Hants (provincial electoral district)

Hants was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that, at the time of its dissolution, elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1949, at which point the district was divided into the current electoral districts of Hants East and Hants West.^[1]

Legislature	Years		Party
43rd	1945–1949	Robert A. MacLellan	Liberal
42nd	1941–1945	Alexander Stirling MacMillan
41st	1937–1941
40th	1933–1937

Legislature	Years	Member		Party		Party
39th	1930–1933	seat declared vacant			Albert E. Parsons	Liberal-Conservative
39th	1928–1930		Edgar Nelson Rhodes	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925–1928		Edgar Nelson Rhodes	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920–1925		James William Reid	Liberal	John Alexander MacDonald	Farmer's Party
36th	1916–1920				Albert E. Parsons	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911–1916
34th	1909–1911		James O'Brien	Liberal
	1907–1909		James O'Brien	Liberal	Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
	1906–1907		Arthur Drysdale	Liberal	Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
33rd	1901–1906				Francis Parker McHeffey	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901				Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
31st	1894–1897				Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1891–1894				Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal-Conservative
30th	1890–1891		Allen Haley	Liberal	Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal-Conservative
29th	1886–1890				Archibald Frame	Liberal
28th	1882–1886				Nathaniel David Spence	Liberal-Conservative
27th	1878–1882		Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal	Nathaniel David Spence	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874–1878		William Henry Allison	Liberal-Conservative	Alfred Putnam	Liberal-Conservative
25th	1874^†		Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal	Henry Yeomans	Liberal
25th	1871–1874		William Henry Allison	Liberal-Conservative	William McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
24th	1867–1871		William Dawson Lawrence	Anti-Confederation	Elkanah Young	Anti-Confederation

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Dawson Lawrence	1,529	31.52%
	Liberal	Elkanah Young	1,497	30.86%
	Liberal–Conservative	Parker	921	18.99%
	Liberal–Conservative	William McDougall	904	18.64%
Total			4,851	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Henry Allison	1,446	27.42%
	Liberal	William McDougall	1,396	26.47%
	Liberal	Fred Curry	1,249	23.68%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Dawson Lawrence	1,183	22.43%
Total			5,274	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Henry Allison	1,463	34.82%
	Liberal–Conservative	Alfred Putnam	1,407	33.48%
	Liberal	Thomas Barlow Smith	1,332	31.70%
Total			4,202	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Hants West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

Members of the Legislative Assembly