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Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
This riding was created in 1933 from Colchester and Hants—Kings. It consisted of the counties of Colchester and Hants. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Annapolis Valley, Halifax—East Hants, and Cumberland—Colchester North ridings.
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Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Gordon T. Purdy, Liberal (1935-1945)
- Frank T. Stanfield, Progressive Conservative (1945-1953)
- Gordon T. Purdy, Liberal (1953-1957)
- Cyril F. Kennedy, Progressive Conservative (1957-1967)
- Robert L. Stanfield, Progressive Conservative (1967-1968)
Election results
Canadian federal election, 1935 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gordon Timlin Purdy 9,608 Conservative William Boardman Armstrong 9,402 Reconstruction Wentworth Chauncy Miller 1,923 Canadian federal election, 1940 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gordon Timlin Purdy 12,328 National Government Hadley B. Tremain 10,044 Canadian federal election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Frank Thomas Stanfield 11,141 Liberal Gordon Timlin Purdy 11,133 Co-operative Commonwealth Clifford Parker Wyman 2,165 Canadian federal election, 1949 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Frank Thomas Stanfield 13,550 Liberal Gordon Timlin Purdy 13,149 Co-operative Commonwealth Frederick C.G. Scott 814 Canadian federal election, 1953 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Gordon Timlin Purdy 12,660 Progressive Conservative Fred M. Blois 12,271 Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 936 Canadian federal election, 1957 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Cyril F. Kennedy 15,231 Liberal Gordon T. Purdy 12,151 Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 912 Canadian federal election, 1958 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Cyril F. Kennedy 15,653 Liberal Robert Faulkner McLellan 11,779 Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 1,267 Canadian federal election, 1962 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Cyril F. Kennedy 14,128 Liberal Hector Hill 13,836 New Democrat Lawrence C. Cameron 1,207 Unknown K.Y. Parker 411 Canadian federal election, 1963 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Cyril F. Kennedy 14,387 Liberal Hector Hill 14,185 New Democrat Laurence C. Cameron 822 Canadian federal election, 1965 Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Cyril F. Kennedy 15,250 Liberal Hector Hill 12,962 New Democrat Gordon S. Schurman 1,078 Independent Robert Kirk 299 By-election on 6 November 1967 On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967
Party Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 15,389 Independent Liberal Robert Kirk 1,098 Independent Elwood Smith 221 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
Categories:- Defunct Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
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