Yarmouth (electoral district)

For the current provincial electoral district, see Yarmouth (provincial electoral district).

Yarmouth

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 division(s)	Yarmouth

Yarmouth was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the County of Yarmouth. It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Yarmouth and Clare riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Yarmouth
1st	1867–1868		Thomas Killam	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872		Frank Killam	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Joseph Robbins Kinney
6th	1887–1887		John Lovitt
	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		Thomas Barnard Flint
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1902
	1902–1904		Bowman Brown Law
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Yarmouth and Clare

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	Thomas Killam	1,225
	Unknown	George S. Brown	666
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

By-election on 20 April 1869 On Mr. Killam's death, 15 December 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Killam	1,220
	Unknown	N.P. Clements	598

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Killam	1,176
	Unknown	W.H. Townsend	440
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Killam	1,192
	Unknown	George S.Brown	762
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Killam	1,343
	Liberal	Thomas B. Flint	802

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Robbins Kinney	1,204
	Liberal	Frank Killam	903

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lovitt	1,872
	Liberal	Joseph Robbins Kinney	1,180
	Independent	J.K. Hatfield	21

By-election on 15 December 1887 On election being declared void, 13 August 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lovitt	1,551
	Independent	T.B. Crosby	980

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Barnard Flint	1,732
	Liberal	J.R. Kinney	1,157

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Barnard Flint	1,640
	Conservative	Jacob Bingay	1,196

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Barnard Flint	1,756
	Conservative	Thomas Edgar Corning	1,535

By-election on 3 December 1902 On Mr. Flint being appointed Clerk of the House of Commons, 11 November 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bowman Brown Law	2,076
	Conservative	Thomas Edgar Corning	1,208

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bowman Brown Law	1,883
	Conservative	Thomas Edgar Corning	1,524

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bowman Brown Law	2,285
	Conservative	Samuel William Williamson	1,446

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bowman Brown Law	2,399
	Conservative	Knowles Eugene Crosby	1,215

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

• Riding history for Yarmouth (1867–1914) from the Library of Parliament