Angus Alexander Elderkin (18 June 1896 – 22 May 1985) was a Canadian farmer and politician. Elderkin was a Liberal party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. He was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and became a farmer and fruit grower by career. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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 of ...

riding in the 1949 general election, but that vote was declared invalid by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court after Progressive Conservative party candidate

George Nowlan George Clyde Nowlan, (14 August 1898 – 31 May 1965) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he served from 9 August 1962–21 April 1963 as the Minister of Fi ...

complained that some votes from military personnel were mistakenly counted for Annapolis—Kings when those votes should have applied to the home ridings of military service voters. A by-election was held on 19 June 1950 in which Nowlan defeated Elderkin. Elderkin made one more unsuccessful attempt to return to the House of Commons in the 1958 federal election where the riding since became

Digby—Annapolis—Kings Digby—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 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of ...

, however was defeated by Nowlan on that occasion. He died at a hospital at the age of 88 in his hometown of Wolfville in 1985. His cremated remains were entombed at Willowbank Cemetery in Wolfville."Angus Elderkin, former MP, dies", ''The Chronicle-Herald'', 23 May 1985, pg. 36. Accessed 5 March 2013.

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* 1896 births Canadian farmers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia Liberal Party of Canada MPs 1985 deaths {{NovaScotia-politician-stub