this is a list of electoral districts or ridings in canada for the canadian federal election, 1872. new seats were added in 1873 when prince edward island became a province. electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of parliament in canada's house of commons every election. ==nova scotia== *annapolis *antigonish *cape breton* *colchester *cumberland *digby *guysborough *halifax* *hants *inverness *kings *lunenburg *pictou* *queens *richmond *shelburne *victoria *yarmouth ==prince edward island== *king's county* *prince county* *queen's county* ==new brunswick== *albert *carleton *charlotte *city and county of st. john* *city of st. john *gloucester *kent *king's *northumberland *queen's *restigouche *sunbury *victoria *westmorland *york ==quebec - 65 seats== *argenteuil *bagot *beauce *beauharnois *bellechasse *berthier *bonaventure *brome *chambly *champlain *charlevoix *chÃ¢teauguay *chicoutimiâsaguenay *compton *dorchester *drummondâarthabaska *gaspÃ© *hochelaga *[[huntingdon (electoral district)|hunti
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