Annapolis (federal electoral district)

Annapolis was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. The district was created in the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis. It consisted of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Annapolis
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1914
First contested1867
Last contested1911
Demographics
Census division(s)Annapolis

Geography

This riding was set by the British North America Act, 1867 to consist of Annapolis County. The boundaries were not changed during the electoral redistributions of 1872, 1882, 1892 or 1903. This riding was dissolved into Digby and Annapolis in the 1914 electoral redistribution. The county was legally defined in 1837 as such:

...to comprehend and comprise all that part of the present County of Annapolis to the Eastward of a line to pass through the centre of the Gut of Annapolis and from a line to be drawn from the same to the centre of Bear River, and from thence to be continued southwardly, following the course of the same River, to the head of the tide, and thence following a line South twenty four degrees East to the boundary of Queen's County, and containing the Townships of Annapolis, Granville and Wilmot, and so much of the Township of Clements as lies to the Eastward of Bear River, and of the aforesaid line; and also, all other parts of the County of Annapolis to the Eastward of the same line, and not included in any Township.[1]

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Annapolis
1st  1867–1869[nb 1]     William Hallett Ray Anti-Confederation
 1869–1872     Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882     Avard Longley Conservative
5th  1882–1887     William Hallett Ray Liberal
6th  1887–1891     John B. Mills Conservative
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904     Fletcher Bath Wade Liberal
10th  1904–1908 Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917     Avard Longley Davidson Conservative
Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Anti-ConfederationWilliam Hallett Ray1,17153.54
ConservativeAvard Longley1,01646.46
Total valid votes 2,187100.00  
This electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867 from the colonial Province of Nova Scotia'a Annapolis electoral district. Both Avard Longley and William Hallett Ray were incumbents, along with George Whitman.
Source: Library of Parliament[1]
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Hallett Ray1,129
ConservativeAvard Longley1,019
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Hallett Ray878
UnknownT.W. Chesley220
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAvard Longley1,301
LiberalWilliam Hallett Ray1,298
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Hallett Ray1,430
UnknownR.E. Fitzrandolph1,368
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn B. Mills1,758
LiberalWilliam Hallett Ray1,730
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn B. Mills1,835
UnknownWilliam A. Chipman1,662
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn B. Mills2,012
LiberalJ.W. Longley1,815
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalFletcher Bath Wade1,883
ConservativeJohn B. Mills1,733
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSamuel Walter Willet Pickup2,013
ConservativeLawrence D. Shaffner1,794
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalSamuel Walter Willet Pickup2,121
ConservativeGeorge E. Corbitt1,910
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAvard Longley Davidson2,131
LiberalSamuel Walter Willet Pickup2,118

See also

Notes

  1. The Anti-Confederation Party dissolved in 1869, and William Hallett Ray joined the Liberal Party.

References

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