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Past Constituencies – Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Highlands—Canso | Cumberland | Inverness—Richmond | Richmond—West Cape Breton.

Cape Breton South and Richmond | Colchester.

Kings.

Richmond.


Cape Breton Highlands—Canso

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
Allan Joseph MacEachen

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1921; d. September 12 2017.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – MacEachen, Allan Joseph,” ParlInfo, accessed April 7, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=5592.

Liberal Party of Canada

August 10 1953 – March 30 1958


Cape Breton South and Richmond

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Cape Breton South and Richmond
George William Kyte

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1864; d. November 6 1940.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – Kyte, George William,” ParlInfo, accessed May 14, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13857.

Liberal Party of Canada

December 6 1921 – October 28 1925


Colchester

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Colchester
Adams George Archibald

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1814; d. December 14 1892.

Liberal-Conservative Party of Canada

1869 – 1870

Sir Adams George Archibald

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1814; d. December 14 1892.

Conservative Party of Canada

1888 – 1891

John Stanfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1868; d. January 22 1934.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – Stanfield, John,” ParlInfo, accessed May 14, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=256.

Conservative Party of Canada

November 28 1907 – December 16 1917


Cumberland

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Cumberland
Sir Charles Tupper

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.

Note: This was a caretaker government.

Conservative Party of Canada

1867 – 1884

Sir Charles Tupper

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.

Note: This was a caretaker government.

Conservative Party of Canada

1887 – 1888

Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1877; d. March 15 1942.

Conservative Party of Canada

1908 – 1921


Inverness—Richmond

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Inverness—Richmond
Allan Joseph MacEachen

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1921; d. September 12 2017.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – MacEachen, Allan Joseph,” ParlInfo, accessed April 7, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=5592.

Liberal Party of Canada

August 10 1953 – March 30 1958

Allan Joseph MacEachen

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1921; d. September 12 2017.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – MacEachen, Allan Joseph,” ParlInfo, accessed April 7, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=5592.

Liberal Party of Canada

June 18 1962 – June 24 1968


Kings

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Kings
Frederick William Borden

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1847; d. January 6 1917.

Liberal Party of Canada

1874 – 1882

Sir Frederick William Borden

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1847; d. January 6 1917.

Liberal Party of Canada

1887 – 1911

Arthur DeWitt Foster

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1886; d. March 2 1939.

Conservative Party of Canada

1911 – 1915

Sir Robert Laird Borden

Date of birth/date of death:

Born June 26 1854. Died June 10 1937.

Honours:

Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, June 22 1914.2

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – Borden, Sir Robert Laird,” ParlInfo, accessed May 18, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=15531.

[2] “No. 28842,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 19 1914, 4878, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28842/supplement/4878.

Unionist Party

December 17 1917 – December 5 1921


Richmond

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Richmond
George William Kyte

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1864; d. November 6 1940.

References:

[1] Library of Parliament, “Profile – Kyte, George William,” ParlInfo, accessed May 14, 2026, https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13857.

Liberal Party of Canada

October 26 1908 – December 16 1917


Richmond—West Cape Breton

Member of the Parliament of Canada for Richmond—West Cape Breton
Edgar Nelson Rhodes

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1877; d. March 15 1942.

Conservative Party of Canada

1930 – 1935