Kings (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district)

Kings was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that, at the time of its dissolution, elected two members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1956, when Kings County was divided into the three electoral districts of Kings North, Kings South and Kings West. Apart from a brief period between 1933 and 1945, during which one member was elected, Kings always elected two members to the Legislature.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kings elected the following members to the legislature:[1]

Legislature Years Member Party Member Party
45th 1953-1956 Edward Haliburton Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs Progressive Conservative
44th 1949-1953 David Durell Sutton Liberal William H. Pipe Liberal
43rd 1945-1949 John Alexander McDonald Liberal
42nd 1941-1945
seat declared vacant
41st 1937-1941
40th 1933-1937
39th 1928-1933 George C. Nowlan Liberal-Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell Liberal-Conservative
38th 1925-1928
37th 1923-1925 James Sealy Liberal John Alexander McDonald Liberal
1920-1923 Harry H. Wickwire Liberal
36th 1916-1920 James E. Kinsman Liberal-Conservative
35th 1911-1916 Archibald M. Covert Liberal
34th 1911* Charles A. Campbell Unity Reform Party
1906-1910 Brenton Dodge Liberal
33rd 1901-1906 Harry H. Wickwire Liberal
32nd 1897-1901
31st 1894-1897
30th 1890-1894 Alfred P. Welton Liberal Barclay Webster Liberal-Conservative
29th 1886-1890 Leander Rand Liberal William C. Bill Liberal-Conservative
28th 1882-1886 Thomas R. Harris Liberal-Conservative Thomas Lewis Dodge Liberal
27th 1878-1882 James Stainforth MacDonald Liberal-Conservative William C. Bill Liberal-Conservative
26th 1874-1878 Douglas Benjamin Woodworth Liberal-Conservative John Burton North Independent
25th 1871-1874 Daniel Charles Moore Liberal-Conservative
24th 1867-1871 Edward L. Brown Anti-Confederation Party David M. Dickie Anti-Confederation Party

*NB Dodge died in office on December 30, 1910. Wickwire was elected to replace him in a by-election on January 31, 1911. Wickwire was then re-elected in the Nova Scotia general election held on June 14, 1911[1].

Election results

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal David M. Dickie 1,393 32.87%
Liberal Edward L. Brown 1,280 30.20%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 904 21.33%
Liberal–Conservative R. C. Foster 661 15.60%
Total 4,238 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Charles Moore 1,094 29.80%
Liberal–Conservative Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 984 26.80%
Liberal Edward L. Brown 797 21.71%
Liberal David M. Dickie 796 21.68%
Total 3,671 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 1,260 28.16%
Independent John B. North 1,171 26.17%
Liberal Daniel Charles Moore 1,027 22.95%
Liberal Henry Shaw 1,016 22.71%
Total 4,474 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative William C. Bill 1,601 28.16%
Liberal–Conservative J. S. McDonald 1,527 26.86%
Liberal G. W. Fisher 1,414 24.87%
Liberal E. A. Forsyth 1,143 20.11%
Total 5,685 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Lewis Dodge 1,437 25.82%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,345 24.17%
Liberal–Conservative William C. Bill 1,267 22.77%
Liberal C. B. Hickey 1,198 21.53%
Independent James Lyons 318 5.71%
Total 5,565 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Leander Rand 1,635 26.54%
Liberal–Conservative William C. Hill 1,560 25.32%
Liberal Alfred P. Welton 1,535 24.92%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,430 23.21%
Total 6,160 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Barclay Webster 1,741 27.83%
Liberal Alfred P. Welton 1,572 25.13%
Liberal–Conservative Thomas R. Harris 1,540 24.62%
Liberal J. E. Starr 1,403 22.43%
Total 6,256 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,227 31.00%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97%
Liberal–Conservative Barclay Webster 1,580 21.99%
Liberal–Conservative R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04%
Total 7,184 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,354 33.08%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,195 30.85%
Liberal–Conservative Peter Innis 1,460 20.52%
Liberal–Conservative Leander Rand 1,107 15.56%
Total 7,116 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,225 33.97%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,122 32.40%
Liberal–Conservative J. W. Ryan 1,116 17.04%
Liberal–Conservative Peter Innes 1,087 16.60%
Total 6,550 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Brenton Dodge 2,152 25.83%
Independent Charles Alexander Campbell 2,148 25.78%
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,056 24.67%
Liberal–Conservative E. W. Sawyer 1,977 23.72%
Total 8,333 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,413 27.12%
Liberal Archibald Menzies Covert 2,156 24.24%
Liberal–Conservative N. W. Eaton 1,893 21.28%
Liberal–Conservative S. C. Parker 1,599 17.97%
Independent Charles Alexander Campbell 835 9.39%
Total 8,896 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 2,499 26.44%
Liberal–Conservative James E. Kinsman 2,421 25.62%
Liberal Charles Alexander Campbell 2,318 24.53%
Liberal–Conservative Joseph D. Spidell 2,212 23.41%
Total 9,450 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Harry H. Wickwire 4,917 29.48%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 4,705 28.21%
Liberal–Conservative James E. Kinsman 3,622 21.71%
Liberal–Conservative C. R. Bill 3,437 20.60%
Total 16,681 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,520 26.95%
Liberal–Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63%
Liberal John Alexander Macdonald 4,963 24.23%
Liberal Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18%
Total 20,481 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal–Conservative Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,540 27.69%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,452 27.25%
Liberal James F. Durno 5,003 25.01%
Liberal Frederick J. Porter 4,010 20.04%
Total 20,005 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 6,700 52.35%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 6,098 47.65%
Total 12,798 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 7,470 56.33% 3.98%
Liberal–Conservative George Nowlan 5,790 43.67% -3.98%
Total 13,260 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Alexander McDonald 6,654 62.58% 6.25%
Liberal–Conservative Raymond Crosby 3,978 37.42% -6.25%
Total 10,632 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,027 59.66% -2.92%
Liberal–Conservative William Chisholm 4,751 40.34% 2.92%
Total 11,778 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William H. Pipe 7,369 25.51% -34.15%
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,322 25.34% -34.32%
Liberal–Conservative Edward Haliburton 7,138 24.71% -15.63%
Liberal–Conservative Hiram Thomas 7,061 24.44% -15.90%
Total 28,890 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election: Kings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Edward Haliburton 7,642 25.98% –
Progressive Conservative George Arthur Boggs 7,481 25.43% –
Liberal David Durell Sutton 7,245 24.63% -26.22%
Liberal William H. Pipe 7,047 23.96% -26.89%
Total 29,415 –
Source(s)
Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2021). "Electoral History for Kings West" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Electoral History for Kings County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislature. August 2, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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