Kings (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Kings was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that, at the time of its dissolution, elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1956, when Kings County was divided into the three electoral districts of Kings North, Kings South and Kings West. Apart from a brief period between 1933 and 1945, during which one member was elected, Kings always elected two members to the Legislature.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings elected the following members to the legislature:^[1]

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
45th	1953-1956		Edward Haliburton	Progressive Conservative		George Arthur Boggs	Progressive Conservative
44th	1949-1953		David Durell Sutton	Liberal		William H. Pipe	Liberal
43rd	1945-1949					John Alexander McDonald	Liberal
42nd	1941-1945	seat declared vacant
41st	1937-1941
40th	1933-1937
39th	1928-1933		George C. Nowlan	Liberal-Conservative		Reginald Tucker Caldwell	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925-1928
37th	1923-1925		James Sealy	Liberal		John Alexander McDonald	Liberal
	1920-1923		Harry H. Wickwire	Liberal
36th	1916-1920					James E. Kinsman	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911-1916					Archibald M. Covert	Liberal
34th	1911*					Charles A. Campbell	Unity Reform Party
	1906-1910		Brenton Dodge	Liberal
33rd	1901-1906					Harry H. Wickwire	Liberal
32nd	1897-1901
31st	1894-1897
30th	1890-1894		Alfred P. Welton	Liberal		Barclay Webster	Liberal-Conservative
29th	1886-1890		Leander Rand	Liberal		William C. Bill	Liberal-Conservative
28th	1882-1886		Thomas R. Harris	Liberal-Conservative		Thomas Lewis Dodge	Liberal
27th	1878-1882		James Stainforth MacDonald	Liberal-Conservative		William C. Bill	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874-1878		Douglas Benjamin Woodworth	Liberal-Conservative		John Burton North	Independent
25th	1871-1874					Daniel Charles Moore	Liberal-Conservative
24th	1867-1871		Edward L. Brown	Anti-Confederation Party		David M. Dickie	Anti-Confederation Party

^*NB Dodge died in office on December 30, 1910. Wickwire was elected to replace him in a by-election on January 31, 1911. Wickwire was then re-elected in the Nova Scotia general election held on June 14, 1911^[1].

Election results

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David M. Dickie	1,393	32.87%
	Liberal	Edward L. Brown	1,280	30.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Harris	904	21.33%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. C. Foster	661	15.60%
Total			4,238	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Daniel Charles Moore	1,094	29.80%
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas Benjamin Woodworth	984	26.80%
	Liberal	Edward L. Brown	797	21.71%
	Liberal	David M. Dickie	796	21.68%
Total			3,671	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas Benjamin Woodworth	1,260	28.16%
	Independent	John B. North	1,171	26.17%
	Liberal	Daniel Charles Moore	1,027	22.95%
	Liberal	Henry Shaw	1,016	22.71%
Total			4,474	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William C. Bill	1,601	28.16%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. S. McDonald	1,527	26.86%
	Liberal	G. W. Fisher	1,414	24.87%
	Liberal	E. A. Forsyth	1,143	20.11%
Total			5,685	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Lewis Dodge	1,437	25.82%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Harris	1,345	24.17%
	Liberal–Conservative	William C. Bill	1,267	22.77%
	Liberal	C. B. Hickey	1,198	21.53%
	Independent	James Lyons	318	5.71%
Total			5,565	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Leander Rand	1,635	26.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	William C. Hill	1,560	25.32%
	Liberal	Alfred P. Welton	1,535	24.92%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Harris	1,430	23.21%
Total			6,160	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Barclay Webster	1,741	27.83%
	Liberal	Alfred P. Welton	1,572	25.13%
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas R. Harris	1,540	24.62%
	Liberal	J. E. Starr	1,403	22.43%
Total			6,256	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brenton Dodge	2,227	31.00%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,081	28.97%
	Liberal–Conservative	Barclay Webster	1,580	21.99%
	Liberal–Conservative	R. M. Rand	1,296	18.04%
Total			7,184	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brenton Dodge	2,354	33.08%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,195	30.85%
	Liberal–Conservative	Peter Innis	1,460	20.52%
	Liberal–Conservative	Leander Rand	1,107	15.56%
Total			7,116	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brenton Dodge	2,225	33.97%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,122	32.40%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. W. Ryan	1,116	17.04%
	Liberal–Conservative	Peter Innes	1,087	16.60%
Total			6,550	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Brenton Dodge	2,152	25.83%
	Independent	Charles Alexander Campbell	2,148	25.78%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,056	24.67%
	Liberal–Conservative	E. W. Sawyer	1,977	23.72%
Total			8,333	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,413	27.12%
	Liberal	Archibald Menzies Covert	2,156	24.24%
	Liberal–Conservative	N. W. Eaton	1,893	21.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	S. C. Parker	1,599	17.97%
	Independent	Charles Alexander Campbell	835	9.39%
Total			8,896	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	2,499	26.44%
	Liberal–Conservative	James E. Kinsman	2,421	25.62%
	Liberal	Charles Alexander Campbell	2,318	24.53%
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph D. Spidell	2,212	23.41%
Total			9,450	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harry H. Wickwire	4,917	29.48%
	Liberal	John Alexander McDonald	4,705	28.21%
	Liberal–Conservative	James E. Kinsman	3,622	21.71%
	Liberal–Conservative	C. R. Bill	3,437	20.60%
Total			16,681	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Nowlan	5,520	26.95%
	Liberal–Conservative	Reginald Tucker Caldwell	5,455	26.63%
	Liberal	John Alexander Macdonald	4,963	24.23%
	Liberal	Allison H. Borden	4,543	22.18%
Total			20,481	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Reginald Tucker Caldwell	5,540	27.69%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Nowlan	5,452	27.25%
	Liberal	James F. Durno	5,003	25.01%
	Liberal	Frederick J. Porter	4,010	20.04%
Total			20,005	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Alexander McDonald	6,700	52.35%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Nowlan	6,098	47.65%
Total			12,798	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Alexander McDonald	7,470	56.33%	3.98%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Nowlan	5,790	43.67%	-3.98%
Total			13,260	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Alexander McDonald	6,654	62.58%	6.25%
	Liberal–Conservative	Raymond Crosby	3,978	37.42%	-6.25%
Total			10,632	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Durell Sutton	7,027	59.66%	-2.92%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Chisholm	4,751	40.34%	2.92%
Total			11,778	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William H. Pipe	7,369	25.51%	-34.15%
	Liberal	David Durell Sutton	7,322	25.34%	-34.32%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Haliburton	7,138	24.71%	-15.63%
	Liberal–Conservative	Hiram Thomas	7,061	24.44%	-15.90%
Total			28,890	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Edward Haliburton	7,642	25.98%	–
	Progressive Conservative	George Arthur Boggs	7,481	25.43%	–
	Liberal	David Durell Sutton	7,245	24.63%	-26.22%
	Liberal	William H. Pipe	7,047	23.96%	-26.89%
Total			29,415	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

1. "Electoral History for Kings County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. August 2, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.