Digby (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Digby was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created as part of the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis and Yarmouth and Clare ridings.
 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 | Digby |
The district consisted of the County of Digby.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digby | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1869 | Alfred William Savary | Anti-Confederation | |
| 1869–1872 | Conservative | |||
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1874 | Edwin Randolph Oakes | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 1874–1877 | William Berrian Vail | Liberal | ||
| 1878–1878 | John Chipman Wade | Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | |||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | William Berrian Vail | Liberal | |
| 6th | 1887–1887 | John Campbell | Conservative | |
| 1887–1891 | Herbert Ladd Jones | |||
| 7th | 1891–1892 | Edward Charles Bowers | Liberal | |
| 1892–1896 | ||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Albert James Smith Copp | ||
| 9th | 1900–1904 | |||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | |||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Clarence Jameson | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis and Yarmouth and Clare | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Anti-Confederation | Alfred William Savary | 792 | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Chipman Wade | 497 | ||||||
| Unknown | William Mehan | 362 | ||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Alfred William Savary | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[1] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | E. Oakes | 1,168 | ||||||
| Conservative | Alfred Savary | 631 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| By-election on 26 October 1874
On Mr. Oakes' resignation when appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, October 1874 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Berrian Vail | 932 | |||
| Unknown | W. H. Taylor | 656 | |||
| By-election on 19 January 1878
On Mr. Vail's resignation, 31 December 1877 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Chipman Wade | 1,210 | |||
| Liberal | William Berrian Vail | 845 | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Chipman Wade | 1,019 | ||||||
| Unknown | P.W. Smith | 1,001 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[3] | ||||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | William Berrian Vail | 1,123 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Chipman Wade | 871 | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Campbell | 1,459 | ||||||
| Liberal | William Berrian Vail | 1,364 | ||||||
| By-election on 16 July 1887
On Mr. Campbell's death, 26 May 1887 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Herbert Ladd Jones | 1,092 | |||
| Independent | H.M. Robichon | 1,056 | |||
| 1891 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Charles Bowers | 1,503 | ||||||
| Conservative | Herbert Ladd Jones | 1,430 | ||||||
| By-election on 13 February 1892
Edward Charles Bowers acclaimed | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Charles Bowers | acclaimed | |||
| 1878 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Chipman Wade | 1,019 | ||||||
| Unknown | P.W. Smith | 1,001 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[4] | ||||||||
| 1900 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert James Smith Copp | 1,923 | ||||||
| Conservative | J. Edgar Jones | 1,418 | ||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert James Smith Copp | 1,840 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Arthur Grinson | 1,096 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | C. Comeau | 105 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Digby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Clarence Jameson | 1,771 | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert James Smith Copp | 1,640 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Clarence Jameson | 2,126 | ||||||
| Liberal | Allan Ellsworth Wall | 1,866 | ||||||