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Colchester—Hants

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Colchester—Hants
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested1935
Last contested1967 by-election

Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from Colchester and Hants—Kings. It consisted of the counties of Colchester and Hants. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Annapolis Valley, Halifax—East Hants, and Cumberland—Colchester North ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Colchester—Hants
Riding created from Colchester and Hants—Kings
18th  1935–1940     Gordon Purdy Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Frank Thomas Stanfield Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957     Gordon Purdy Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Cyril Kennedy Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1967
 1967–1968 Robert Stanfield
Riding dissolved into Annapolis Valley, Halifax—East Hants
and Cumberland—Colchester North

Election results

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1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gordon Purdy 9,608
Conservative William Boardman Armstrong 9,402
Reconstruction Wentworth Chauncy Miller 1,923
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gordon Purdy 12,328
National Government Hadley B. Tremain 10,044
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Frank Thomas Stanfield 11,141
Liberal Gordon Purdy 11,133
Co-operative Commonwealth Clifford Parker Wyman 2,165
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Frank Thomas Stanfield 13,550
Liberal Gordon Purdy 13,149
Co-operative Commonwealth Frederick C.G. Scott 814
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Gordon Purdy 12,660
Progressive Conservative Fred M. Blois 12,271
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 936
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy 15,231
Liberal Gordon T. Purdy 12,151
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 912
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy 15,653
Liberal Robert Faulkner McLellan 11,779
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Loomer 1,267
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy 14,128
Liberal Hector Hill 13,836
New Democratic Lawrence C. Cameron 1,207
Unknown K.Y. Parker 411


1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy 14,387
Liberal Hector Hill 14,185
New Democratic Laurence C. Cameron 822
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Cyril Kennedy 15,250
Liberal Hector Hill 12,962
New Democratic Gordon S. Schurman 1,078
Independent Robert Kirk 299
By-election on 6 November 1967

On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967

Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 15,389
Independent Liberal Robert Kirk 1,098
Independent Elwood Smith 221

See also

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