# Guysborough (federal electoral district)

Guysborough was an electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917.
It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Antigonish—Guysborough. It consisted of Guysborough County.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Guysborough |||||
| 1st | 1867–1868 | Stewart Campbell | Anti-Confederation |
| 1st | 1868–1872 | Stewart Campbell | Liberal–Conservative |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | Stewart Campbell | Liberal–Conservative |
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | John Angus Kirk | Liberal |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Alfred Ogden | Conservative |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | John Angus Kirk | Liberal |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | John Angus Kirk | Liberal |
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Duncan Cameron Fraser | Liberal |
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Duncan Cameron Fraser | Liberal |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Duncan Cameron Fraser | Liberal |
| 9th | 1904–1904 | John Howard Sinclair | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | John Howard Sinclair | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | John Howard Sinclair | Liberal |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | John Howard Sinclair | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Antigonish—Guysborough |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Anti-Confederation | Stewart Campbell | acclaimed |
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vte1872 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Stewart Campbell | acclaimed |
| Source: Canadian Elections Database |||||||
vte1874 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 759 |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Stewart Campbell | 544 |
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vte1878 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 936 |
| | Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 772 |
vte1882 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 818 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 628 |
vte1887 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Angus Kirk | 1,136 |
| | Conservative | Alex. F. Falconer | 784 |
vte1891 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | D.C. Fraser | 1,145 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Ogden | 1,059 |
vte1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Duncan C. Fraser | 1,533 |
| | Conservative | C. Ernest Gregory | 1,455 |
vte1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Duncan C. Fraser | 1,928 |
| | Conservative | C. Ernest Gregory | 1,589 |
By-election: On Mr. Fraser's nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 10 February 1904
vte1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,040 |
| | Conservative | John S. Wells | 1,492 |
By-election on 16 March 1904 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,004 |
| | Conservative | S.O. Griffin | 1,643 |
vte1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,001 |
| | Conservative | George Anderson Rowe Rowlings | 1,796 |
vte1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Howard Sinclair | 2,043 |
| | Conservative | George Anderson Rowe Rowlings | 1,700 |