Victoria (Nova Scotia federal electoral district)

For the current federal electoral district in British Columbia, see Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district).

Victoria was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act, 1867. It consisted of the County of Victoria. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into North Cape Breton and Victoria electoral district.

Victoria

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1903
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900
Demographics
Census division(s)	Victoria

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Victoria
1st	1867–1869		William Ross	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1872			Liberal
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874
3rd	1874–1874
	1874–1875		Charles James Campbell	Conservative
	1875–1876		Barclay Edmund Tremaine	Liberal
	1876–1878		Charles James Campbell	Conservative
4th	1878–1882		Duncan McDonald	Liberal
5th	1882–1887		Charles James Campbell	Conservative
6th	1887–1887
	1887–1891		John Archibald McDonald	Liberal
7th	1891–1892			Conservative
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900		John Lemuel Bethune
9th	1900–1904		William Ross	Liberal
Riding dissolved into North Cape Breton and Victoria

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	William Ross	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

1872 Canadian federal election: Victoria (Nova Scotia)
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 20 December 1873 On Mr. Ross being appointed Minister of Militia, 7 November 1873
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	541
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	523
Source: lop.parl.ca[3]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	acclaimed
Source: open.canada.ca[4]

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 17 December 1874 On Mr. Ross' resignation
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	541
	Liberal	Barclay Edmund Tremaine	523
By-election On Mr. Ross' resignation, 29 September 1874, to become Collector of Customs at Halifax, N.S., 5 November 1874.
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 28 April 1875 On Mr. Campbell being unseated by court decision
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Barclay Edmund Tremaine	Acclaimed
On Mr. Campbell being unseated by decision of the Supreme Court of N.S., 28 February 1875. Mr. B.E. Tremaine was declared duly elected by decision of Election Court, 28 April 1875.
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 21 September 1876 On Mr. Tremaine's resignation
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	624
	Liberal	John Ross	526
On Mr. Tremaine's resignation, 21 August 1876, to become County Court Judge of District No. 7 Cape Breton, 21 August 1876.
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan McDonald	748
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	645

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	857
	Conservative	J.T. Bethune	544

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	830
	Liberal	W.F. McCurdy	777

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 21 November 1887 On election being declared void
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Archibald McDonald	960
	Conservative	Charles James Campbell	398
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Archibald McDonald	822
	Liberal	William Ross	770

v t e Canadian federal by-election, 26 January 1892 On election being declared void
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Archibald McDonald	acclaimed
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Lemuel Bethune	1,049
	Liberal	S.C. Campbell	877

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Victoria, Nova Scotia
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross	1,072
	Conservative	Duncan A. McCaskill	785

See also

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