Digby and Annapolis

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Digby and Annapolis
Flag of Nova Scotia.svg Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1933
First contested 1917
Last contested 1930

Digby and Annapolis was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935.

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This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Digby and Annapolis ridings. It consisted of the county of Annapolis and the county of Digby without the municipality of Clare. In 1924, the municipality of Clare was added to the riding, so that it consisted of the counties of Digby and Annapolis. Its name was changed in 1924 to Digby—Annapolis.

The riding was abolished in 1933 when it was divided between Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Digby and Annapolis
Riding created from Digby and Annapolis
13th  1917–1921   Avard Longley Davidson Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Lewis Johnstone Lovett Liberal
Digby—Annapolis
15th  1925–1926   Harry Short Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Digby—Annapolis—Kings
and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

Election results

Digby and Annapolis, 1917–1925

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Davidson, Avard Longley4,596
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Lovett, Lewis Johnstone3,777
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lovett, Lewis Johnstone7,388
Conservative Davidson, Avard Longley5,153

Digby—Annapolis, 1925–1935

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Short, Harry B.7,599
Liberal Lovett, Lewis J.7,219
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Short, Harry Bernard8,159
Liberal Lovett, Lewis Johnstone7,851
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Short, Harry Bernard8,357
Liberal Pickup, Samuel8,282

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