Pictou was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created in the British North America Act 1867. It consisted of the County of Pictou. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the riding of Central Nova. It returned two members from 1872 to 1903.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament Years Member Party Member Party Pictou 1st 1867 – 1869 James William Carmichael Anti-Confederation 1869 – 1872 Liberal 2nd 1872 – 1874 Robert Doull Liberal–Conservative James McDonald Conservative 3rd 1874 – 1878 James William Carmichael Liberal John A. Dawson Liberal 4th 1878 James McDonald Conservative Robert Doull Liberal–Conservative 1878 – 1881 1881 – 1882 John McDougald Liberal–Conservative 5th 1882 – 1887 Charles Hibbert Tupper Conservative 6th 1887 – 1888 1888 – 1891 7th 1891 – 1896 8th 1896 – 1900 Adam Carr Bell Conservative 9th 1900 – 1904 10th 1904 – 1908 Edward Mortimer Macdonald Liberal 11th 1908 – 1911 12th 1911 – 1917 13th 1917 – 1921 Alexander McGregor Government (Unionist) 14th 1921 – 1923 Edward Mortimer Macdonald Liberal 1923 – 1925 15th 1925 – 1926 Thomas Cantley Conservative 16th 1926 – 1930 17th 1930 – 1935 18th 1935 – 1940 Henry Byron McCulloch Liberal 19th 1940 – 1945 20th 1945 – 1949 21st 1949 – 1953 22nd 1953 – 1957 23rd 1957 – 1958 Russell MacEwan Progressive Conservative 24th 1958 – 1962 25th 1962 – 1963 26th 1963 – 1965 27th 1965 – 1968 Riding dissolved into Central Nova
Election results
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
External links Riding history for Pictou (1867–1966) from the Library of Parliament