Inverness—Richmond

Inverness—Richmond
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1933
District abolished 1966
First contested 1935
Last contested 1965

Inverness—Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton ridings. It consisted of the counties of Inverness and Richmond and part of the county of Cape Breton (the municipal districts of Bateston (No. 24), Catalone (No. 15), Gabarus (No. 7), Grand Mira (No. 17), Louisburg Parish (No. 6), Main-à-Dieu (No. 5), and Trout Brook (No. 16)), including the town of Louisburg.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Inverness—Richmond
Riding created from Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton
18th  1935–1940     Donald MacLennan Liberal
19th  1940–1945 Moses Elijah McGarry
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953 William F. Carroll
22nd  1953–1957 Allan MacEachen
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Robert MacLellan Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963     Allan MacEachen Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
and Cape Breton—East Richmond

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDonald MacLennan 9,488
ConservativeIsaac Duncan MacDougall 4,672
ReconstructionBenjamin A. Leblanc 2,648
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMoses Elijah McGarry 9,123
National GovernmentIsaac Duncan MacDougall 7,069
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalMoses Elijah McGarry 8,177
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Raymond Pearo 5,037
Co-operative CommonwealthEdward Boutin Doyle 1,720
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam F. Carroll 10,584
Progressive ConservativeDonald Lewis MacDonald 5,082
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan MacEachen 9,033
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Charles Boudreau 5,302
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan MacEachen 8,035
Progressive ConservativeRobert Simpson MacLellan 7,177
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert MacLellan 7,725
LiberalAllan MacEachen 7,709
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan MacEachen 8,331
Progressive ConservativeRobert MacLellan 7,333
New DemocraticGerard V. Chiasson 816
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan MacEachen 8,373
Progressive ConservativeLeo Boudreau 7,013
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAllan MacEachen 8,137
Progressive ConservativeHerman A. Samson 6,798
New DemocraticAllan Bragg 427

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