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Kings was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925.

Kings

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kings

It was created in the British North America Act, 1867. The riding was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Hants—Kings riding. It consisted of Kings County.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kings
1st	1867–1869		William Henry Chipman	Anti-Confederation
	1869–1870			Liberal
	1870–1872		Leverett de Veber Chipman
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878		Frederick William Borden
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Douglas Benjamin Woodworth	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1891		Frederick William Borden	Liberal
7th	1891–1891
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1896
	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Arthur de Witt Foster	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Robert Borden	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Ernest William Robinson	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Hants—Kings

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Anti-Confederation	William Henry Chipman	1,472
	Unknown	Coleman	659

By-election on 23 June 1870 On Mr. Chipman's death, 9 April 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leverett de Veber Chipman	acclaimed

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Leverett de Veber Chipman	1,317
	Unknown	J.L. Wickwire	713

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	1,043
	Liberal	Leverett de Veber Chipman	945

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	1,639
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas B. Woodworth	1,374

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas B. Woodworth	1,707
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	1,357

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	1,970
	Liberal–Conservative	Douglas B. Woodworth	1,522

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	1,815
	Conservative	C.R. Bill	1,654

By-election on 13 February 1892 On Mr. Borden being unseated on petition, 28 November 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	2,252
	Conservative	W.C. Bill	1,781

By-election on 30 July 1896 On Mr. Borden being named Minister of Militia and Defence, 11 July 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	acclaimed

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	2,233
	Conservative	Barclay Webster	1,890

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	2,594
	Conservative	J.W. Ryan	1,427

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	2,482
	Conservative	Nathan Woodworth Eaton	1,991

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur de Witt Foster	2,474
	Liberal	Frederick William Borden	2,323

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government (Unionist)	Robert Borden	3,941	60.96	Y
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James Sealy	2,524	39.04
Total valid votes			6,465	100.0
Source(s) "Kings, Nova Scotia (1867-08-06 - 1925-09-04)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ernest William Robinson	5,812
	Conservative	Horton W. Phinney	5,097

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Halifax	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1917-1920	Succeeded by Portage la Prairie

• Riding history for Kings (1867–1924) from the Library of Parliament

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