Inverness—Richmond

Federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada

Inverness—Richmond Nova Scotia electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1933
District abolished| 1966
First contested| 1935
Last contested| 1965

Inverness—Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton ridings. It consisted of the counties of Inverness and Richmond and part of the county of Cape Breton (the municipal districts of Bateston (No. 24), Catalone (No. 15), Gabarus (No. 7), Grand Mira (No. 17), Louisburg Parish (No. 6), Main-à-Dieu (No. 5), and Trout Brook (No. 16)), including the town of Louisburg.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

## Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Inverness—Richmond
Riding created from Inverness and Richmond—West Cape Breton
18th |  1935–1940 |  | Donald MacLennan | Liberal
19th |  1940–1945 | Moses Elijah McGarry
20th |  1945–1949
21st |  1949–1953 | William F. Carroll
22nd |  1953–1957 | Allan MacEachen
23rd |  1957–1958
24th |  1958–1962 |  | Robert MacLellan | Progressive Conservative
25th |  1962–1963 |  | Allan MacEachen | Liberal
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
and Cape Breton—East Richmond

## Election results

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1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Donald MacLennan | 9,488
| Conservative | Isaac Duncan MacDougall | 4,672
| Reconstruction | Benjamin A. Leblanc | 2,648
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Moses Elijah McGarry | 9,123
| National Government | Isaac Duncan MacDougall | 7,069
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Moses Elijah McGarry | 8,177
| Progressive Conservative | William Raymond Pearo | 5,037
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Boutin Doyle | 1,720
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William F. Carroll | 10,584
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Lewis MacDonald | 5,082
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 9,033
| Progressive Conservative | William Charles Boudreau | 5,302
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 8,035
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Simpson MacLellan | 7,177
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Robert MacLellan | 7,725
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 7,709
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 8,331
| Progressive Conservative | Robert MacLellan | 7,333
| New Democratic | Gerard V. Chiasson | 816
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 8,373
| Progressive Conservative | Leo Boudreau | 7,013
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Allan MacEachen | 8,137
| Progressive Conservative | Herman A. Samson | 6,798
| New Democratic | Allan Bragg | 427

## See also

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* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## External links

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* Riding history for Inverness—Richmond (1933-1966) from the Library of Parliament

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* Cape Breton—Canso
* Central Nova
* Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
* Halifax
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* Kings—Hants
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* Annapolis
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* Annapolis Valley—Hants
* Antigonish
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* Cape Breton
* Cape Breton—East Richmond
* Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
* Cape Breton North and Victoria
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* Cape Breton South
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* Cape Breton—The Sydneys
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* Dartmouth
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* Digby
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* Digby—Annapolis
* Digby—Annapolis—Kings
* Digby—Yarmouth
* Guysborough
* Halifax—East Hants
* Hants
* Hants—Kings
* Inverness
* Inverness—Richmond
* Kings
* Lunenburg
* North Cape Breton and Victoria
* North Nova
* Pictou
* Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
* Queens
* Queens—Lunenburg
* Queens—Shelburne
* Richmond
* Richmond—West Cape Breton
* Sackville—Eastern Shore
* Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore
* Shelburne
* Shelburne and Queen's
* Shelburne—Yarmouth
* Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
* South Shore
* South Shore—St. Margaret's
* South Western Nova
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* Victoria
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