Inverness—Richmond

Inverness—Richmond 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 1968.

Inverness—Richmond

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1966
First contested	1935
Last contested	1965

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton ridings. It consisted of the counties of Inverness and Richmond and part of the county of Cape Breton (the municipal districts of Bateston (No. 24), Catalone (No. 15), Gabarus (No. 7), Grand Mira (No. 17), Louisburg Parish (No. 6), Main-à-Dieu (No. 5), and Trout Brook (No. 16)), including the town of Louisburg.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Inverness—Richmond Riding created from Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton
18th	1935–1940		Donald MacLennan	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Moses Elijah McGarry
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		William F. Carroll
22nd	1953–1957		Allan MacEachen
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Robert MacLellan	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Allan MacEachen	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald MacLennan	9,488
	Conservative	Isaac Duncan MacDougall	4,672
	Reconstruction	Benjamin A. Leblanc	2,648

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	9,123
	National Government	Isaac Duncan MacDougall	7,069

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Moses Elijah McGarry	8,177
	Progressive Conservative	William Raymond Pearo	5,037
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward Boutin Doyle	1,720

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William F. Carroll	10,584
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Lewis MacDonald	5,082

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	9,033
	Progressive Conservative	William Charles Boudreau	5,302

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	8,035
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Simpson MacLellan	7,177

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Robert MacLellan	7,725
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	7,709

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	8,331
	Progressive Conservative	Robert MacLellan	7,333
	New Democratic	Gerard V. Chiasson	816

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	8,373
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Boudreau	7,013

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Allan MacEachen	8,137
	Progressive Conservative	Herman A. Samson	6,798
	New Democratic	Allan Bragg	427

See also

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