Digby and Annapolis was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Nova Scotia

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1917 to 1935.

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Digby

Digby (electoral district)

Digby was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created as part of the British North America Act of 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis and Yarmouth and...

 and Annapolis

Annapolis (electoral district)

Annapolis was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. The district was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis...

 ridings. It consisted of the county of Annapolis and the county of Digby without the municipality of Clare. In 1924, the municipality of Clare was added to the riding, so that it consisted of the counties of Digby and Annapolis. Its name was changed in 1924 to Digby—Annapolis.

The riding was abolished in 1933 when it was divided between Digby—Annapolis—Kings

Digby—Annapolis—Kings

Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968....

 and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1968....

 ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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:

1. Avard Longley Davidson
   Avard Longley Davidson
   Avard Longley Davidson was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis and then Digby and Annapolis in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1921 as a Conservative....
   
   , Unionist
   Unionist Party (Canada)
   The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by Members of Parliament in Canada who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during the First World War....
   
    (1917-1921)
2. Lewis Johnstone Lovett
   Lewis Johnstone Lovett
   Lewis Johnstone Lovett was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia and became a physician....
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
   The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
   
    (1921-1925)
3. Harry B. Short, Conservative
   Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
   The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
   
    (1925-1935)

Election results

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|Davidson, Avard Longley ||align=right|4,596
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|Lovett, Lewis Johnstone ||align=right|3,777
|-

|Lovett, Lewis Johnstone ||align=right|7,388
|-

|Davidson, Avard Longley ||align=right|5,153
|-

|Short, Harry B. ||align=right|7,599
|-

|Lovett, Lewis J. ||align=right|7,219
|-

|Short, Harry Bernard ||align=right|8,159
|-

|Lovett, Lewis Johnstone ||align=right|7,851
|-

|Short, Harry Bernard ||align=right|8,357
|-

|Pickup, Samuel ||align=right|8,282

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Digby—Annapolis (1924–1933) from the Library of Parliament
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• Riding history for Digby and Annapolis (1914–1924) from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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