Pictou (electoral district)

Pictou was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Pictou. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the riding of Central Nova. It returned two members from 1872 to 1903.

Pictou

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census division(s)	Pictou

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Pictou
1st	1867 – 1869		James William Carmichael	Anti-Confederation
	1869 – 1872			Liberal
2nd	1872 – 1874		Robert Doull	Liberal–Conservative		James McDonald	Conservative
3rd	1874 – 1878		James William Carmichael	Liberal		John A. Dawson	Liberal
4th	1878		James McDonald	Conservative		Robert Doull	Liberal–Conservative
	1878 – 1881
	1881 – 1882		John McDougald	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882 – 1887					Charles Hibbert Tupper	Conservative
6th	1887 – 1888
	1888 – 1891
7th	1891 – 1896
8th	1896 – 1900		Adam Carr Bell	Conservative
9th	1900 – 1904
10th	1904 – 1908		Edward Mortimer Macdonald	Liberal
11th	1908 – 1911
12th	1911 – 1917
13th	1917 – 1921		Alexander McGregor	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921 – 1923		Edward Mortimer Macdonald	Liberal
	1923 – 1925
15th	1925 – 1926		Thomas Cantley	Conservative
16th	1926 – 1930
17th	1930 – 1935
18th	1935 – 1940		Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
19th	1940 – 1945
20th	1945 – 1949
21st	1949 – 1953
22nd	1953 – 1957
23rd	1957 – 1958		Russell MacEwan	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958 – 1962
25th	1962 – 1963
26th	1963 – 1965
27th	1965 – 1968
Riding dissolved into Central Nova

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	James William Carmichael	2,011
	Conservative	James McDonald	1,653

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,328
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,327
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,122
	Unknown	J. Kitchen	2,011

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,178
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,124
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,123
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,110

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,747
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,681
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,433
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,378

By-election on 4 November 1878 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 17 October 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James McDonald	acclaimed

By-election on 18 June 1881 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 20 May 1881
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	acclaimed

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	2,709
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	2,681
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,397
	Liberal	John A. Dawson	2,320

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	3,413
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,334
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	2,923
	Independent	John D. McLeod	2,739

By-election on 18 June 1888 On Mr. Tupper being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 30 June 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	acclaimed

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,433
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	3,384
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	2,708
	Liberal	John Yorston	2,594

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,577
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,503
	Liberal	E.M. McDonald	3,349
	Liberal	J.W. Carmichael	3,337

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,624
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,615
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer Macdonald	3,523
	Liberal	James D. McGregor	3,438

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,148
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,716

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,336
	Conservative	Charles E. Tanner	4,037

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,221
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,937

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Alexander McGregor	6,800
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Hugh Mackay	6,043

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	11,125
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	7,567
	Labour	Robert McDonald Reid	1,271

By-election on 6 September 1923 On Mr. MacDonald's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 August 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,693
	Liberal	Robert H. Mackay	7,731

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,304
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	7,920

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,672
	Liberal	Josiah H. MacQuarrie	9,174

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	8,416
	Conservative	John Alexander Macgregor	6,513
	Reconstruction	Perley Chase Lewis	4,202

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,983
	National Government	James M. Cameron	8,292
	Independent	Chad MacMillan	615

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,774
	Progressive Conservative	William Thomas Hayden	9,387
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray A. Bent	2,610
	Labor–Progressive	George MacEachern	323

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,930
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest George Irish	9,236
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Florence William McCarthy	1,397

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,626
	Progressive Conservative	Donald R. MacLeod	8,778
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. Miller Dick	1,599

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	12,208
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,251
	Social Credit	Carl J. Bates	473
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald R. Murphy	459

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	13,618
	Liberal	Alex MacIntosh	8,911

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,837
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	9,153
	New Democratic	Alfred L. Matheson	1,539
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	470

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,566
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	8,847
	New Democratic	John J. Markie	1,127
	Social Credit	Kenneth York Parker	181

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	11,289
	Liberal	Alistair Fraser	8,509
	New Democratic	John L. MacLean	1,568

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Pictou (1867–1966) from the Library of Parliament