Digby (provincial electoral district)

Digby was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1993.

From 1867 to 1949, the district included all of Digby County. After 1949, the Municipality of Clare received its own electoral district.^[1] From 1949 to 1993, the district included the town of Digby and the Municipality of Digby.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
55th	1988-1993	Joseph H. Casey	Liberal
54th	1984-1988	Merryl Lawton	Progressive Conservative
53rd	1981-1984	Joseph H. Casey	Liberal
52nd	1978-1981
51st	1974-1978
50th	1970-1974
49th	1967-1970	Robert Baden Powell	Progressive Conservative
48th	1963-1967	Robert Baden Powell	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960-1963	Victor Cardoza	Liberal
46th	1956-1960	Malcolm Stewart Leonard	Progressive Conservative
45th	1953–1956	Victor Cardoza	Liberal
44th	1949–1953	E. Keith Potter	Progressive Conservative
43rd	1945-1949	Joseph William Comeau	Liberal
42nd	1941-1945
41st	1937-1941
40th	1933-1937
Digby returned two members before 1933
39th	1928-1933	Joseph William Comeau	Liberal	Alexander Stirling MacMillan	Liberal
38th	1925-1928	Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau	Liberal-Conservative	William Hudson Farnham	Liberal-Conservative
37th	1920-1925	Henry Ward Beecher Warner	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	Liberal
36th	1916-1920	Henry Ward Beecher Warner	Liberal
35th	1911-1916	Harry Hatheway Marshall	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911	Allan Ellsworth Wall	Liberal
34th	1910-1911	Allan Ellsworth Wall
	1907-1910	Angus Morrison Gidney
	1906-1907			Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
33rd	1901-1906
32nd	1897-1901
31st	1895-1897
31st	1894-1895	Eliakim Tupper
30th	1890-1894	Eliakim Tupper
29th	1886-1890	Henri M. Robicheau		John S. McNeill
28th	1882-1886			John S. McNeill
27th	1878-1882			Benjamin Van Blarcom	Liberal-Conservative
26th	1874-1878			Colin Campbell	Liberal
25th	1871-1874	William Berrian Vail		Urbine Doucett
24th	1867-1871	William Berrian Vail		Urbine Doucett

Election results[edit]

1867[edit]

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Berrian Vail	1,139	36.00%
	Liberal	Urbain Doucette	1,010	31.92%
	Liberal–Conservative	Colin Campbell	612	19.34%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. Melanson	403	12.74%
Total			3,164	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871[edit]

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Berrian Vail	1,028	35.83%
	Liberal	Urbain Doucette	1,019	35.52%
	Liberal–Conservative	Colin Campbell	721	25.13%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. Amirault	101	3.52%
Total			2,869	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874[edit]

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Colin Campbell	1,123	35.17%
	Liberal	Henri M. Robicheau	967	30.28%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. C. Wade	574	17.98%
	Liberal	Urbain Doucette	529	16.57%
Total			3,193	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878[edit]

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Benjamin VanBlarcom	833	22.80%
	Liberal	Henri M. Robicheau	830	22.72%
	Liberal	Urbain Doucette	738	20.20%
	Independent	Colin Campbell	725	19.85%
	Liberal	John S. McNeill	527	14.43%
Total			3,653	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882[edit]

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri M. Robicheau	1,048	29.59%
	Liberal	John S. McNeill	986	27.84%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Taylor	752	21.23%
	Liberal–Conservative	O. Doucette	664	18.75%
	Independent	William Lent	92	2.60%
Total			3,542	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886[edit]

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henri M. Robicheau	1,108	42.35%
	Liberal	John S. McNeill	986	37.69%
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert G. Munroe	522	19.95%
Total			2,616	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890[edit]

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau	1,207	26.57%
	Liberal	Eliakim Tupper	1,179	25.96%
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert G. Munroe	708	15.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	Daniel LeBlanc	665	14.64%
	Liberal	William German	437	9.62%
	Liberal	Edward Hogan	346	7.62%
Total			4,542	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894[edit]

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eliakim Tupper	1,245	27.92%
	Liberal	Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau	1,228	27.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Dugas	1,018	22.83%
	Liberal–Conservative	M. R. Timpany	968	21.71%
Total			4,459	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897[edit]

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau	1,512	31.43%
	Liberal	Angus Morrison Gidney	1,498	31.14%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frank E. Comeau	940	19.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	M. Dupuis	860	17.88%
Total			4,810	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901[edit]

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau	1,507	37.12%
	Liberal	Angus Morrison Gidney	1,400	34.48%
	Liberal–Conservative	J. K. Tobin	611	15.05%
	Liberal–Conservative	Louis Dugas	542	13.35%
Total			4,060	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906[edit]

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau	1,376	32.51%
	Liberal	Angus Morrison Gidney	1,253	29.61%
	Liberal–Conservative	M. H. Marshall	829	19.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	A. A. Theriault	774	18.29%
Total			4,232	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911[edit]

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	1,892	28.09%
	Liberal	Allen Ellsworth Wall	1,855	27.54%
	Liberal–Conservative	Harry Hatheway Marshall	1,599	23.74%
	Liberal–Conservative	F. P. Deveau	1,389	20.62%
Total			6,735	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916[edit]

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	2,002	28.20%
	Liberal	Henry W. B. Warner	1,903	26.81%
	Liberal–Conservative	Felix M. Gaudet	1,604	22.59%
	Liberal–Conservative	Walton K. Tibert	1,590	22.40%
Total			7,099	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920[edit]

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	3,165	32.67%
	Liberal	Henry W. B. Warner	2,997	30.93%
	United Farmers	Glidden Campbell	1,835	18.94%
	United Farmers	Emede Robicheau	1,692	17.46%
Total			9,689	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925[edit]

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	William Hudson Farnham	3,862	30.27%
	Liberal–Conservative	Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau	3,827	30.00%
	Liberal	Henry W. B. Warner	2,545	19.95%
	Liberal	Gilbert J. Belliveau	2,524	19.78%
Total			12,758	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928[edit]

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	3,763	27.55%
	Liberal	Alexander Stirling MacMillan	3,557	26.04%
	Liberal–Conservative	H. E. Wagner	3,213	23.52%
	Liberal–Conservative	Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau	3,125	22.88%
Total			13,658	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933[edit]

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	5,372	59.20%
	Liberal–Conservative	Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau	3,703	40.80%
Total			9,075	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1937[edit]

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	5,179	58.19%	-1.00%
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Brenett Pugh	3,721	41.81%	1.00%
Total			8,900	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1941[edit]

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	4,818	62.34%	4.15%
	Liberal–Conservative	James John Wallis	2,910	37.66%	-4.15%
Total			7,728	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1945[edit]

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph William Comeau	4,714	59.13%	-3.21%
	Liberal–Conservative	Kenneth Earl Smith	2,706	33.94%	-3.71%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edgar Lawrence Outhouse	552	6.92%	–
Total			7,972	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1949[edit]

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	E. Keith Potter	2,830	50.74%	16.79%
	Liberal	Blanchard Spring Morrell	2,748	49.26%	-9.87%
Total			5,578	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1953[edit]

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Cardoza	2,770	52.40%	3.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Stewart Leonard	2,516	47.60%	–
Total			5,286	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1956[edit]

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Malcolm Stewart Leonard	2,701	51.35%	3.75%
	Liberal	Victor Cardoza	2,559	48.65%	-3.75%
Total			5,260	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1960[edit]

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Victor Cardoza	2,651	49.23%	0.58%
	Progressive Conservative	E. Keith Potter	2,593	48.15%	-3.20%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Foster Journeay	141	2.62%	–
Total			5,385	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1963[edit]

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Baden Powell	2,671	52.23%	4.08%
	Liberal	Victor Cardoza	2,378	46.50%	-2.73%
	New Democratic	Louis A. Beeler	65	1.27%	–
Total			5,114	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1967[edit]

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Baden Powell	2,524	51.31%	-0.92%
	Liberal	Phillip R. Woolaver	2,395	48.69%	2.19%
Total			4,919	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1970[edit]

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Casey	2,903	57.54%	8.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Gifford W. Lewis	2,142	42.46%	-8.85%
Total			5,045	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1970). Legislature of Nova Scotia Election Returns (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1974[edit]

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Casey	3,525	65.90%	8.36%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Nichols	1,590	29.73%	-12.73%
	New Democratic	Caleb Barry Haight	234	4.37%	–
Total			5,349	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1978[edit]

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Casey	3,048	51.56%	-14.34%
	Progressive Conservative	John Comeau	2,603	44.03%	14.30%
	New Democratic	John Gray	261	4.41%	0.04%
Total			5,912	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1981[edit]

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Casey	2,918	46.04%	-5.52%
	Progressive Conservative	John Comeau	2,643	41.70%	-2.33%
	New Democratic	Bill Redden	777	12.26%	7.84%
Total			6,338	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirteith General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1984[edit]

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Merryl Lawton	3,451	60.66%	18.96%
	Liberal	Paul Scovil	1,657	29.13%	-16.91%
	New Democratic	Susan Jamieson	581	10.21%	-2.05%
Total			5,689	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

1988[edit]

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph H. Casey	3,514	52.87%	23.75%
	Progressive Conservative	Maxine Connell	2,687	40.43%	-20.23%
	New Democratic	Susan Jamieson	445	6.70%	-3.52%
Total			6,646	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Digby" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia. Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF). Queen's Printer.

References[edit]

^ Clare-Digby Riding History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine NS Legislature

Elections Nova Scotia - Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 (PDF) Archived 2017-01-11 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Clare-Digby Riding History Archived 2017-08-23 at the Wayback Machine NS Legislature

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