Digby—Annapolis—Kings

Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968.

Digby—Annapolis—Kings

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Digby—Annapolis and Hants—Kings ridings. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the municipality of Clare. The district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth ridings.

The district was created again in 1952 from Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the Municipality of Clare. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley and South Western Nova ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Digby—Annapolis—Kings Riding created from Digby—Annapolis and Hants—Kings
18th	1935–1940		James Lorimer Ilsley	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1948
	1948–1949		George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth
Riding re-created from Annapolis—Kings and Digby—Yarmouth
22nd	1953–1957		George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Pat Nowlan
Riding dissolved into Annapolis Valley and South Western Nova

Election results

1935–1949

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	13,894	60.59
	Conservative	Caldwell Stewart	7,266	31.68
	Reconstruction	Cyril B. Wetmore	1,773	7.73

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	15,094	61.33	+0.74
	National Government	Hiram Thomas	9,518	38.67	+6.99

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Lorimer Ilsley	14,445	55.68	-5.75
	Progressive Conservative	Hiram Thomas	9,885	38.10	-0.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cecil Hambly Hansford	1,252	4.83
	Farmer–Labour	Roscoe Alfred Fillmore	362	1.40

Canadian federal by-election, 13 December 1948
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On Mr. Ilsley's resignation, 27 October 1948
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	14,057	49.29	+11.19
	Liberal	John Douglas McKenzie	12,469	43.72	-11.96
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd R. Shaw	1,992	6.99	+2.15

1953–1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	16,422	51.63	+2.34
	Liberal	Eric Wilfred Balcom	15,387	48.37	+4.62

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	18,534	58.01	+6.38
	Liberal	Arthur Laurence Morfee	13,417	41.99	-6.38

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	19,432	58.16	+0.15
	Liberal	Angus A. Elderkin	13,981	41.84	-0.15

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	17,499	52.68	-5.48
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Steadman	14,511	43.68	+1.84
	New Democratic	Murray Alton Bent	803	2.42
	Social Credit	Granville B. Thompson	456	1.37

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Clyde Nowlan	16,887	49.76	-2.92
	Liberal	John Elvin Shaffner	16,471	48.53	+4.75
	New Democratic	Murray Alton Bent	579	1.71	-0.71

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Patrick Nowlan	17,845	53.22	+3.46
	Liberal	John Elvin Shaffner	14,636	43.65	-4.88
	New Democratic	George W. Turner	1,049	3.13	+1.42

See also

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