Hants (provincial electoral district)
Hants was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that, at the time of its dissolution, elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1949, at which point the district was divided into the current electoral districts of Hants East and Hants West.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Hants elected the following members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly:[1]
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
43rd | 1945-1949 | Robert A. MacLellan | Liberal | |
42nd | 1941-1945 | Alexander Stirling MacMillan | ||
41st | 1937-1941 | |||
40th | 1933-1937 |
From 1933–1949, Hants elected one member to the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 1933, the district elected two members.
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
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39th | 1930-1933 | seat declared vacant |
Albert E. Parsons | Liberal-Conservative | |||
1928-1930 | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Liberal-Conservative | |||||
38th | 1925-1928 | ||||||
37th | 1920-1925 | James William Reid | Liberal | John Alexander MacDonald | Farmer's Party | ||
36th | 1916-1920 | Albert E. Parsons | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
35th | 1911-1916 | ||||||
34th | 1909-1911 | James O'Brien | Liberal | ||||
1907-1909 | Charles Smith Wilcox | Liberal-Conservative | |||||
1906-1907 | Arthur Drysdale | Liberal | |||||
33rd | 1901-1906 | Francis Parker McHeffey | Liberal | ||||
32nd | 1897-1901 | Charles Smith Wilcox | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
31st | 1894-1897 | ||||||
30th | 1891-1894 | Thomas Barlow Smith | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
1890-1891 | Allen Haley | Liberal | |||||
29th | 1886-1890 | Archibald Frame | Liberal | ||||
28th | 1882-1886 | Nathaniel David Spence | Liberal-Conservative | ||||
27th | 1878-1882 | Thomas Barlow Smith | Liberal | ||||
26th | 1874-1878 | William Henry Allison | Liberal-Conservative | Alfred Putnam | Liberal-Conservative | ||
25th | 1874† | Thomas Barlow Smith | Liberal | Henry Yeomans | Liberal | ||
1871-1874 | William Henry Allison | Liberal-Conservative | William McDougall (politician) | Liberal-Conservative | |||
24th | 1867-1871 | William Dawson Lawrence | Anti-Confederation | Elkanah Young | Anti-Confederation |
†There were two by-elections held in 1874, shortly followed by a general election. The by-elections of March 10th, 1874 saw Allison and McDougall replaced by Smith and Yeomans. The general election held on December 17th, 1874 saw the re-election of Allison and the election of Alfred Putnam.[1]
References
- "Electoral History for Hants County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. October 30, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2019.