Pictou (provincial electoral district) explained

Pictou was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that, at the time of its dissolution, elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1949, at which time Pictou County was divided into the three electoral districts of: Pictou East, Pictou West, and Pictou Centre.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Pictou elected the following members to the Legislature:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
43rd	1947–1949	seat declared vacant				Alfred B. DeWolfe	Liberal
	1945–1947		Josiah H. MacQuarrie	Liberal
42nd	1941–1945					Ernest G. Irish	Progressive Conservative
41st	1937–1941					Newton G. Munro	Liberal
40th	1933–1937					Donald F. Fraser	Liberal

Prior to 1933, Pictou elected three members to the Nova Scotia Legislature:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
39th	1928–1933		John Doull	Liberal Conservative		Hugh A. MacQuarrie	Liberal Conservative		Robert A. Douglas	Liberal Conservative
38th	1925–1928
37th	1920–1925		Robert M. McGregor	Liberal			John W. Macdonald	Liberal		Robert Henry Graham	Liberal
36th	1916–1920					Robert Hugh MacKay	Liberal
35th	1911–1916									Charles E. Tanner	Liberal Conservative
34th	1909–1911								John M. Baillie	Liberal Conservative
	1906–1909					Charles E. Tanner	Liberal Conservative
33rd	1904–1906								Edward M. Macdonald	Liberal
	1901–1904			George Patterson							Liberal
32nd	1900–1901		Matthew Fitzpatrick	Liberal Conservative
	1897–1900						James D. McGregor				Liberal
31st	1894–1897		William Cameron	Liberal Conservative			Charles E. Tanner	Liberal Conservative		Alexander Grant	Liberal Conservative
30th	1890–1894						James D. McGregor	Liberal
29th	1887–1890					Jeffrey McColl	Liberal		Charles H. Munro	Liberal Conservative
	1886–1887		Adam Carr Bell	Liberal Conservative
28th	1882–1886						Robert Hockin				Liberal Conservative
27th	1878–1882					Simon Hugh Holmes	Liberal Conservative		Alexander MacKay	Liberal Conservative
26th	1874–1878		Hugh J. Cameron	Liberal Conservative
25th	1872–1874
	1871–1872									James McDonald	Liberal Conservative
24th	1867–1871			Robert S. Copeland	Anti-Confederation			George Murray	Anti-Confederation			Martin Isaac Wilkins	Anti-Confederation

Election results

1945

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electoral History for Pictou County. October 30, 2013. Nova Scotia Legislature. April 12, 2019.