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:
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! Parliament
! style="width: 80px;" | Years
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
! colspan="2" | Member
! Party
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="8" align="center" | Pictou
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 1st
| 1867 – 1869
| |
| rowspan="2" | James William Carmichael
| Anti-Confederation
|-
| 1869 – 1872
| |
| Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 2nd
| 1872 – 1874
| |
| Robert Doull
| Liberal–Conservative
| |
| James McDonald
| Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 3rd
| 1874 – 1878
| |
| James William Carmichael
| Liberal
| |
| John A. Dawson
| Liberal
|-
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 4th
| align="center" | 1878
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | James McDonald
| rowspan="2" | Conservative
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | Robert Doull
| rowspan="3" | Liberal–Conservative
|-
| 1878 – 1881
|-
| 1881 – 1882
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" | John McDougald
| rowspan="5" | Liberal–Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 5th
| 1882 – 1887
| rowspan="6" |
| rowspan="6" | Charles Hibbert Tupper
| rowspan="6" | Conservative
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 6th
| 1887 – 1888
|-
| 1888 – 1891
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 7th
| 1891 – 1896
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 8th
| 1896 – 1900
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Adam Carr Bell
| rowspan="2" | Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 9th
| 1900 – 1904
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 10th
| 1904 – 1908
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | Edward Mortimer Macdonald
| rowspan="3" | Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 11th
| 1908 – 1911
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 12th
| 1911 – 1917
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 13th
| 1917 – 1921
| |
| Alexander McGregor
| Government (Unionist)
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 14th
| 1921 – 1923
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Edward Mortimer Macdonald
| rowspan="2" | Liberal
|-
| 1923 – 1925
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 15th
| 1925 – 1926
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" | Thomas Cantley
| rowspan="3" | Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 16th
| 1926 – 1930
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 17th
| 1930 – 1935
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 18th
| 1935 – 1940
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" | Henry Byron McCulloch
| rowspan="5" | Liberal
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 19th
| 1940 – 1945
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 20th
| 1945 – 1949
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 21st
| 1949 – 1953
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 22nd
| 1953 – 1957
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 23rd
| 1957 – 1958
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" | Russell MacEwan
| rowspan="5" | Progressive Conservative
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 24th
| 1958 – 1962
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 25th
| 1962 – 1963
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 26th
| 1963 – 1965
|-
| bgcolor="whitesmoke" align="center" | 27th
| 1965 – 1968
|-
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="8" align="center" | 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