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Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal
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in the
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of
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of
Digby—Annapolis Digby—Annapolis is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed between 1993 and 2013 and since 2021. It elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district incl ...
and
Hants—Kings Hants—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. This riding was created in 1924 from Hants and Kings ridings. It consisted of t ...
ridings. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the municipality of Clare. The district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between
Annapolis—Kings Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953. This riding was created in 1947 from Digby—Annapolis—Kings. It consisted ...
and
Digby—Yarmouth Digby—Yarmouth was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Sh ...
ridings. The district was created again in 1952 from
Annapolis—Kings Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953. This riding was created in 1947 from Digby—Annapolis—Kings. It consisted ...
and
Digby—Yarmouth Digby—Yarmouth was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Digby—Annapolis—Kings and Sh ...
. It consisted of the counties of Kings and Annapolis and the county of Digby excluding the Municipality of Clare. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between
Annapolis Valley The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a Trough (geology), trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the B ...
and
South Western Nova South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...
ridings.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:


Election results


1935–1949


1953–1968


See also

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References


External links


Riding history for Digby—Annapolis—Kings (1933–1947) from the
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Riding history for Digby—Annapolis—Kings (1952–1966) from the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Digby-Annapolis-Kings Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia