Richmond—West Cape Breton was a federal
electoral district
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in the
province
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of
Nova Scotia
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1925 to 1935. This
riding was created in 1924 from
Cape Breton South and Richmond riding. It consisted of the County of Richmond and the part of the County of Cape Breton lying east of East Bay and south of the electoral district of
Cape Breton South. It was abolished with a law passed to merge Richmond—West Cape Breton into
Inverness—Richmond in 1933, which was duly carried out in 1935 with the election of the first member to the new riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
The by-election was called due to Macdonald's acceptance of a paid role, or office of emolument, from the Crown on 22 August 1930.
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See also
* List of Canadian electoral districts
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* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
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Former federal electoral districts of Nova Scotia