Guysborough (electoral district)
Guysborough was an electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.
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|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1914 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1911 |
| Demographics | |
| Census divisions | Guysborough |
It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish—Guysborough. It consisted of Guysborough County.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guysborough | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1868 | Stewart Campbell | Anti-Confederation | |
| 1868–1872 | Liberal–Conservative | |||
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Alfred Ogden | Conservative | |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | John Angus Kirk | Liberal | |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | |||
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Duncan Cameron Fraser | ||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | |||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 1904–1904 | John Howard Sinclair | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Antigonish—Guysborough | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Anti-Confederation | Stewart Campbell | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Stewart Campbell | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 759 | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Stewart Campbell | 544 | ||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 936 | ||||||
| Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 772 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 818 | ||||||
| Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 628 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 1,136 | ||||||
| Conservative | Alex. F. Falconer | 784 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | D.C. Fraser | 1,145 | ||||||
| Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 1,059 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Duncan C. Fraser | 1,533 | ||||||
| Conservative | C. Ernest Gregory | 1,455 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Duncan C. Fraser | 1,928 | ||||||
| Conservative | C. Ernest Gregory | 1,589 | ||||||
By-election: On Mr. Fraser's nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 10 February 1904
| By-election on 16 March 1904 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,004 | |||
| Conservative | S.O. Griffin | 1,643 | |||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,040 | ||||||
| Conservative | John S. Wells | 1,492 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,001 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Anderson Rowe Rowlings | 1,796 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,043 | ||||||
| Conservative | George Anderson Rowe Rowlings | 1,700 | ||||||
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
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