Colchester—Hants

Colchester—Hants
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1933
District abolished 1966
First contested 1935
Last contested 1967 by-election

Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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

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

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Timlin Purdy 9,608
ConservativeWilliam Boardman Armstrong 9,402
ReconstructionWentworth Chauncy Miller 1,923
Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Timlin Purdy 12,328
National GovernmentHadley B. Tremain 10,044
Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFrank Thomas Stanfield 11,141
LiberalGordon Timlin Purdy 11,133
Co-operative CommonwealthClifford Parker Wyman 2,165
Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFrank Thomas Stanfield 13,550
LiberalGordon Timlin Purdy 13,149
Co-operative CommonwealthFrederick C.G. Scott 814
Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Timlin Purdy 12,660
Progressive ConservativeFred M. Blois 12,271
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer 936
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril F. Kennedy 15,231
LiberalGordon T. Purdy 12,151
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer 912
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril F. Kennedy 15,653
LiberalRobert Faulkner McLellan 11,779
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer 1,267
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril F. Kennedy 14,128
LiberalHector Hill 13,836
New DemocraticLawrence C. Cameron 1,207
UnknownK.Y. Parker 411
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril F. Kennedy 14,387
LiberalHector Hill 14,185
New DemocraticLaurence C. Cameron 822
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril F. Kennedy 15,250
LiberalHector Hill 12,962
New DemocraticGordon S. Schurman 1,078
IndependentRobert Kirk 299
By-election on 6 November 1967

On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967

Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield 15,389
Independent LiberalRobert Kirk 1,098
IndependentElwood Smith 221

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