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Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.
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Hants and was
Hants County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia which was the home of Henry Alline, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Alden Nowlan and Noel Doiron.
The county of Hants was created June 17, 1781, and consisted of the townships of Windsor, Falmouth and Newport.
Originally getting its name from the County of Southamptonshire in England, now known as Hampshire, and abbreviated to Hants, the County was established out of part of what had been Kings County.
Subsequently in 1861, Hants County was divided into two Districts called East Hants and West Hants.
With the founding of both Halifax ( 1749 ) and Fort Edward, there was an Acadian Exodus that involved an emigration of most of the Acadians from the Municipality of East Hants ( 1750 ) and from West Hants ( Pisiguit ) as well.
The next wave of immigration to Hants County was the Ulster Scots people who settled all along the Cobequid shore such as the O ' Briens in Noel, Nova Scotia ( 1771 ) and the Putnams in Maitland, Nova Scotia.
The Honourable Joseph Howe was the first member of parliament for Hants County ( 1867 ).
It was rebuilt at Alresford, on the Mid Hants Watercress Railway in Hampshire.
Brison returned as the PC candidate in Kings — Hants, and was returned to Parliament.
: In 1967 – 1968 a Chipmunk Mk 22A was converted, tested and flown by Hants and Sussex Aviation.
The Great Hants Campaign of 1869 was very difficult and compromised Howe's physical health.
In the hours following the storm a state of emergency was declared in Halifax Regional Municipality and parts of neighbouring East Hants Municipal District and Colchester County.
This was as a replacement for the original Mid Hants locomotive 12049 that was scrapped after suffering catastrophic damage during an engine shed fire on 26 July 2010.
Thatcham station was opened on 21 December 1847 as part of the Berks and Hants Line to Hungerford.
In 2004, 20 percent of Kings — Hants was added to the district.
The electoral district was created as " Annapolis Valley in 1966 from parts of Colchester — Hants and Digby — Annapolis — Kings ridings.
In 1996, it was renamed " Kings — Hants ".
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries: the area encompassed by the provincial electoral district of Kings West was removed from Kings — Hants and added to West Nova.
She performed at least one concert at Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia and was possibly part of a tour of her home province.
The district was created in 1966 from Antigonish — Guysborough, Colchester — Hants, and Pictou.
Hants and federal
Howe won the federal seat in Hants County, Nova Scotia, while William D. Lawrence won the Hants County provincial seat.
Kings — Hants ( formerly Annapolis Valley — Hants ) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
Hants — Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935.
Colchester — Hants was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.
Halifax — East Hants was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
Hants and electoral
The electoral district was created in 1976 from Halifax — East Hants riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Annapolis Valley — Hants, Halifax and Halifax West ridings.
Hants and district
** East Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
** West Hants, Nova Scotia, a municipal district
The district includes all of Hants County and the eastern part of Kings.
:" EXTON, a village and a parish in Droxford district, Hants.
:" EASTON, a village and a parish in Winchester district, Hants.
" WOODHAY ( East ), a parish, with numerous hamlets and with Woolton-Hill chapelry, in Kingsclere district, Hants ; 4½ miles SSE of Kintbury r. station, and 4½ ( 7 km ) SW of Newbury.
The district includes the communities of: Bay de Verde, Cavendish, Dildo, Grate ’ s Cove, Green's Harbour, Hants Harbour, Heart's Content, Heart's Delight, Heart's Desire, Hopeall, Islington, Long Beach, Lower Island Cove, New Harbour, New Perlican, Northern Bay, Old Perlican, Red Head Cove, Western Bay and Winterton.
East Hants is a municipal district in Hants County, Nova Scotia.
With its administrative seat in Milford Station, the district occupies the eastern half of Hants County from the Minas Basin to the boundary with Halifax County, sharing this boundary with the West Hants municipal district.
Hants and Nova
* Cambridge, Hants County, Nova Scotia
Mantua, a village in West Hants, Nova Scotia
* Falmouth, Nova Scotia, a community in Hants County
* Greenfield, Hants County, Nova Scotia
* Hants County, Nova Scotia, a Canadian county named for the English one
There are still Mi ' kmaq communities in Hants County such as Indian Brook 14, Nova Scotia ( the home of the famous activist Anna Mae Aquash ) and Shubenacadie 13, Nova Scotia.
While most Nova Scotian remained supportive of the Anti-Confederation Campaign during this time period, Howe ran in Hants County bi-election of 1869 to get a mandate from the people to see if they wanted him to continue to support Nova Scotia's entry into Canada.
Along with the great literary figure in Nova Scotia's history, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Hants produced Alden Nowlan, George Elliot Clarke and others.
Category: Geography of Hants County, Nova Scotia
Following the establishment of Queens County in 1762, Hants County in 1781, and Shelburne and Sydney Counties in 1784, the boundaries of all nine of the counties were defined by the Council of Nova Scotia.
* Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia in the Hants County
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
* Mantua, a village in West Hants, Nova Scotia
He entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Nova Scotia riding of Kings — Hants in the 1997 election.
A. Anne McLellan, PC, OC ( born August 31, 1950, in Hants County, Nova Scotia ) is a Canadian academic and politician.
Category: People from Hants County, Nova Scotia
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