Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough

Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.

Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000
Demographics
Census division(s)Antigonish, Guysborough, Pictou

This riding was created in 1996 from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova ridings, and consisted of the counties of Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—Canso and Central Nova ridings.

Its only member was Peter G. MacKay from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
Riding created from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova
36th  1997–2000     Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton—Canso and Central Nova

Election results
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativePeter MacKay19,25648.32
LiberalRaymond Mason12,63431.70
New DemocraticWendy Panagopoulous4,49811.29
AllianceHarvey Henderson2,9157.31
IndependentDarryl Gallivan5511.38
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativePeter MacKay18,19642.34
LiberalFrancis Leblanc12,85129.90
New DemocraticCharlene Long8,28419.28
ReformHenry Van Berkel3,4167.95
Natural LawRichard Robertson2280.53

See also
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