58%	-0.18%
	Liberal	Ronald Saint John Chisholm	2,774	45.42%	2.41%
Total			6,108	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,177	54.77%	2.83%
	Liberal	Vincent J. MacDonald	2,495	43.01%	-5.05%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex MacPherson	129	2.22%	–
Total			5,801	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	2,884	51.94%	39.35%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	2,669	48.06%	-0.85%
Total			5,553	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	2,624	48.92%	-9.32%
	Independent	Vincent J. MacDonald	2,065	38.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Terrance Bernard Thompson	675	12.58%	–
Total			5,364	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	3,179	58.23%	-3.60%
	Liberal–Conservative	Terrance Bernard Thompson	2,280	41.77%	3.60%
Total			5,459	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2,650	61.83%	23.32%
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas MacDonald	1,636	38.17%	-23.32%
Total			4,286	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1942 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, December 14, 2017 Death of John A. MacIsaac
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2,496	69.43%
	Conservative	Russell Cunningham	1,099	30.57%
Total valid votes			3,595	–	–
Source(s) Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. MacIsaac	2,759	61.49%	22.60%
	Liberal	Michael Ignatius Webb	1,728	38.51%	-22.60%
Total			4,487	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	3,160	61.11%	6.79%
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Hamilton Butts	2,011	38.89%	-6.79%
Total			5,171	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,951	54.32%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Archibald Walker	2,482	45.68%
Total			5,433	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,431	28.42%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,407	28.14%
	Liberal–Conservative	John F. McLellan	1,925	22.50%
	Liberal–Conservative	John D. MacIntyre	1,792	20.95%
Total			8,555	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,393	27.74%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,267	26.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	Duncan S. Chisholm	2,095	24.29%
	Liberal–Conservative	Fred R. Irish	1,871	21.69%
Total			8,626	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1923 by-election

1923 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Chisholm

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,059	28.23%
	United Farmers	Angus J. MacGillivray	1,804	24.73%
	Liberal	Alexander Stirling MacMillan	1,725	23.65%
	United Farmers	Fred R. Irish	1,706	23.39%
Total			7,294	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	1,366	28.54%
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	1,300	27.16%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Stanfield O'Brien	1,167	24.38%
	Liberal–Conservative	Allan MacDonald	953	19.91%
Total			4,786	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1913 by-election

1913 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Stanfield O'Brien

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Lavin Girroir	1,299	27.92%
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	1,267	27.24%
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,070	23.00%
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh MacDougall	1,016	21.84%
Total			4,652	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1903 by-election

1903 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray		0.00%
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm		0.00%
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,263	27.77%
	Independent	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,176	25.86%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	1,123	24.69%
	Liberal–Conservative	Hugh MacDonald	986	21.68%
Total			4,548	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1895 by-election

1895 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	1312
	Liberal-Conservative	D. A. Fraser	1016

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,333	28.00%
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,225	25.74%
	Liberal–Conservative	J.J. Cameron	1,141	23.97%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. Ernest Gregory	1,061	22.29%
Total			4,760	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1891 by-election

1891 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. P. Chisholm	933
	Liberal	J. J. Cameron	916

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,362	30.64%
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,274	28.66%
	Liberal–Conservative	J.J. Cameron	1,003	22.56%
	Liberal–Conservative	Archibald McPhee	806	18.13%
Total			4,445	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1887 by-election

1887 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angus MacGillivray	Acclamation

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,384	41.50%
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,269	38.05%
	Liberal–Conservative	Rod K. McDonald	482	14.45%
	Liberal–Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	200	6.00%
Total			3,335	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882 by-election

1882 Nova Scotia special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	1225
	Liberal	C. C. Gregrory	884

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Sparrow David Thompson	1,166	41.60%
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,094	39.03%
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald	543	19.37%
Total			2,803	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Sparrow David Thompson	Acclaimed	–
	Liberal–Conservative	Angus McGillivray	Acclaimed	–
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John McKinnon	1,012	41.73%
	Liberal	Daniel MacDonald	752	31.01%
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald	661	27.26%
Total			2,425	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Daniel MacDonald	1,052	30.62%
	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	978	28.46%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. N. Henry	853	24.83%
	Liberal–Conservative	Angus McGillivray	553	16.09%
Total			3,436	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Daniel MacDonald	1,424	45.95%
	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	1,072	34.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. N. Henry	410	13.23%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. MacDonald	193	6.23%
Total			3,099	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012) Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on March 11, 2013
↑ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
↑ "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 9 February 2024.
↑ "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
↑ "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006) Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved December 1, 2013.

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[FinalBoundaries2012-2] Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012) Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on March 11, 2013

[3] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[4] "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved October 7, 2021.

[5] "41st Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia . Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[6] "Statement of Votes & Statistics, Volume I" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[7] "May 30th, 2017 - 40th Nova Scotia Provincial General Election". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

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