This is a list of electoral districts or ridings in Canada from 1871 to 1872, according to the British North America Act. No elections were held at this time, except to elect new members from Manitoba which joined confederation in 1870. New seats were added in 1872 as British Columbia had joined Confederation as a province the year before, with special byelections being called to fill the seats and temporary seatnames until the general election. Of these, only two seats (New Westminster District and Vancouver) were contested, the others being filled by acclamation.

Electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament in Canada's House of Commons every election.

Nova Scotia – 19 seats Annapolis Antigonish Cape Breton Colchester Cumberland Digby Guysborough Halifax* Hants Inverness Kings Lunenburg Pictou Queens Richmond Shelburne Victoria Yarmouth

New Brunswick – 15 seats 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 Châteauguay Chicoutimi—Saguenay Compton Dorchester Drummond—Arthabaska Gaspé Hochelaga Huntingdon Iverbville Jacques Cartier Joliette Kamouraska L'Assomption L'Islet Laprairie Laval Lévis Lotbinière Maskinogé Mégantic Missisquoi Montcalm Montmagny Montmorency Montreal Centre Montreal East Montreal West Napierville Nicolet Ottawa (County of) Pontiac Portneuf Quebec County Quebec East Quebec West Quebec-Centre Richelieu Richmond—Wolfe Rimouski Rouville Saint Maurice Shefford Town of Sherbrooke Soulanges St. Hyacinthe St. John's Stanstead Témiscouata Terrebonne Three Rivers Two Mountains Vaudreuil Verchères Yamaska

Ontario – 82 seats Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant North Brant South Brockville Bruce North Bruce South Cardwell Carleton Cornwall Dundas Durham East Durham West Elgin East Elgin West Essex Frontenac Glengarry Grenville South Grey North Grey South Haldimand Halton Hamilton Hastings East Hastings North Hastings West Huron North Huron South Kent Kingston Lambton Lanark North Lanark South Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln Middlesex East Middlesex North Middlesex West Monck Niagara Norfolk North Norfolk South Northumberland East Northumberland West Ontario North Ontario South Ottawa (City of) Oxford North Oxford South Peel Perth North Perth South Peterborough East Peterborough West Prescott Prince Edward Renfrew North Renfrew South Russell Simcoe North Simcoe South Stormont Toronto East Victoria North Victoria South Waterloo North Waterloo South Welland Wellington Centre Wellington North Wellington South Wentworth North Wentworth South West Toronto York East York North York West

Manitoba – 4 seats Lisgar Marquette** Provencher Selkirk

British Columbia – 6 seats New Westminster District Victoria District* Cariboo District Yale District Vancouver Island

*Returned two members **Returned two members due to a tie

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