Kings (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

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Kings was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that, at the time of its dissolution, elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1956, when Kings County was divided into the three electoral districts of Kings North, Kings South and Kings West. Apart from a brief period between 1933 and 1945, during which one member was elected, Kings always elected two members to the Legislature. [1]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings elected the following members to the legislature: [1]

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
45th 1953-1956 Edward Haliburton Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs Progressive Conservative
44th 1949-1953 David Durell Sutton Liberal William H. Pipe Liberal
43rd 1945-1949 John Alexander McDonald Liberal
42nd 1941-1945
seat declared vacant
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937
39th 1928-1933 George C. Nowlan Liberal-Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell Liberal-Conservative
38th 1925-1928
37th 1923-1925 James Sealy LiberalJohn Alexander McDonaldLiberal
1920-1923 Harry H. Wickwire Liberal
36th 1916-1920 James E. Kinsman Liberal-Conservative
35th 1911-1916 Archibald M. Covert Liberal
34th 1911* Charles A. Campbell Unity Reform Party
1906-1910 Brenton Dodge Liberal
33rd 1901-1906Harry H. WickwireLiberal
32nd 1897-1901
31st 1894-1897
30th 1890-1894 Alfred P. Welton Liberal Barclay Webster Liberal-Conservative
29th 1886-1890 Leander Rand Liberal William C. Bill Liberal-Conservative
28th 1882-1886 Thomas R. Harris Liberal-Conservative Thomas Lewis Dodge Liberal
27th 1878-1882 James Stainforth MacDonald Liberal-ConservativeWilliam C. BillLiberal-Conservative
26th 1874-1878 Douglas Benjamin Woodworth Liberal-Conservative John Burton North Independent
25th 1871-1874 Daniel Charles Moore Liberal-Conservative
24th 1867-1871 Edward L. Brown Anti-Confederation Party David M. Dickie Anti-Confederation Party

*NB Dodge died in office on December 30, 1910. Wickwire was elected to replace him in a by-election on January 31, 1911. Wickwire was then re-elected in the Nova Scotia general election held on June 14, 1911 [1] .

Election results

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal David M. Dickie 1,39332.87%
Liberal Edward L. Brown 1,28030.20%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 90421.33%
Liberal–ConservativeR. C. Foster66115.60%
Total4,238
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Charles Moore 1,09429.80%
Liberal–Conservative Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 98426.80%
Liberal Edward L. Brown 79721.71%
Liberal David M. Dickie 79621.68%
Total3,671
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 1,26028.16%
Independent John B. North 1,17126.17%
Liberal Daniel Charles Moore 1,02722.95%
Liberal Henry Shaw1,01622.71%
Total4,474
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative William C. Bill 1,60128.16%
Liberal–ConservativeJ. S. McDonald1,52726.86%
Liberal G. W. Fisher1,41424.87%
Liberal E. A. Forsyth1,14320.11%
Total5,685
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Thomas Lewis Dodge 1,43725.82%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,34524.17%
Liberal–Conservative William C. Bill 1,26722.77%
Liberal C. B. Hickey1,19821.53%
Independent James Lyons3185.71%
Total5,565
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Leander Rand 1,63526.54%
Liberal–ConservativeWilliam C. Hill1,56025.32%
Liberal Alfred P. Welton1,53524.92%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,43023.21%
Total6,160
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative Barclay Webster 1,74127.83%
Liberal Alfred P. Welton1,57225.13%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,54024.62%
Liberal J. E. Starr1,40322.43%
Total6,256
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,22731.00%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,08128.97%
Liberal–Conservative Barclay Webster 1,58021.99%
Liberal–ConservativeR. M. Rand1,29618.04%
Total7,184
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,35433.08%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,19530.85%
Liberal–ConservativePeter Innis1,46020.52%
Liberal–Conservative Leander Rand 1,10715.56%
Total7,116
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,22533.97%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,12232.40%
Liberal–ConservativeJ. W. Ryan1,11617.04%
Liberal–ConservativePeter Innes1,08716.60%
Total6,550
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,15225.83%
Independent Charles Alexander Campbell2,14825.78%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,05624.67%
Liberal–ConservativeE. W. Sawyer1,97723.72%
Total8,333
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,41327.12%
Liberal Archibald Menzies Covert2,15624.24%
Liberal–ConservativeN. W. Eaton1,89321.28%
Liberal–ConservativeS. C. Parker1,59917.97%
Independent Charles Alexander Campbell8359.39%
Total8,896
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,49926.44%
Liberal–ConservativeJames E. Kinsman2,42125.62%
Liberal Charles Alexander Campbell2,31824.53%
Liberal–ConservativeJoseph D. Spidell2,21223.41%
Total9,450
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 4,91729.48%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 4,70528.21%
Liberal–ConservativeJames E. Kinsman3,62221.71%
Liberal–ConservativeC. R. Bill3,43720.60%
Total16,681
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,52026.95%
Liberal–Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,45526.63%
Liberal John Alexander Macdonald 4,96324.23%
Liberal Allison H. Borden4,54322.18%
Total20,481
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,54027.69%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,45227.25%
Liberal James F. Durno5,00325.01%
Liberal Frederick J. Porter4,01020.04%
Total20,005
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 6,70052.35%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 6,09847.65%
Total12,798
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 7,47056.33%3.98%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,79043.67%-3.98%
Total13,260
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 6,65462.58%6.25%
Liberal–ConservativeRaymond Crosby3,97837.42%-6.25%
Total10,632
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,02759.66%-2.92%
Liberal–Conservative William Chisholm 4,75140.34%2.92%
Total11,778
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William H. Pipe 7,36925.51%-34.15%
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,32225.34%-34.32%
Liberal–Conservative Edward Haliburton 7,13824.71%-15.63%
Liberal–Conservative Hiram Thomas 7,06124.44%-15.90%
Total28,890
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election : Kings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Edward Haliburton 7,64225.98%
Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs 7,48125.43%
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,24524.63%-26.22%
Liberal William H. Pipe 7,04723.96%-26.89%
Total29,415
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Electoral History for Kings County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. August 2, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.