Richmond (Nova Scotia federal electoral district)

Richmond

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)	Richmond

Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of 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 Richmond. A law to abolish the riding was passed to merge it with Cape Breton South into Cape Breton South and Richmond in 1914. This was duly carried out when the first elections were held with new boundaries and the new name in 1917.^[1][2]

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:^[3]

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richmond
1st	1867–1869		William Joseph Croke	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872		Isaac LeVesconte	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878		Edmund Power Flynn	Liberal
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Henry Nicholas Paint	Conservative
6th	1887–1891		Edmund Power Flynn	Liberal
7th	1891–1891		Joseph Alexander Gillies	Conservative
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Joseph Matheson	Liberal
10th	1904–1908		Duncan Finlayson
11th	1908–1911		George William Kyte
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton South and Richmond

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	William Joseph Croke	545
	Unknown	Mr. Donovan	279

By-election on 20 April 1869 On Mr. Croke's death, 11 March 1869
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac Le Vesconte	560
	Unknown	W.A. Henry	333

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac LeVesconte	571
	Unknown	Mr. Kavanagh	300
Source: Canadian Elections Database[4]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	564
	Unknown	Renée Benoit	486
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	666
	Unknown	Renée Benoit	552

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Nicholas Paint	525
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	461

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	910
	Conservative	Henry Nicholas Paint	609
	Independent Conservative	S.P. Leblanc	317

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	857
	Conservative	Henry Nicholas Paint	755
	Liberal	Edmund Power Flynn	670

By-election on 21 January 1892 On Mr. Gillies being unseated, 21 December 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	1,078
	Liberal	Edm. V. Flynn	1,056

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Matheson	1,092
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	840

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan Finlayson	1,270
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	868
	Conservative	Henry Nicholas Paint	20

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George William Kyte	1,279
	Conservative	Roderick Ferguson	1,039

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George William Kyte	1,268
	Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies	983

See also

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

References

1. "Richmond, Nova Scotia (1867-08-06 - 1917-10-05)". Ottawa: Library of Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
2. "Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia (1917-10-06 - 1925-09-04)". Ottawa: Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. Canada Bibliothèque du Parlement Direction de l'information et des services techniques (1993). History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867—1980 = Historique des Circonscriptions Fédérales, 1867—1980. Ottawa: Library of Parliament, Information and Technical Services Branch = Bibliothèque du Parlement, Direction de l'information et des services techniques. pp. 138–141. ISBN 978-0-66259-830-5. OCLC 422877691.
4. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

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