Pictou (electoral district)

Pictou
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census divisions	Pictou

Pictou was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Pictou. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the riding of Central Nova. It returned two members from 1872 to 1903.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Pictou
1st	1867 – 1869		James William Carmichael	Anti-Confederation
1st	1869 – 1872		James William Carmichael	Liberal
2nd	1872 – 1874		Robert Doull	Liberal–Conservative		James McDonald	Conservative
3rd	1874 – 1878		James William Carmichael	Liberal		John A. Dawson	Liberal
4th	1878		James McDonald	Conservative		Robert Doull	Liberal–Conservative
	1878 – 1881		James McDonald	Conservative
	1881 – 1882		John McDougald	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882 – 1887					Charles Hibbert Tupper	Conservative
6th	1887 – 1888
6th	1888 – 1891
7th	1891 – 1896
8th	1896 – 1900		Adam Carr Bell	Conservative
9th	1900 – 1904		Adam Carr Bell	Conservative
10th	1904 – 1908		Edward Mortimer Macdonald	Liberal
11th	1908 – 1911
12th	1911 – 1917
13th	1917 – 1921		Alexander McGregor	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921 – 1923		Edward Mortimer Macdonald	Liberal
14th	1923 – 1925		Edward Mortimer Macdonald	Liberal
15th	1925 – 1926		Thomas Cantley	Conservative
16th	1926 – 1930
17th	1930 – 1935
18th	1935 – 1940		Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
19th	1940 – 1945
20th	1945 – 1949
21st	1949 – 1953
22nd	1953 – 1957
23rd	1957 – 1958		Russell MacEwan	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958 – 1962
25th	1962 – 1963
26th	1963 – 1965
27th	1965 – 1968
Riding dissolved into Central Nova

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	James William Carmichael	2,011
	Conservative	James McDonald	1,653

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,328	Y
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,327	Y
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,122
	Unknown	J. Kitchen	2,011

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,178	Y
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,124	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,123
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,110

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,747	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,681	Y
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,433
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,378

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 November 1878 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 17 October 1878
	Conservative	James McDonald	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 June 1881 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 20 May 1881
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	2,709	Y
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	2,681	Y
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,397
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,320

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	3,413	Y
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,334	Y
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	2,923
	Independent	John D. McLeod	2,739

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 18 June 1888 On Mr. Tupper being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 30 June 1888
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,433	Y
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	3,384	Y
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	2,708
	Liberal	John Yorston	2,594

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,577	Y
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,503	Y
	Liberal	E.M. McDonald	3,349
	Liberal	J.W. Carmichael	3,337

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,624	Y
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,615	Y
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer Macdonald	3,523
	Liberal	James D. McGregor	3,438

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,148
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,716

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,336
	Conservative	Charles E. Tanner	4,037

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,221
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,937

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Alexander McGregor	6,800
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Hugh Mackay	6,043

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	11,125
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	7,567
	Labour	Robert McDonald Reid	1,271

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 6 September 1923 On Mr. MacDonald's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 August 1923
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,693
	Liberal	Robert H. Mackay	7,731

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,304
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	7,920

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,672
	Liberal	Josiah H. MacQuarrie	9,174

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	8,416
	Conservative	John Alexander Macgregor	6,513
	Reconstruction	Perley Chase Lewis	4,202

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,983
	National Government	James M. Cameron	8,292
	Independent	Chad MacMillan	615

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,774
	Progressive Conservative	William Thomas Hayden	9,387
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray A. Bent	2,610
	Labor–Progressive	George MacEachern	323

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,930
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest George Irish	9,236
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Florence William McCarthy	1,397

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,626
	Progressive Conservative	Donald R. MacLeod	8,778
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. Miller Dick	1,599

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	12,208
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,251
	Social Credit	Carl J. Bates	473
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald R. Murphy	459

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	13,618
	Liberal	Alex MacIntosh	8,911

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,837
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	9,153
	New Democratic	Alfred L. Matheson	1,539
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	470

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,566
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	8,847
	New Democratic	John J. Markie	1,127
	Social Credit	Kenneth York Parker	181

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	11,289
	Liberal	Alistair Fraser	8,509
	New Democratic	John L. MacLean	1,568

See also

External links

Riding history for Pictou (1867–1966) from the Library of Parliament

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia
Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

Historical federal ridings in Nova Scotia

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