Richmond—West Cape Breton

Richmond—West Cape Breton was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. This riding was created in 1924 from Cape Breton South and Richmond riding. It consisted of the County of Richmond and the part of the County of Cape Breton lying east of East Bay and south of the electoral district of Cape Breton South. It was abolished with a law passed to merge Richmond—West Cape Breton into Inverness—Richmond in 1933, which was duly carried out in 1935 with the election of the first member to the new riding.^[1][2]

Richmond—West Cape Breton

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933[a]
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930 by-election
Demographics
Census division(s)	Cape Breton, Richmond

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Richmond—West Cape Breton Riding created from Cape Breton South and Richmond
15th	1925–1926		John Alexander Macdonald	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1930
	1930–1935		Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Riding dissolved into Inverness—Richmond

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, John Alexander	3,962
	Liberal	KYTE, George William	3,252
Source:History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867—1980[3]

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, John Alexander	3,769
	Liberal	BOYD, Donald D.	3,280
Source:History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867—1980[3]

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	MACDONALD, John Alexander	4,085
	Liberal	DOYLE, Edward Charles	3,413
Source:History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867—1980[3]

The by-election was called due to Macdonald's acceptance of a paid role, or office of emolument, from the Crown on 22 August 1930.^[3]

By-election on 2 September 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RHODES, Hon. Edgar Nelson	acclaimed
Source:History of the Federal Electoral Ridings, 1867—1980[3]

See also

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

Notes

1. The law to merge Richmond—West Cape Breton into Inverness—Richmond was passed in 1933, and carried out in 1935.^[1][2] Until it was carried out, Richmond—West Cape Breton continued to be represented by Edgar Nelson Rhodes.