Pictou (electoral district)

Pictou was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the County of Pictou. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the riding of Central Nova. It returned two members from 1872 to 1903.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. James W. Carmichael, Anti-Confederate (1867–1872)
2. Robert Doull, Liberal-Conservative (1872–1874) and James McDonald, Conservative (1872–1874)
3. James W. Carmichael, Liberal (1874–1878) and John A. Dawson, Liberal (1874–1878)
4. James McDonald, Conservative (1878–1881) and Robert Doull, Liberal-Conservative (1878–1882)
5. John McDougald, Liberal-Conservative (1881–1896)
6. Charles H. Tupper, Conservative (1882–1904)
7. Adam C. Bell, Conservative (1896–1904)
8. Edward M. Macdonald, Liberal (1904–1917)
9. Alexander McGregor, Unionist (1917–1921)
10. Edward M. Macdonald, Liberal (1921–1925)
11. Thomas Cantley, Conservative (1925–1935)
12. Henry B. McCulloch, Liberal (1935–1957)
13. Russell MacEwan, Progressive Conservative (1957–1968)

Election results

County of Pictou (July 5, 1803)

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Doull	2,328	–	x
	Conservative	James McDonald	2,327	–	x
	Liberal	James William Carmichael	2,122
	Unknown	J. Kitchen	2,011

By-election on 4 November 1878 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General, 17 October 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James McDonald	acclaimed

By-election on 18 June 1881 On Mr. McDonald being appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 20 May 1881
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	John McDougald	3,413	–	x
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,334	–	x
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	2,923	–
	Independent	John D. McLeod	2,739	–

By-election on 18 June 1888 On Mr. Tupper being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 30 June 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,433	–	x
	John McDougald	3,384	–	x
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	2,708	–
	Liberal	John Yorston	2,594	–

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,577	–	x
	Conservative	Adam C. Bell	3,503	–	x
	Liberal	E.M. McDonald	3,349	–
	Liberal	J.W. Carmichael	3,337	–

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper	3,624	–	x
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,615	–	x
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer Macdonald	3,523	–
	Liberal	James D. McGregor	3,438	–

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward M. MacDonald	4,148
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,716

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,336
	Conservative	Charles E. Tanner	4,037

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	4,221
	Conservative	Adam Carr Bell	3,937

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Alexander McGregor	6,800
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Hugh Mackay	6,043

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	11,125
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	7,567
	Labour	Robert McDonald Reid	1,271

By-election on 6 September 1923 On Mr. MacDonald's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 15 August 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Mortimer MacDonald	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,693
	Liberal	Robert H. Mackay	7,731

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,304
	Liberal	James A. Fraser	7,920

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Cantley	9,672
	Liberal	Josiah H. MacQuarrie	9,174

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	8,416
	Conservative	John Alexander Macgregor	6,513
	Reconstruction	Perley Chase Lewis	4,202

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,983
	National Government	James M. Cameron	8,292
	Independent	Chad MacMillan	615

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron Mcculloch	9,774
	Progressive Conservative	William Thomas Hayden	9,387
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray A. Bent	2,610
	Labor–Progressive	George MacEachern	323

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,930
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest George Irish	9,236
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Florence William McCarthy	1,397

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	10,626
	Progressive Conservative	Donald R. MacLeod	8,778
	Co-operative Commonwealth	G. Miller Dick	1,599

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	12,208
	Liberal	Henry Byron McCulloch	9,251
	Social Credit	Carl J. Bates	473
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald R. Murphy	459

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	13,618
	Liberal	Alex MacIntosh	8,911

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,837
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	9,153
	New Democratic	Alfred L. Matheson	1,539
	Social Credit	John J. Henderson	470

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	10,566
	Liberal	James M. Cameron	8,847
	New Democratic	John J. Markie	1,127
	Social Credit	Kenneth York Parker	181

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Russell MacEwan	11,289
	Liberal	Alistair Fraser	8,509
	New Democratic	John L. MacLean	1,568

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Pictou (1867–1966) from the Library of Parliament