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Digby (provincial electoral district)

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Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1993.

From 1867 to 1949, the district included all of Digby County. After 1949, the Municipality of Clare received its own electoral district.[1] From 1949 to 1993, the district included the town of Digby and the Municipality of Digby.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature Years Member Party
55th 1988-1993     Joseph H. Casey Liberal
54th 1984-1988     Merryl Lawton Progressive Conservative
53rd 1981-1984     Joseph H. Casey Liberal
52nd 1978-1981
51st 1974-1978
50th 1970-1974
49th 1967-1970     Robert Baden Powell Progressive Conservative
48th 1963-1967
47th 1960-1963     Victor Cardoza Liberal
46th 1956-1960     Malcolm Stewart Leonard Progressive Conservative
45th 1953–1956     Victor Cardoza Liberal
44th 1949–1953     E. Keith Potter Progressive Conservative
43rd 1945-1949     Joseph William Comeau Liberal
42nd 1941-1945
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937
Digby returned two members before 1933
39th 1928-1933     Joseph William Comeau Liberal     Alexander Stirling MacMillan Liberal
38th 1925-1928     Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau Liberal-Conservative     William Hudson Farnham Liberal-Conservative
37th 1920-1925     Henry Ward Beecher Warner Liberal     Joseph William Comeau Liberal
36th 1916-1920
35th 1911-1916     Harry Hatheway Marshall Liberal-Conservative
1911     Allan Ellsworth Wall Liberal
34th 1910-1911
1907-1910 Angus Morrison Gidney
1906-1907 Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
33rd 1901-1906
32nd 1897-1901
31st 1895-1897
1894-1895 Eliakim Tupper
30th 1890-1894
29th 1886-1890 Henri M. Robicheau John S. McNeill
28th 1882-1886
27th 1878-1882     Benjamin Van Blarcom Liberal-Conservative
26th 1874-1878     Colin Campbell Liberal
25th 1871-1874 William Berrian Vail Urbine Doucett
24th 1867-1871

Election results

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1867

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1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William Berrian Vail 1,139 36.00%
Liberal Urbain Doucette 1,010 31.92%
Liberal–Conservative Colin Campbell 612 19.34%
Liberal–Conservative J. Melanson 403 12.74%
Total 3,164
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

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1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal William Berrian Vail 1,028 35.83%
Liberal Urbain Doucette 1,019 35.52%
Liberal–Conservative Colin Campbell 721 25.13%
Liberal–Conservative A. Amirault 101 3.52%
Total 2,869
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

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1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Colin Campbell 1,123 35.17%
Liberal Henri M. Robicheau 967 30.28%
Liberal–Conservative J. C. Wade 574 17.98%
Liberal Urbain Doucette 529 16.57%
Total 3,193
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

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1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Benjamin VanBlarcom 833 22.80%
Liberal Henri M. Robicheau 830 22.72%
Liberal Urbain Doucette 738 20.20%
Independent Colin Campbell 725 19.85%
Liberal John S. McNeill 527 14.43%
Total 3,653
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

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1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Henri M. Robicheau 1,048 29.59%
Liberal John S. McNeill 986 27.84%
Liberal–Conservative George Taylor 752 21.23%
Liberal–Conservative O. Doucette 664 18.75%
Independent William Lent 92 2.60%
Total 3,542
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

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1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Henri M. Robicheau 1,108 42.35%
Liberal John S. McNeill 986 37.69%
Liberal–Conservative Robert G. Munroe 522 19.95%
Total 2,616
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

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1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,207 26.57%
Liberal Eliakim Tupper 1,179 25.96%
Liberal–Conservative Robert G. Munroe 708 15.59%
Liberal–Conservative Daniel LeBlanc 665 14.64%
Liberal William German 437 9.62%
Liberal Edward Hogan 346 7.62%
Total 4,542
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

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1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Eliakim Tupper 1,245 27.92%
Liberal Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,228 27.54%
Liberal–Conservative Louis Dugas 1,018 22.83%
Liberal–Conservative M. R. Timpany 968 21.71%
Total 4,459
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

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1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,512 31.43%
Liberal Angus Morrison Gidney 1,498 31.14%
Liberal–Conservative Frank E. Comeau 940 19.54%
Liberal–Conservative M. Dupuis 860 17.88%
Total 4,810
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

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1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,507 37.12%
Liberal Angus Morrison Gidney 1,400 34.48%
Liberal–Conservative J. K. Tobin 611 15.05%
Liberal–Conservative Louis Dugas 542 13.35%
Total 4,060
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

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1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,376 32.51%
Liberal Angus Morrison Gidney 1,253 29.61%
Liberal–Conservative M. H. Marshall 829 19.59%
Liberal–Conservative A. A. Theriault 774 18.29%
Total 4,232
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

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1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 1,892 28.09%
Liberal Allen Ellsworth Wall 1,855 27.54%
Liberal–Conservative Harry Hatheway Marshall 1,599 23.74%
Liberal–Conservative F. P. Deveau 1,389 20.62%
Total 6,735
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

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1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 2,002 28.20%
Liberal Henry W. B. Warner 1,903 26.81%
Liberal–Conservative Felix M. Gaudet 1,604 22.59%
Liberal–Conservative Walton K. Tibert 1,590 22.40%
Total 7,099
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

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1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 3,165 32.67%
Liberal Henry W. B. Warner 2,997 30.93%
United Farmers Glidden Campbell 1,835 18.94%
United Farmers Emede Robicheau 1,692 17.46%
Total 9,689
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

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1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27%
Liberal–Conservative Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00%
Liberal Henry W. B. Warner 2,545 19.95%
Liberal Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78%
Total 12,758
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

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1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 3,763 27.55%
Liberal Alexander Stirling MacMillan 3,557 26.04%
Liberal–Conservative H. E. Wagner 3,213 23.52%
Liberal–Conservative Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,125 22.88%
Total 13,658
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

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1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 5,372 59.20%
Liberal–Conservative Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,703 40.80%
Total 9,075
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937

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1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 5,179 58.19% -1.00%
Liberal–Conservative Edward Brenett Pugh 3,721 41.81% 1.00%
Total 8,900
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941

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1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 4,818 62.34% 4.15%
Liberal–Conservative James John Wallis 2,910 37.66% -4.15%
Total 7,728
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945

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1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph William Comeau 4,714 59.13% -3.21%
Liberal–Conservative Kenneth Earl Smith 2,706 33.94% -3.71%
Co-operative Commonwealth Edgar Lawrence Outhouse 552 6.92%
Total 7,972
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative E. Keith Potter 2,830 50.74% 16.79%
Liberal Blanchard Spring Morrell 2,748 49.26% -9.87%
Total 5,578
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953

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1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Victor Cardoza 2,770 52.40% 3.14%
Progressive Conservative Malcolm Stewart Leonard 2,516 47.60%
Total 5,286
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956

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1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Malcolm Stewart Leonard 2,701 51.35% 3.75%
Liberal Victor Cardoza 2,559 48.65% -3.75%
Total 5,260
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960

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1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23% 0.58%
Progressive Conservative E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15% -3.20%
Co-operative Commonwealth Foster Journeay 141 2.62%
Total 5,385
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963

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1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Baden Powell 2,671 52.23% 4.08%
Liberal Victor Cardoza 2,378 46.50% -2.73%
New Democratic Louis A. Beeler 65 1.27%
Total 5,114
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967

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1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Robert Baden Powell 2,524 51.31% -0.92%
Liberal Phillip R. Woolaver 2,395 48.69% 2.19%
Total 4,919
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970

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1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph H. Casey 2,903 57.54% 8.85%
Progressive Conservative Gifford W. Lewis 2,142 42.46% -8.85%
Total 5,045
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974

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1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph H. Casey 3,525 65.90% 8.36%
Progressive Conservative Jack Nichols 1,590 29.73% -12.73%
New Democratic Caleb Barry Haight 234 4.37%
Total 5,349
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978

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1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph H. Casey 3,048 51.56% -14.34%
Progressive Conservative John Comeau 2,603 44.03% 14.30%
New Democratic John Gray 261 4.41% 0.04%
Total 5,912
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981

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1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph H. Casey 2,918 46.04% -5.52%
Progressive Conservative John Comeau 2,643 41.70% -2.33%
New Democratic Bill Redden 777 12.26% 7.84%
Total 6,338
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984

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1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Merryl Lawton 3,451 60.66% 18.96%
Liberal Paul Scovil 1,657 29.13% -16.91%
New Democratic Susan Jamieson 581 10.21% -2.05%
Total 5,689
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988

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1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph H. Casey 3,514 52.87% 23.75%
Progressive Conservative Maxine Connell 2,687 40.43% -20.23%
New Democratic Susan Jamieson 445 6.70% -3.52%
Total 6,646
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References

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  1. ^ Clare-Digby Riding History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine NS Legislature