Hants (provincial electoral district) explained

Hants was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that, at the time of its dissolution, elected one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 until 1949, at which point the district was divided into the current electoral districts of Hants East and Hants West.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Hants elected the following members to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
43rd	1945–1949			Robert A. MacLellan	Liberal
42nd	1941–1945		Alexander Stirling MacMillan
41st	1937–1941
40th	1933–1937

From 1933 to 1949, Hants elected one member to the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 1933, the district elected two members.

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
39th	1930–1933	seat declared vacant				Albert E. Parsons	Liberal-Conservative
	1928–1930		Edgar Nelson Rhodes	Liberal-Conservative
38th	1925–1928
37th	1920–1925		James William Reid	Liberal			John Alexander MacDonald	Farmer's Party
36th	1916–1920					Albert E. Parsons	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1911–1916
34th	1909–1911		James O'Brien	Liberal
	1907–1909					Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
	1906–1907		Arthur Drysdale	Liberal
33rd	1901–1906						Francis Parker McHeffey	Liberal
	1897–1901					Charles Smith Wilcox	Liberal-Conservative
31st	1894–1897
30th	1891–1894					Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal-Conservative
	1890–1891		Allen Haley	Liberal
29th	1886–1890						Archibald Frame	Liberal
28th	1882–1886					Nathaniel David Spence	Liberal-Conservative
27th	1878–1882			Thomas Barlow Smith				Liberal
26th	1874–1878			William Henry Allison	Liberal-Conservative			Alfred Putnam	Liberal-Conservative
25th	1874†			Thomas Barlow Smith	Liberal			Henry Yeomans	Liberal
	1871–1874			William Henry Allison	Liberal-Conservative			William McDougall	Liberal-Conservative
24th	1867–1871			William Dawson Lawrence	Anti-Confederation			Elkanah Young	Anti-Confederation

^†There were two by-elections held in 1874, shortly followed by a general election. The by-elections of March 10th, 1874 saw Allison and McDougall replaced by Smith and Yeomans. The general election held on December 17th, 1874 saw the re-election of Allison and the election of Alfred Putnam.^[1]

Election results

1945

Notes and References

1. Web site: Electoral History for Hants County. October 30, 2013. Nova Scotia Legislature. June 3, 2019.