Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough

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Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

This riding was created in 1996 from Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Central Nova ridings, and consisted of the counties of Pictou, Antigonish and Guysborough. It was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Cape Breton—Canso and Central Nova ridings.

Its only member was Peter G. MacKay from the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Peter MacKay 19,256 48.32
Liberal Raymond Mason 12,634 31.70
New Democratic Wendy Panagopoulous 4,498 11.29
Alliance Harvey Henderson 2,915 7.31
Independent Darryl Gallivan 551 1.38
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Peter MacKay 18,196 42.34
Liberal Francis Leblanc 12,851 29.90
New Democratic Charlene Long 8,284 19.28
Reform Henry Van Berkel 3,416 7.95
Natural Law Richard Robertson 228 0.53

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