Guysborough (electoral district)

Guysborough
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished 1914
First contested 1867
Last contested 1911
Demographics
Census divisions Guysborough

Guysborough was an electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917.

It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish—Guysborough. It consisted of Guysborough County.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Guysborough
1st  1867–1868     Stewart Campbell Anti-Confederation
 1868–1872     Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1878     John Angus Kirk Liberal
4th  1878–1882     Alfred Ogden Conservative
5th  1882–1887     John Angus Kirk Liberal
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896 Duncan Cameron Fraser
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
 1904–1904 John Howard Sinclair
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Antigonish—Guysborough

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
Anti-ConfederationStewart Campbell acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeStewart Campbell acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Angus Kirk 759
Liberal–ConservativeStewart Campbell 544
Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeAlfred Ogden 936
LiberalJohn Angus Kirk 772
Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Angus Kirk 818
ConservativeAlfred Ogden 628
Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Angus Kirk 1,136
ConservativeAlex. F. Falconer 784
Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalD.C. Fraser 1,145
ConservativeAlfred Ogden 1,059
Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDuncan C. Fraser 1,533
ConservativeC. Ernest Gregory 1,455
Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalDuncan C. Fraser 1,928
ConservativeC. Ernest Gregory 1,589

By-election: On Mr. Fraser's nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 10 February 1904

By-election on 16 March 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Howard Sinclair 2,004
ConservativeS.O. Griffin 1,643
Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Howard Sinclair 2,040
ConservativeJohn S. Wells 1,492
Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Howard Sinclair 2,001
ConservativeGeorge Anderson Rowe Rowlings 1,796
Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Howard Sinclair 2,043
ConservativeGeorge Anderson Rowe Rowlings 1,700

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