Victoria (Nova Scotia electoral district)

For the current federal electoral district in British Columbia, see Victoria (electoral district).

Victoria
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1903
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900
Demographics
Census divisions	Victoria

Victoria was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the County of Victoria. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into North Cape Breton and Victoria electoral district.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Victoria
1st	1867–1869	William Ross	Anti-Confederation
1st	1869–1872		Liberal
2nd	1872–1873
2nd	1873–1874
3rd	1874–1874
	1874–1875	Charles James Campbell	Conservative
	1875–1876	Barclay Edmund Tremaine	Liberal
	1876–1878	Charles James Campbell	Conservative
4th	1878–1882	Duncan McDonald	Liberal
5th	1882–1887	Charles James Campbell	Conservative
6th	1887–1887	Charles James Campbell	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	John Archibald McDonald	Liberal
7th	1891–1892		Conservative
7th	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900	John Lemuel Bethune
9th	1900–1904	William Ross	Liberal
Riding dissolved into North Cape Breton and Victoria

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	William Ross	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 December 1873 On Mr. Ross being appointed Minister of Militia, 7 November 1873
	Liberal	William Ross	541
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	523

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	acclaimed

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 17 December 1874 On Mr. Ross' resignation, 29 September 1874, to become Collector of Customs at Halifax, N.S., 5 November 1874
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	541
	Liberal	Barclay Edmund Tremaine	523

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 28 April 1875 On Mr. Campbell being unseated by decision of the Supreme Court of N.S., 28 February 1875, Mr. B.E. Tremaine was declared duly elected by decision of Election Court, 28 April 1875
	Liberal	Barclay Edmund Tremaine

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 21 September 1876 On Mr. Tremaine's resignation, 21 August 1876, to become County Court Judge of District No. 7 Cape Breton, 21 August 1876
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	624
	Liberal	John Ross	526

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 21 November 1887 On election being declared void
	Liberal	John Archibald McDonald	960
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	398

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 January 1892 On election being declared void
	Conservative	John Archibald McDonald	acclaimed

Federal ridings in Nova Scotia

Liberal	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova

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