Colchester—Hants

Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

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

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

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon Purdy	9,608
	Conservative	William Boardman Armstrong	9,402
	Reconstruction	Wentworth Chauncy Miller	1,923

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon Purdy	12,328
	National Government	Hadley B. Tremain	10,044

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Thomas Stanfield	11,141
	Liberal	Gordon Purdy	11,133
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clifford Parker Wyman	2,165

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Thomas Stanfield	13,550
	Liberal	Gordon Purdy	13,149
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick C.G. Scott	814

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gordon Purdy	12,660
	Progressive Conservative	Fred M. Blois	12,271
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Loomer	936

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Kennedy	15,231
	Liberal	Gordon T. Purdy	12,151
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Loomer	912

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Kennedy	15,653
	Liberal	Robert Faulkner McLellan	11,779
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Loomer	1,267

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Kennedy	14,128
	Liberal	Hector Hill	13,836
	New Democratic	Lawrence C. Cameron	1,207
	Unknown	K.Y. Parker	411

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Kennedy	14,387
	Liberal	Hector Hill	14,185
	New Democratic	Laurence C. Cameron	822

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Cyril Kennedy	15,250
	Liberal	Hector Hill	12,962
	New Democratic	Gordon S. Schurman	1,078
	Independent	Robert Kirk	299

By-election on 6 November 1967 On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	15,389
	Independent Liberal	Robert Kirk	1,098
	Independent	Elwood Smith	221

See also

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