Annapolis (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.
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1914 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1911 |
| 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
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Avard Longley Davidson | 2,131 | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Walter Willet Pickup | 2,118 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Walter Willet Pickup | 2,121 | ||||||
| Conservative | George E. Corbitt | 1,910 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Walter Willet Pickup | 2,013 | ||||||
| Conservative | Lawrence D. Shaffner | 1,794 | ||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Fletcher Bath Wade | 1,883 | ||||||
| Conservative | John B. Mills | 1,733 | ||||||
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John B. Mills | 2,012 | ||||||
| Liberal | J.W. Longley | 1,815 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John B. Mills | 1,835 | ||||||
| Unknown | William A. Chipman | 1,662 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John B. Mills | 1,758 | ||||||
| Liberal | William Hallett Ray | 1,730 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Hallett Ray | 1,430 | ||||||
| Unknown | R.E. Fitzrandolph | 1,368 | ||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Avard Longley | 1,301 | ||||||
| Liberal | William Hallett Ray | 1,298 | ||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Hallett Ray | 878 | ||||||
| Unknown | T.W. Chesley | 220 | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Hallett Ray | 1,129 | ||||||
| Conservative | Avard Longley | 1,019 | ||||||
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Anti-Confederation | William Hallett Ray | 1,171 | 53.54 | |||||
| Conservative | Avard Longley | 1,016 | 46.46 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,187 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 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] | ||||||||
Notes
- The Anti-Confederation Party dissolved in 1869, and William Hallett Ray joined the Liberal Party.
References
- Library of Parliament. "History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Annapolis, Nova Scotia (1867 - 1917)". Retrieved 1 December 2015.