Yarmouth and Clare

Yarmouth and Clare

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

Yarmouth and Clare was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925. This riding was created in 1914 from Digby and Yarmouth ridings. It consisted of the County of Yarmouth and the municipality of Clare. It was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Digby and Annapolis and Shelburne—Yarmouth ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Yarmouth and Clare Riding created from Digby and Yarmouth
13th	1917–1921		Edgar Keith Spinney	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Paul Hatfield	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Digby and Annapolis and Shelburne—Yarmouth

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Hon. Edgar Keith Spinney	4,463
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Joseph Willie Comeau	3,447

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul LaCombe Hatfield	7,165
	Conservative	Hon. Edgar Keith Spinney	5,608

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for Yarmouth and Clare (1914–1924) from the Library of Parliament