Antigonish (provincial electoral district) explained

Prov-Status:	active
Province:	Nova Scotia
Prov-Rep-Party:	PC
Prov-Rep:	Michelle Thompson
Demo-Census-Date:	2011
Demo-Pop:	19590
Prov-Election-First:	1867
Prov-Election-Last:	2021
Demo-Electors:	13,314^[1]
Demo-Area:	1353
Prov-Created:	1867
Demo-Cd:	Antigonish County
Demo-Csd:	Antigonish

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.

The district includes the community of Antigonish and the surrounding Antigonish County. It is bordered by Pictou East to the west, Guysborough-Sheet Harbour to its south, the Strait of Canso to the east, and the Northumberland Strait to the north.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, the area east of Tracadie River is moved to the new riding of Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie.^[2]

Geography

The electoral district of Antigonish covers 1353km2 of land.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
64th	2021-			Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative
63rd	2017–2021		Randy Delorey	Liberal
62nd	2013–2017
61st	2009–2013			Maurice Smith	New Democrat
	2009		Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999			Hyland Fraser	Liberal
56th	1993–1998		Bill Gillis	Liberal
55th	1988–1993
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970		William F. MacKinnon	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956		Colin H. Chisholm	Liberal
44th	1949–1953
43rd	1945–1949		John Patrick Gorman	Liberal
42nd	1942–1945
	1941–1942			John A. MacIsaac	Liberal
41st	1937–1941		John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
40th	1933–1937
Antigonish returned two members before 1933
39th	1928–1933		William Chisholm	Liberal		John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
38th	1925–1928
37th	1920–1925						Angus J. MacGillivray	United Farmers
36th	1916–1920					Fred Robert Trotter	Liberal
35th	1913–1916			John Stanfield O'Brien				Liberal-Conservative
	1911–1916			Edward Lavin Girroir				Liberal-Conservative
34th	1906–1911		Christopher P. Chisholm	Liberal
33rd	1903–1906
	1901–1903					Angus McGillivray	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901
31st	1895–1897
	1894–1895					Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal
30th	1891–1894
	1890–1891		Angus McGillivray	Liberal
29th	1886–1890
28th	1882–1886						Charles B. Whidden	Conservative
	1882					John Sparrow David Thompson	Conservative
27th	1878–1882
26th	1877–1878		Daniel MacDonald	Liberal
	1874–1877						John J. McKinnon	Independent
25th	1871–1874					Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
24th	1867–1871

Election results

1882 by-election

|-|Conservative|Charles B. Whidden|align="right"|1225|align="right"||align="right"||-|Liberal|C. C. Gregrory|align="right"|884|align="right"||align="right"||}

1887 by-election

|-|Liberal|Angus MacGillivray|align="right"|Acclamation|align="right"||align="right"||}

1891 by-election

|-|Conservative|C. P. Chisholm|align="right"|933|align="right"||align="right"||-|Liberal|J. J. Cameron|align="right"|916|align="right"||align="right"||}

1895 by-election

|-|Liberal|A. MacGillivray|align="right"|1312|align="right"||align="right"||-|Liberal-Conservative|D. A. Fraser|align="right"|1016|align="right"||align="right"||}

1903 by-election

|-|Liberal|Fred Robert Trotter|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||}

1913 by-election

|-|Liberal|John Stanfield O'Brien|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||-|}

1923 by-election

|-|Liberal|William Chisholm|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||}

1942 by-election

|-|Liberal|John Patrick Gorman|align="right"|2496|align="right"||align="right"||-|Conservative|Russell Cunningham|align="right"|1099|align="right"||align="right"||}

2009 by-election

|New Democrat|Maurice Smith|align="right"|3,310|align="right"|41.02|align="right"|+5.84|Progressive Conservative|Darren Thompson|align="right"|2,855|align="right"|35.38|align="right"|-2.70|Liberal|Miles Tompkins|align="right"|1,830|align="right"|22.68|align="right"|-2.38|}

2013

|-|Liberal|Randy Delorey|align="right"| 3882|align="right"| 42.78|align="right"| +20.10|-|Progressive Conservative|Darren Thompson|align="right"| 2868|align="right"| 31.61|align="right"| -3.77|-|New Democrat|Maurice Smith|align="right"| 2324|align="right"| 25.61|align="right"| -15.41|}

2021

References

• Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 . Retrieved December 1, 2013.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved December 1, 2013.
• Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006) . Retrieved December 1, 2013.

External links

• CBC: 2013 riding profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123154721/http://nselectoralboundaries.ca/pubs/Electoral-Boundaries-Report-en.pdf . 2013-01-23 .
2. Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012) . Retrieved on March 11, 2013
3. Web site: Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election . enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca . Elections Nova Scotia . 22 July 2021.