Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1993.
From 1867 to 1949, the district included all of Digby County. After 1949, the Municipality of Clare received its own electoral district.[1] From 1949 to 1993, the district included the town of Digby and the Municipality of Digby.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55th | 1988-1993 | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | ||||
| 54th | 1984-1988 | Merryl Lawton | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 53rd | 1981-1984 | Joseph H. Casey | Liberal | ||||
| 52nd | 1978-1981 | ||||||
| 51st | 1974-1978 | ||||||
| 50th | 1970-1974 | ||||||
| 49th | 1967-1970 | Robert Baden Powell | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 48th | 1963-1967 | ||||||
| 47th | 1960-1963 | Victor Cardoza | Liberal | ||||
| 46th | 1956-1960 | Malcolm Stewart Leonard | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 45th | 1953–1956 | Victor Cardoza | Liberal | ||||
| 44th | 1949–1953 | E. Keith Potter | Progressive Conservative | ||||
| 43rd | 1945-1949 | Joseph William Comeau | Liberal | ||||
| 42nd | 1941-1945 | ||||||
| 41st | 1937-1941 | ||||||
| 40th | 1933-1937 | ||||||
| Digby returned two members before 1933 | |||||||
| 39th | 1928-1933 | Joseph William Comeau | Liberal | Alexander Stirling MacMillan | Liberal | ||
| 38th | 1925-1928 | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau | Liberal-Conservative | William Hudson Farnham | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 37th | 1920-1925 | Henry Ward Beecher Warner | Liberal | Joseph William Comeau | Liberal | ||
| 36th | 1916-1920 | ||||||
| 35th | 1911-1916 | Harry Hatheway Marshall | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
| 1911 | Allan Ellsworth Wall | Liberal | |||||
| 34th | 1910-1911 | ||||||
| 1907-1910 | Angus Morrison Gidney | ||||||
| 1906-1907 | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | ||||||
| 33rd | 1901-1906 | ||||||
| 32nd | 1897-1901 | ||||||
| 31st | 1895-1897 | ||||||
| 1894-1895 | Eliakim Tupper | ||||||
| 30th | 1890-1894 | ||||||
| 29th | 1886-1890 | Henri M. Robicheau | John S. McNeill | ||||
| 28th | 1882-1886 | ||||||
| 27th | 1878-1882 | Benjamin Van Blarcom | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
| 26th | 1874-1878 | Colin Campbell | Liberal | ||||
| 25th | 1871-1874 | William Berrian Vail | Urbine Doucett | ||||
| 24th | 1867-1871 | ||||||
References
- ^ Clare-Digby Riding History NS Legislature