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Colchester—Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

Colchester—Hants
Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested1935
Last contested1967 by-election

This riding was created in 1933 from Colchester and Hants—Kings. It consisted of the counties of Colchester and Hants. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Annapolis Valley, Halifax—East Hants, and Cumberland—Colchester North ridings.


Members of Parliament


This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Colchester—Hants
Riding created from Colchester and Hants—Kings
18th  1935–1940     Gordon Purdy Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Frank Thomas Stanfield Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957     Gordon Purdy Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Cyril Kennedy Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1967
 1967–1968 Robert Stanfield
Riding dissolved into Annapolis Valley, Halifax—East Hants
and Cumberland—Colchester North

Election results


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1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Purdy9,608
ConservativeWilliam Boardman Armstrong9,402
ReconstructionWentworth Chauncy Miller1,923
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1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Purdy12,328
National GovernmentHadley B. Tremain10,044
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1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFrank Thomas Stanfield11,141
LiberalGordon Purdy11,133
Co-operative CommonwealthClifford Parker Wyman2,165
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1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFrank Thomas Stanfield13,550
LiberalGordon Purdy13,149
Co-operative CommonwealthFrederick C.G. Scott814
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1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalGordon Purdy12,660
Progressive ConservativeFred M. Blois12,271
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer936
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1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril Kennedy15,231
LiberalGordon T. Purdy12,151
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer912
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1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril Kennedy15,653
LiberalRobert Faulkner McLellan11,779
Co-operative CommonwealthRalph Loomer1,267
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1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril Kennedy14,128
LiberalHector Hill13,836
New DemocraticLawrence C. Cameron1,207
UnknownK.Y. Parker411
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1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril Kennedy14,387
LiberalHector Hill14,185
New DemocraticLaurence C. Cameron822
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1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeCyril Kennedy15,250
LiberalHector Hill12,962
New DemocraticGordon S. Schurman1,078
IndependentRobert Kirk299
By-election on 6 November 1967

On Mr. Kennedy's resignation, 18 September 1967

Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield15,389
Independent LiberalRobert Kirk1,098
IndependentElwood Smith221

See also






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