Annapolis (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Annapolis (provincial electoral district).

Annapolis was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. The district was created in the British North America Act, 1867. It was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis. It consisted of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.

Annapolis

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911
Demographics
Census division(s)	Annapolis

Geography

This riding was set by the British North America Act, 1867 to consist of Annapolis County. The boundaries were not changed during the electoral redistributions of 1872, 1882, 1892 or 1903. This riding was dissolved into Digby and Annapolis in the 1914 electoral redistribution. The county was legally defined in 1837 as such:

...to comprehend and comprise all that part of the present County of Annapolis to the Eastward of a line to pass through the centre of the Gut of Annapolis and from a line to be drawn from the same to the centre of Bear River, and from thence to be continued southwardly, following the course of the same River, to the head of the tide, and thence following a line South twenty four degrees East to the boundary of Queen's County, and containing the Townships of Annapolis, Granville and Wilmot, and so much of the Township of Clements as lies to the Eastward of Bear River, and of the aforesaid line; and also, all other parts of the County of Annapolis to the Eastward of the same line, and not included in any Township.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Annapolis
1st	1867–1869[nb 1]		William Hallett Ray	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872			Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Avard Longley	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		William Hallett Ray	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		John B. Mills	Conservative
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Fletcher Bath Wade	Liberal
10th	1904–1908		Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Avard Longley Davidson	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Anti-Confederation	William Hallett Ray	1,171	53.54
	Conservative	Avard Longley	1,016	46.46
Total valid votes			2,187	100.00
This electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867 from the colonial Province of Nova Scotia'a Annapolis electoral district. Both Avard Longley and William Hallett Ray were incumbents, along with George Whitman.
Source: Library of Parliament[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hallett Ray	1,129
	Conservative	Avard Longley	1,019
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hallett Ray	878
	Unknown	T.W. Chesley	220
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Avard Longley	1,301
	Liberal	William Hallett Ray	1,298
Source: Canadian Elections Database[4]

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hallett Ray	1,430
	Unknown	R.E. Fitzrandolph	1,368

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John B. Mills	1,758
	Liberal	William Hallett Ray	1,730

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John B. Mills	1,835
	Unknown	William A. Chipman	1,662

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John B. Mills	2,012
	Liberal	J.W. Longley	1,815

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fletcher Bath Wade	1,883
	Conservative	John B. Mills	1,733

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,013
	Conservative	Lawrence D. Shaffner	1,794

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,121
	Conservative	George E. Corbitt	1,910

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Avard Longley Davidson	2,131
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,118

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. The Anti-Confederation Party dissolved in 1869, and William Hallett Ray joined the Liberal Party.