Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.

The district includes the community of Antigonish, and the surrounding Antigonish County. It is bordered by Pictou East to the west, Guysborough-Sheet Harbour to its south, the Strait of Canso to the east, and the Northumberland Strait to the north.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, the area east of Tracadie River is moved to the new riding of Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie.^[2]

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2013 is Randy Delorey of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
62nd	2013–present	Randy Delorey	Liberal
61st	2009–2013	Maurice Smith	New Democrat
61st	2009	Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
60th	2006–2009
59th	2003–2006
58th	1999–2003
57th	1998–1999	Hyland Fraser	Liberal
56th	1993–1998	Bill Gillis	Liberal
55th	1988–1993
54th	1984–1988
53rd	1981–1984
52nd	1978–1981
51st	1974–1978
50th	1970–1974
49th	1967–1970	William F. MacKinnon	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963–1967
47th	1960–1963
46th	1956–1960
45th	1953–1956	Colin H. Chisholm	Liberal
44th	1949–1953	Colin H. Chisholm	Liberal
43rd	1945–1949	John Patrick Gorman	Liberal
42nd	1942–1945	John Patrick Gorman	Liberal
42nd	1941–1942	John A. MacIsaac	Liberal
41st	1937–1941	John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
40th	1933–1937	John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
Antigonish returned two members before 1933
39th	1928–1933	William Chisholm	Liberal		John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
38th	1925–1928				John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
37th	1920–1925			Angus J. MacGillivray	United Farmers
36th	1916–1920			Fred Robert Trotter	Liberal
35th	1913–1916	John Stanfield O'Brien	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911–1916	Edward Lavin Girroir	Liberal-Conservative
34th	1906–1911	Christopher P. Chisholm	Liberal
33rd	1903–1906
33rd	1901–1903			Angus McGillivray	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901
31st	1895–1897
31st	1894–1895			Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal
30th	1891–1894
30th	1890–1891	Angus McGillivray	Liberal
29th	1886–1890
28th	1882–1886			Charles B. Whidden	Conservative
28th	1882			John Sparrow David Thompson	Conservative
27th	1878–1882
26th	1877–1878	Daniel MacDonald	Liberal
26th	1874–1877			John J. McKinnon	Independent
25th	1871–1874			Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
24th	1867–1871			Joseph MacDonald	Liberal

Election results

Nova Scotia general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	3382	42.79	+17.73
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2868	31.61	-6.47
	New Democrat	Maurice Smith	2324	25.60	-9.58

October 20, 2009 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Maurice Smith	3,310	41.02	+5.84
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2,855	35.38	-2.70
	Liberal	Miles Tompkins	1,830	22.68	-2.38
	Green	Michael Marshall	74	0.92	-0.77

Nova Scotia general election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	3613	38.08	-10.2
	New Democrat	Maurice Smith	3338	35.18	+16.12
	Liberal	Miles Tompkins	2378	25.06	-5.74
	Green	Rebecca Steeves Mosher	160	1.69	-0.18

Nova Scotia general election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4629	48.28
	Liberal	Daniel MacIsaac	2953	30.8
	New Democrat	Andrew MacDonald	1827	19.06
	Green	Judith Dowden	179	1.87

Nova Scotia general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus (Tando) MacIsaac	4256	41.64
	Liberal	David Allister Cameron	3651	35.72
	New Democrat	Terry O'Toole	1755	17.17
	Marijuana	Gene Purdy	560	5.48

Nova Scotia general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus (Tando) MacIsaac	4070	39.30
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4058	39.18
	New Democrat	Charlene Long	2229	21.52

Nova Scotia general election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4649	41.55
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew MacNeil	3554	31.76
	New Democrat	Maurice "Moe" Smith	2986	26.69

Nova Scotia general election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	7292
	Progressive Conservative	Liz Chisholm	3196
	New Democrat	Marion MacDonald	821

Nova Scotia general election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	7292
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Garvie	4463
	New Democrat	Bill Woodfine	821

Nova Scotia general election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	7292
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth (Liz) Chisholm	4854
	New Democrat	Bill Woodfine	793

Nova Scotia general election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	4522
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIssac	4271
	New Democrat	John A. Murphy	937

Nova Scotia general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	4689
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacNeil	3713
	New Democrat	John A. Murphy	1010

Nova Scotia general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	5141
	Progressive Conservative	Ronnie (D. D.) MacDonald	3172
	New Democrat	Patrick D. Gough	726

Nova Scotia general election, 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	4002
	Progressive Conservative	William Shaw	3594
	New Democrat	Alex MacPherson	265

Nova Scotia general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3222
	Liberal	J. W. (Bill) Gillis	3196

Nova Scotia general election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3334
	Liberal	Ronald Saint John Chisholm	2774

Nova Scotia general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3177
	Liberal	Vincent J. MacDonald	2495
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alex MacPherson	129

Nova Scotia general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	W. F. MacKinnon	2884
	Liberal	C. H. Chisholm	2669

Nova Scotia general election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. H. Chisholm	2624
	Independent	V. J. MacDonald	2065
	Progressive Conservative	T. B. Thompson	675

Nova Scotia general election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm
	Conservative	Terrance B. Thompson

Nova Scotia general election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2650
	Conservative	Douglas MacDonald	1636

Nova Scotia special election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2496
	Conservative	Russell Cunningham	1099

Nova Scotia general election, 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John A. MacIsaac	2759
	Liberal	Michael Ignatius Webb	1728

Nova Scotia general election, 1937
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John L. MacIsaac	3160
	Liberal	Robert H. Butts	2011

Nova Scotia general election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John L. MacIsaac	2951
	Liberal	John A. Walker	2482

Nova Scotia general election, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. McIsaac	2431
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2407
	Conservative	John F.McLellan	1925
	Conservative	John D. MacIntyre	1792

Nova Scotia general election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. McIsaac	2393
	Conservative	William Chisholm	2267
	Liberal	Duncan S.Chisholm	2095
	Conservative	Fred R. Irish	1871

Nova Scotia special election, 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Chisholm

Nova Scotia general election, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Chisholm	2059
	United Farmers	Angus J.MacGillivray	1,804
		A. Sterling MacMillan	1725
	Conservative	Frederick R. Irish	1706

Nova Scotia general election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. McIsaac	2393
	Conservative	William Chisholm	2267
	Liberal	Duncan S.Chisholm	2095
	Conservative	Fred R. Irish	1871

Nova Scotia general election, 1916
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	1366
	Liberal	F. R. Trotter	1300
	Liberal-Conservative	John S. O'Brien	1167
	Liberal-Conservative	Allan MacDonald	953

Nova Scotia special election, 1913
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Stanfield O'Brien

Nova Scotia general election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	E. L. Girroir	1299
	Liberal	F. R. Trotter	1267
	Liberal	C. P. Chisholm	1070
	Liberal-Conservative	Hugh MacDougall	1016

Nova Scotia general election, 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	F. R. Trotter	Acclamation
	Liberal	C. P. Chisholm	Acclamation

Nova Scotia special election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter

Nova Scotia general election, 1901
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	Acclamation
	Liberal	C. P. Chisholm	Acclamation

Nova Scotia general election, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	1263
	Independent	C. P. Chisholm	1070
		C. H. Webster	1123
	Conservative	Hugh MacDonald	986

Nova Scotia special election, 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	1312
	Liberal-Conservative	D. A. Fraser	1016

Nova Scotia general election, 1894
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Longley	1808
	Liberal	J. A. Bancroft	1793
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas R. Jones	1555
	Liberal-Conservative	Hugh E. Gillis	1496

Nova Scotia special election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. P. Chisholm	933
	Liberal	J. J. Cameron	916

Nova Scotia general election, 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	1362
	Liberal	C. F. McIsaac	1274
	Conservative	J. J. Cameron	1003
	Conservative	Archibald McPhee	806

Nova Scotia special election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angus MacGillivray	Acclamation

Nova Scotia general election, 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. MacGillivray	1384
	Liberal	C. F. McIsaac	1269
	Conservative	Rod K .McDonald	482
	Conservative	C. B. Whidden	200

Nova Scotia special election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	1225
	Liberal	C. C. Gregrory	884

Nova Scotia general election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Longley	1340
	Liberal	Henry Munroe	1329
	Conservative	C. W. Shaffner	1261
	Conservative	W. B. Troop	1212

Nova Scotia general election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. S. D. Thompson	Acclamation
	Conservative	Angus McGillivary	Acclamation

Nova Scotia general election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John McKinnon	1012
	Liberal	Daniel MacDonald	752
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald	661

Nova Scotia general election, 1871
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. MacDonald
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald
	Conservative	R. N. Henry

Nova Scotia general election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. MacDonald	1424
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald	1072
	Conservative	R. W. Henry	410
	Conservative	J. MacDonald	193

References

↑ http://nselectoralboundaries.ca/pubs/Electoral-Boundaries-Report-en.pdf
↑ Elections Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission Final Report (September 12, 2012). Retrieved on March 11, 2013
↑ "First time candidate wins Antigonish seat" The Casket, October 9, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006). Retrieved December 1, 2013.

External links

CBC: 2013 riding profile

Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts

Current

Historic

to 2013:	Argyle Cape Breton North Cape Breton Nova Cape Breton South Cape Breton West Clare Cole Harbour Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Digby-Annapolis Guysborough-Sheet Harbour Halifax Clayton Park Halifax Fairview Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Preston Queens Richmond Shelburne Truro-Bible Hill

to 2003:	Bedford-Fall River Cape Breton East Cape Breton The Lakes Dartmouth South Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Halifax Bedford Basin Sackville-Beaver Bank Victoria

to 1993:	Annapolis East Annapolis West Colchester South Cumberland Centre Cumberland East Cumberland West Digby Guysborough Halifax Cornwallis Halifax Eastern Shore Halifax St. Margarets Inverness North Inverness South Lunenburg Centre Lunenburg East Sackville

to 1978:	Colchester Halifax Cobequid

to 1967:	Halifax Centre Halifax County Dartmouth Halifax East Halifax North Halifax Northwest Halifax South Halifax West

to 1956:	Kings

to 1949:	Cumberland Hants Pictou

to 1933:	Halifax Richmond and Cape Breton West

to 1925:	Cape Breton

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