Cape Breton South and Richmond

Cape Breton South and Richmond

Nova Scotia electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1924
First contested	1917
Last contested	1921

Cape Breton South and Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925.

This riding was created in 1914 from Cape Breton South and Richmond ridings, It consisted of the electoral district of South Cape Breton and the county of Richmond.

It was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton South and Richmond—West Cape Breton. The riding was a dual-member constituency—it elected two members to Parliament.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results[]

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government (Unionist)	John Carey Douglas	8,073		Y
	Government (Unionist)	Robert Hamilton Butts	7,645		Y
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	George William Kyte	6,738
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William F. Carroll	6,690
	Labour	Robert Baxter	3,667
	Labour	John Angus Gillies	3,615

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	William F. Carroll	10,524		Y
	Liberal	George William Kyte	10,387		Y
	Progressive	James Bryson Maclachlan	8,914
	Progressive	Edward Charles Doyle	7,884
	Conservative	John Carey Douglas	7,694
	Conservative	Robert S. McLellan	6,075

See also[]

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links[]

• Riding history for Cape Breton South and Richmond (1914–1924) from the Library of Parliament