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Digby and Annapolis 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 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Digby and
Annapolis Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
ridings. It consisted of the county of Annapolis and the county of Digby without the municipality of Clare. In 1924, the municipality of Clare was added to the riding, so that it consisted of the counties of Digby and Annapolis. Its name was changed in 1924 to Digby—Annapolis. The riding was abolished in 1933 when it was divided between
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 ...
and Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare ridings.


Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following
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Election results


Digby and Annapolis, 1917–1925


Digby—Annapolis, 1925–1935


See also

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External links


Riding history for Digby—Annapolis (1924–1933) from the
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Riding history for Digby and Annapolis (1914–1924) from the
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{{Ridings in Nova Scotia Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia