Antigonish (provincial electoral district)

Antigonish
Nova Scotia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Nova Scotia House of Assembly
MLA	Michelle Thompson; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	1867
First contested	1867
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	19,590
Electors	13,314
Area (km²)	1,353
Pop. density (per km²)	14.5
Census division	Antigonish County
Census subdivision	Antigonish

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.^[1]^[2]

Geography

The electoral district of Antigonish covers 1,353 km² (522 sq mi) of land.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Dual-member era

Legislature	Years		Party		Party
24th	1867–1871	Daniel MacDonald	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
25th	1871–1874			Joseph MacDonald	Liberal
26th	1874–1877			John J. McKinnon	Independent
26th	1877–1878			John Sparrow David Thompson	Conservative
27th	1878–1882	Angus McGillivray	Liberal
28th	1882
28th	1882–1886			Charles B. Whidden	Conservative
29th	1886–1890			Colin Francis McIsaac	Liberal
30th	1890–1891
30th	1891–1894	Christopher P. Chisholm	Liberal
31st	1894–1895
31st	1895–1897			Angus McGillivray	Liberal
32nd	1897–1901
33rd	1901–1903
33rd	1903–1906			Fred Robert Trotter	Liberal
34th	1906–1911
35th	1911	Edward Lavin Girroir	Liberal-Conservative
35th	1913–1916	John Sarsfield O'Brien	Liberal-Conservative
36th	1916–1920	William Chisholm	Liberal
37th	1920–1925			Angus J. MacGillivray	United Farmers
38th	1925–1928			John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
39th	1928–1933			John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal

Single-member era

Antigonish
Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Riding returned 2 members prior to 1933
40th	1933–1937		John Laughlin McIsaac	Liberal
41st	1937–1941		John Laughlin McIsaac
42nd	1941–1942		John A. MacIsaac
42nd	1942–1945		John Patrick Gorman
43rd	1945–1949		John Patrick Gorman
44th	1949–1953		Colin H. Chisholm
45th	1953–1956		Colin H. Chisholm
46th	1956–1960		William F. MacKinnon	Progressive Conservative
47th	1960–1963
48th	1963–1967
49th	1967–1970
50th	1970–1974		Bill Gillis	Liberal
51st	1974–1978
52nd	1978–1981
53rd	1981–1984
54th	1984–1988
55th	1988–1993
56th	1993–1998
57th	1998–1999		Hyland Fraser
58th	1999–2003		Angus MacIsaac	Progressive Conservative
59th	2003–2006
60th	2006–2009
61st	2009–2009
61st	2009–2013		Maurice Smith	New Democratic
62nd	2013–2017		Randy Delorey	Liberal
63rd	2017–2021		Randy Delorey	Liberal
64th	2021–2024		Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative
65th	2024–present		Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative

Election results

2024

2024 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michelle Thompson	5,202	64.82	+4.98
	Liberal	Sheila Sears	1,720	21.43	-16.67
	New Democratic	John David MacIsaac	1,103	13.74	–
Total			8,025	–
Total rejected ballots			48
Turnout			8,076	52.37
Eligible voters			15,422
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[4]

2021

2021 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Michelle Thompson	4,707	49.98	+14.86	$53,998.17
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	2,997	31.82	-11.56	$62,427.05
	New Democratic	Moraig Macgillivray	1,552	16.48	-3.83	$47,736.84
	Green	Will Fraser	128	1.36	–	$274.35
	Atlantica	Ryan Smyth	34	0.36	-0.83	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			9.418	99.59	-0.01	$85,581.45
Total rejected ballots			39	0.41	+0.01
Turnout			9,457	64.78	+2.68
Eligible voters			14,599
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+13.21
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[5]^[6]

2017

2017 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	3,877	43.38	+0.60
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Mattie	3,139	35.12	+3.52
	New Democratic	Moraig MacGillivray	1,815	20.31	-5.30
	Atlantica	Ryan Smyth	106	1.19
Total valid votes			8,973	99.60
Total rejected ballots			36	0.40	-0.48
Turnout			8,973	62.08	-3.12
Eligible voters			14,455
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.46
Source: Elections Nova Scotia^[7]^[8]

2013

2013 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Randy Delorey	3,882	42.78%	20.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2,868	31.61%	-3.78%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	2,324	25.61%	-15.41%
Total valid votes			9,074	100.00
Total rejected ballots			81	0.88
Turnout			9,155	65.20
Eligible voters			14,041
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2013). 39th Provincial General Election, October 8, 2013: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2026.

2009

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 2009-10-20
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	3,310	41.02%	5.84%
	Progressive Conservative	Darren Thompson	2,855	35.38%	-2.69%
	Liberal	Miles Tompkins	1,830	22.68%	-2.38%
	Green	Michael Marshall	74	0.92%	-0.77%
Total			8,069	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2009

2009 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	3,613	38.08%	-10.14%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	3,338	35.18%	16.15%
	Liberal	Miles Tompkins	2,378	25.06%	-5.83%
	Green	Rebecca Steeves Mosher	160	1.69%	-0.18%
Total			9,489	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2006

2006 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,662	48.22%	6.58%
	Liberal	Daniel J. MacIsaac	2,987	30.89%	-4.82%
	New Democratic	Andrew MacDonald	1,840	19.03%	1.86%
	Green	Judith Dowden	180	1.86%	–
Total			9,669	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

2003

2003 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,256	41.64%	2.34%
	Liberal	David Allister Cameron	3,650	35.71%	-3.47%
	New Democratic	Terry O'Toole	1,755	17.17%	-4.35%
	Marijuana	Gene Purdy	560	5.48%	–
Total			10,221	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1999

1999 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,070	39.30%	7.53%
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4,058	39.18%	-2.37%
	New Democratic	Charlene Long	2,229	21.52%	-5.17%
Total			10,357	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1999). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Fifth General Election (Report). Elections Nova Scotia.

1998

1998 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hyland Fraser	4,649	41.55%	-22.93%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew MacNeil	3,554	31.76%	3.50%
	New Democratic	Maurice Smith	2,986	26.69%	19.43%
Total			11,189	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1993

1993 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	7,292	64.48%	11.24%
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth Chisholm	3,196	28.26%	-11.31%
	New Democratic	Marion MacDonald	821	7.26%	0.07%
Total			11,309	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1993). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Third General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018.

1988

1988 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	6,004	53.24%	5.46%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Garvie	4,463	39.57%	-5.31%
	New Democratic	Bill Woodfine	811	7.19%	-0.14%
Total			11,278	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1988). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-Second General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2018.

1984

1984 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	5,167	47.78%	1.31%
	Progressive Conservative	Elizabeth Chisholm	4,854	44.89%	0.99%
	New Democratic	Bill Woodfine	793	7.33%	-2.30%
Total			10,814	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1984). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirty-First General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017.

1981

1981 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,522	46.47%	-3.34%
	Progressive Conservative	Angus MacIsaac	4,271	43.90%	4.45%
	New Democratic	John A. Murphy	937	9.63%	-1.10%
Total			9,730	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1981). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Thirtieth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2017.

1978

1978 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,689	49.82%	-7.06%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill MacNeil	3,713	39.45%	4.36%
	New Democratic	John Arthur Murphy	1,010	10.73%	2.70%
Total			9,412	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1978). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Ninth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018.

1974

1974 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	5,141	56.88%	5.97%
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald A. (Ronnie) MacDonald	3,172	35.09%	-10.63%
	New Democratic	Patrick D. Gough	726	8.03%	4.66%
Total			9,039	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (1974). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, Twenty-Eighth General Election (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2018.

1970

1970 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	4,002	50.91%	1.11%
	Progressive Conservative	William Shaw	3,594	45.72%	-4.48%
	New Democratic	Alex MacPherson	265	3.37%	–
Total			7,861	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia, Legislative Assembly (1970). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly, 1970 (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018.

1967

1967 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,222	50.20%	-4.38%
	Liberal	Bill Gillis	3,196	49.80%	4.38%
Total			6,418	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1967). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018.

1963

1963 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,334	54.58%	-0.18%
	Liberal	Ronald Saint John Chisholm	2,774	45.42%	2.41%
Total			6,108	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1963). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018.

1960

1960 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	3,177	54.77%	2.83%
	Liberal	Vincent J. MacDonald	2,495	43.01%	-5.05%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex MacPherson	129	2.22%	–
Total			5,801	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1960). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2018.

1956

1956 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	William F. MacKinnon	2,884	51.94%	39.35%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	2,669	48.06%	-0.85%
Total			5,553	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1956). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018.

1953

1953 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	2,624	48.92%	-9.32%
	Dem	Vincent J. MacDonald	2,065	38.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Terrance Bernard Thompson	675	12.58%	-29.18%
Total			5,364	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1953). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018.

1949

1949 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colin H. Chisholm	3,179	58.23%	-3.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Terrance Bernard Thompson	2,280	41.77%	3.60%
Total			5,459	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1949). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018.

1945

1945 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2,650	61.83%	-7.60%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas MacDonald	1,636	38.17%	7.60%
Total			4,286	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1945). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2018.

1942 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1942-10-19
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Patrick Gorman	2,496	69.43%	7.91%
	Progressive Conservative	Russell Cunningham	1,099	30.57%	-7.91%
Total			3,595	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1941

1941 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John A. MacIsaac	2,759	61.52%	0.41%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Ignatius Webb	1,726	38.48%	-0.41%
Total			4,485	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1941). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2024.

1937

1937 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	3,160	61.11%	6.79%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Hamilton Butts	2,011	38.89%	–
Total			5,171	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1937). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2019.

1933

1933 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,951	54.32%	-2.24%
	Liberal-Conservative	John A. Walker	2,482	45.68%	2.24%
Total			5,433	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca. Nova Scotia Legislature (1933). Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly (PDF) (Report). Queen's Printer. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2019.

1928

1928 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,431	28.42%	Y
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,407	28.14%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	John F. McLellan	1,925	22.50%
	Liberal-Conservative	John D. MacIntyre	1,792	20.95%
Total			8,555	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1925

1925 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	John L. MacIsaac	2,393	27.74%	Y
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,267	26.28%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Duncan S. Chisholm	2,095	24.29%
	Liberal-Conservative	Frederick R. Irish	1,871	21.69%
Total			8,626	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1923 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1923-01-16
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William Chisholm	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1920

1920 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William Chisholm	2,059	28.23%	Y
	United Farmers	Angus J. MacGillivray	1,804	24.73%	Y
	Liberal	Alexander Stirling MacMillan	1,725	23.65%
	United Farmers	Frederick R. Irish	1,706	23.39%
Total			7,294	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1916

1916 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William Chisholm	1,366	28.54%	Y
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	1,300	27.16%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	John Sarsfield O'Brien	1,167	24.38%
	Liberal-Conservative	Allan Macdonald	953	19.91%
Total			4,786	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1913

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1913-01-16
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	John Sarsfield O'Brien	1,354	56.18%	Y
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,056	43.82%
Total			2,410	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1911

1911 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Edward Lavin Girroir	1,299	27.92%	Y
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	1,267	27.24%	Y
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,070	23.00%
	Liberal-Conservative	Hugh Macdougall	1,016	21.84%
Total			4,652	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1907 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1907-04-09
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1906

1906 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1903 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1903-01-22
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Fred Robert Trotter	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1901

1901 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1897

1897 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,263	27.77%	Y
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,176	25.86%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	1,123	24.69%
	Liberal-Conservative	Hugh Macdougald	986	21.68%
Total			4,548	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1895

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1895-06-13
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,314	56.18%	Y
	Liberal	D. A. Fraser	1,025	43.82%
Total			2,339	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1894

1894 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,333	27.99%	Y
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	1,225	25.72%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	J. J. Cameron	1,141	23.96%
	Liberal-Conservative	C. Ernest Gregory	1,064	22.34%
Total			4,763	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1891

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1891-03-05
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Christopher P. Chisholm	933	50.46%	Y
	Liberal	J. J. Cameron	916	49.54%
Total			1,849	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1890

1890 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,362	30.68%	Y
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,274	28.70%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	J. J. Cameron	1,003	22.60%
	Liberal-Conservative	Archibald McPhee	800	18.02%
Total			4,439	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1887

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1887-03-08
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1886

1886 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,384	34.30%	Y
	Liberal	Colin Francis McIsaac	1,269	31.45%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	900	22.30%
	Liberal-Conservative	Rod K. McDonald	482	11.95%
Total			4,035	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1882
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Blanchard Whidden	1,026	59.96%	Y
	Liberal	C. C. Gregory	685	40.04%
Total			1,711	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1882

1882 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	John Sparrow David Thompson	1,166	25.83%	Y
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	1,094	24.24%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles B. Whidden	1,026	22.73%
	Liberal	C. C. Gregory	685	15.18%
	Liberal	Joseph McDonald	543	12.03%
Total			4,514	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1878

1878 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Angus McGillivray	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	John Sparrow David Thompson	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1877 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1877
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	John Sparrow David Thompson	Acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1874

1874 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	John J. McKinnon	1,012	41.73%	Y
	Liberal	Daniel McDonald	752	31.01%	Y
	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	661	27.26%
Total			2,425	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1873 by-election

Nova Scotia provincial by-election, 1873
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Daniel McDonald	acclaimed	N/A	Y
Total				–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1871

1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Daniel McDonald	1,052	30.62%	Y
	Liberal	Joseph MacDonald	978	28.46%	Y
	Liberal-Conservative	R. N. Henry	853	24.83%
	Liberal-Conservative	Angus McGillivray	553	16.09%
Total			3,436	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

1867

1867 Nova Scotia general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Anti-Confederation	Daniel McDonald	1,424	45.95%	Y
	Anti-Confederation	Joseph MacDonald	1,072	34.59%	Y
	Confederation	R. N. Henry	410	13.23%
	Confederation	J. Macdonald	193	6.23%
Total			3,099	–
Source(s) Source: Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

References

^ ^a ^b MacNeil, Teresa (2012). Electoral Boundaries Commission: Toward Fair and Effective Representation (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013.
^ Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.
^ "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
^ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

Elections Nova Scotia, Summary Results from 1867 to 2011 Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (August 5, 2003). Retrieved December 1, 2013.
Elections Nova Scotia, Complete Results and Statistics (June 13, 2006) Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 1, 2013.

External links

CBC: 2013 riding profile

[rdp-we-cite_note-FinalBoundaries2012-1] MacNeil, Teresa (2012). Electoral Boundaries Commission: Toward Fair and Effective Representation (PDF) (Report). Nova Scotia, Electoral Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2013.

[rdp-we-cite_note-2] Nova Scotia Legislature (2024). "Electoral History for Antigonish" (PDF). nslegislature.ca.

[rdp-we-cite_note-3] "Find Your Electoral District for the 41st Provincial General Election". enstools.electionsnovascotia.ca. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

[rdp-we-cite_note-4] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

[rdp-we-cite_note-5] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

[rdp-we-cite_note-6] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

[rdp-we-cite_note-7] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2017). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2020.

[rdp-we-cite_note-8] Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2018). 40th Provincial General Election, May 30, 2017: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.

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