Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.

The district includes the community of Antigonish and the surrounding Antigonish County. It is bordered by Pictou East to the west, Guysborough-Sheet Harbour to its south, the Strait of Canso to the east, and the Northumberland Strait to the north.

With the electoral boundary changes announced on September 12, 2012, the area east of Tracadie River is moved to the new riding of Guysborough–Eastern Shore–Tracadie.

Geography
The electoral district of Antigonish covers 1353 km2 of land.

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

1882 by-election



 * Conservative
 * Charles B. Whidden
 * align="right"|1225
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 * Liberal
 * C. C. Gregrory
 * align="right"|884
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1887 by-election



 * Liberal
 * Angus MacGillivray
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1891 by-election



 * Conservative
 * C. P. Chisholm
 * align="right"|933
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 * Liberal
 * J. J. Cameron
 * align="right"|916
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1895 by-election



 * Liberal
 * A. MacGillivray
 * align="right"|1312
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 * Liberal-Conservative
 * D. A. Fraser
 * align="right"|1016
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1903 by-election



 * Liberal
 * Fred Robert Trotter
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1913 by-election



 * Liberal
 * John Stanfield O'Brien
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1923 by-election



 * Liberal
 * William Chisholm
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1942 by-election



 * Liberal
 * John Patrick Gorman
 * align="right"|2496
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 * Conservative
 * Russell Cunningham
 * align="right"|1099
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2009 by-election

 * New Democrat
 * Maurice Smith
 * align="right"|3,310
 * align="right"|41.02
 * align="right"|+5.84


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Darren Thompson
 * align="right"|2,855
 * align="right"|35.38
 * align="right"|-2.70


 * Liberal
 * Miles Tompkins
 * align="right"|1,830
 * align="right"|22.68
 * align="right"|-2.38


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2013



 * Liberal
 * Randy Delorey
 * align="right"| 3882
 * align="right"| 42.78
 * align="right"| +20.10


 * Progressive Conservative
 * Darren Thompson
 * align="right"| 2868
 * align="right"| 31.61
 * align="right"| -3.77


 * New Democrat
 * Maurice Smith
 * align="right"| 2324
 * align="right"| 25.61
 * align="right"| -15.41


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