Hants (federal electoral district)

Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Hants—Kings riding. It consisted of Hants County.

Hants

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Hants
1st	1867–1869		Joseph Howe	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872			Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874		Monson Henry Goudge	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		William Henry Allison	Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		Alfred Putnam
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900		Allen Haley	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		Benjamin Russell
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Hadley Brown Tremain	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Lewis Herbert Martell	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Hants—Kings

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	Joseph Howe	1,530
	Unknown	James King	956
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

By-election on 24 April 1869 On Mr. Howe being called to the Privy Council and appointed President of that body, 19 January 1869
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph Howe	1,512
	Liberal	Monson Henry Goudge	1,129

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Joseph Howe	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

By-election on 5 July 1873 On Mr. Howe being named Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, 7 May 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Monson Henry Goudge	acclaimed

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Monson Henry Goudge	1,433
	Conservative	William Henry Allison	1,341
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v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Henry Allison	1,662
	Liberal	Monson Henry Goudge	1,381

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Henry Allison	1,386
	Liberal	William Curry	1,341

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Putnam	1,800
	Liberal	William Curry	1,678

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Putnam	1,705
	Liberal	Allen Haley	1,604

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allen Haley	1,838
	Conservative	Alfred Putnam	1,803

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Benjamin Russell	1,882
	Conservative	Alfred Putnam	1,866

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	J.B. Black	2,033
	Conservative	Frederick W. Hanright	1,957

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Judson Burpee Black	2,141
	Conservative	Frederick W. Hanright	2,008

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hadley Brown Tremain	2,191
	Liberal	Judson Burpee Black	2,105

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Hadley Brown Tremain	2,989
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Lewis Herbert Martell	2,696

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Hants
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lewis Herbert Martell	4,027
	Conservative	Albert Parsons	3,795
	Progressive	Henry Ernest Kendall	993

See also

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