Digby and Annapolis

Digby and Annapolis was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935.

Digby and Annapolis

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1933
First contested	1917
Last contested	1930

This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Digby and Annapolis ridings. It consisted of the county of Annapolis and the county of Digby without the municipality of Clare. In 1924, the municipality of Clare was added to the riding, so that it consisted of the counties of Digby and Annapolis. Its name was changed in 1924 to Digby—Annapolis.

The riding was abolished in 1933 when it was divided between Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Digby and Annapolis Riding created from Digby and Annapolis
13th	1917–1921		Avard Longley Davidson	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Lewis Johnstone Lovett	Liberal
Digby—Annapolis
15th	1925–1926		Harry Short	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare

Election results

Digby and Annapolis, 1917–1925

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Davidson, Avard Longley	4,596
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Lovett, Lewis Johnstone	3,777

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lovett, Lewis Johnstone	7,388
	Conservative	Davidson, Avard Longley	5,153

Digby—Annapolis, 1925–1935

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Short, Harry B.	7,599
	Liberal	Lovett, Lewis J.	7,219

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Short, Harry Bernard	8,159
	Liberal	Lovett, Lewis Johnstone	7,851

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Short, Harry Bernard	8,357
	Liberal	Pickup, Samuel	8,282

See also

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