Digby_(electoral_district)

Digby
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(s)	Digby

Digby (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

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.

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The district consisted of the County of Digby.

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Parliament	Years		Party
Digby
1st	1867–1869	Alfred William Savary	Anti-Confederation
1st	1869–1872		Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Edwin Randolph Oakes	Liberal–Conservative
	1874–1877	William Berrian Vail	Liberal
	1878–1878	John Chipman Wade	Conservative
4th	1878–1882	John Chipman Wade	Conservative
5th	1882–1887	William Berrian Vail	Liberal
6th	1887–1887	John Campbell	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	Herbert Ladd Jones	Conservative
7th	1891–1892	Edward Charles Bowers	Liberal
7th	1892–1896	Edward Charles Bowers
8th	1896–1900	Albert James Smith Copp
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911	Clarence Jameson	Conservative
12th	1911–1917	Clarence Jameson	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis and Yarmouth and Clare

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	Alfred William Savary	792
	Unknown	John Chipman Wade	497
	Unknown	William Mehan	362

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred William Savary	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Digby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	E.R. Oakes	1,168
	Conservative	Alfred William Savary	631

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 October 1874 On Mr. Oakes' resignation when appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, October 1874
	Liberal	William Berrian Vail	932
	Unknown	W. H. Taylor	656

Digby (federal electoral district)

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 19 January 1878 On Mr. Vail's resignation, 31 December 1877
	Conservative	John Chipman Wade	1,210
	Liberal	William Berrian Vail	845

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 16 July 1887 On Mr. Campbell's death, 26 May 1887
	Conservative	Herbert Ladd Jones	1,092
	Independent	H.M. Robichon	1,056

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 13 February 1892 Edward Charles Bowers acclaimed
	Liberal	Edward Charles Bowers	acclaimed