1878 Nova Scotia general election

1878 Nova Scotia general election
← 1874 September 17, 1878 1882 →
38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Lib
Leader Simon Hugh Holmes Philip Carteret Hill
Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1874 1875
Leader's seat Pictou Halifax
(Lost re-election)
Last election 11 20
Seats won 30 8
Seat change Increase19 Decrease12
Popular vote 52,517 47,388
Percentage 51.85% 46.78%
Swing Increase18.18pp Decrease7.61pp
Premier before election

Philip Carteret Hill
Liberal

Premier after election

Simon Hugh Holmes
Liberal-Conservative

The 1878 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 September 1878 to elect members of the 27th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative Party.

Results

Results by party

↓
30 8
Liberal-Conservative Liberal
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1874 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal-Conservative Simon Hugh Holmes 38 11 13 30 +19 52,517 51.85% +18.18%
  Liberal Philip Carteret Hill 41 20 17 8 -12 47,388 46.78% -7.61%
  Independent/Other 3 7 7 0 -7 1,388 1.37% -10.57%
  Vacant 1  
Total valid votes 101,293 100.00% –
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00% –
Total 82 38 38 38 – 101,293 100.00% –
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
 
 51.85%
Liberal
 
 46.78%
Independent/Other
 
 1.37%
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
 
 78.95%
Liberal
 
 21.05%

Retiring incumbents

Independent/Other
Liberal
Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

1878 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3]

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Annapolis O. M. Taylor
1,235
24.49% 		William Botsford Troop
1,350
26.77% 		William Botsford Troop
E. Bent
1,163
23.06% 		Caleb Shaffner
1,295
25.68% 		Avard Longley†
Digby Urbine Doucette
738
20.20% 		Benjamin Van Blarcom
833
22.80% 		Colin Campbell
725
19.85% 		Colin Campbell
John S. McNeill
527
14.43%
Henri M. Robicheau
830
22.72% 		Henri M. Robicheau
Hants Thomas Barlow Smith
1,507
25.58% 		F. S. Creelman
1,465
24.87% 		William Henry Allison†
William Dawson Laurence
1,298
22.03% 		Nathaniel Spence
1,621
27.52% 		Alfred Putnam†
Kings G. W. Fisher
1,414
24.87% 		William C. Bill
1,601
28.16% 		Douglas Benjamin Woodworth†
E. A. Forsyth
1,143
20.11% 		James S. MacDonald
1,527
26.86% 		John B. North†

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Lunenburg James Daniel Eisenhauer
1,263
21.98% 		Charles A. Smith
1,719
29.91% 		James Daniel Eisenhauer
F. B. Wade
1,286
22.38% 		Edward James
1,479
25.74% 		Charles Henry Davison†
Queens Samuel Freeman
531
21.33% 		Leander Ford
607
24.38% 		Samuel Freeman
Jason M. Mack
503
20.20% 		James C. Bartling
534
21.45% 		Jason M. Mack
Albert M. Hemeon
315
12.65%
Shelburne William F. MacCoy
892
22.92% 		Nathaniel Whitworth White
1,140
29.29% 		Nathaniel Whitworth White
M. Nickerson
871
22.38% 		Nehemiah McGray
989
25.41% 		Thomas Johnston†
Yarmouth Albert Gayton
1,086
29.22% 		W. V. Brown
470
12.65% 		Albert Gayton
Joseph Robbins Kinney[4]
1,000
26.91% 		Bowman Corning
669
18.% 		John Lovitt†
A. S. Lent
491
13.21%

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Colchester C. N. Cummings
1,402
21.77% 		William Albert Patterson
1,846
28.66% 		William Albert Patterson
Fred Tupper
1,308
20.31% 		William Blair
1,885
29.27% 		Vacant
Cumberland William Oxley
1,657
25.78% 		Charles James Townshend
1,792
27.88% 		Hiram Black†
C. Lewis
1,311
20.40% 		Edward Vickery
1,667
25.94% 		Edward Vickery

Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Halifax Philip Carteret Hill
2,866
15.76% 		Charles James MacDonald
3,375
18.55% 		Philip Carteret Hill
Donald Archibald
2,722
14.96% 		William D. Harrington
3,353
18.43% 		Donald Archibald
Michael Joseph Power
2,739
15.06% 		John Pugh
3,135
17.23% 		Edward Farrell†

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Antigonish John Sparrow David Thompson
Acclamation 		John Sparrow David Thompson
Angus McGillivray
Acclamation 		Daniel MacDonald†
Guysborough D. C. Fraser
596
19.22% 		Joseph William Hadley
803
25.89% 		Charles M. Franchville†
Otto Schwartz Weeks
502
16.19% 		Alexander N. McDonald
698
22.51% 		Otto Schwartz Weeks
H. R. Cunningham
502
16.19%
Pictou George Murray
2,349
15.85% 		Simon Hugh Holmes
2,752
18.57% 		Simon Hugh Holmes
John D. McLeod
2,250
15.18% 		Adam Carr Bell
2,694
18.18% 		Hugh J. Cameron†
Robert McNeil
2,183
14.73% 		Alexander MacKay
2,592
17.49% 		Alexander MacKay

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Cape Breton Alonzo J. White
930
16.82% 		Hector Francis McDougall
1,027
18.57% 		Alonzo J. White
J. H. Hearn
716
12.95%
Joseph McVarish
371
6.71%
D. McKenzie
614
11.10% 		Ebenezer Tilton Moseley
1,523
27.54% 		Ebenezer Tilton Moseley
Michael McKinnon
349
6.31%
Inverness Duncan J. Campbell
1,650
27.36% 		D. Gillies
1,393
23.10% 		Duncan J. Campbell
John McKinnon
1,440
23.88% 		Alexander Campbell
1,548
25.67% 		John J. McKinnon†
Richmond Isidore LeBlanc
599
26.11% 		Edward Gagnon
551
24.02% 		Charles Boudroit†
Joseph Matheson
501
21.84% 		Alexander McCuish
643
28.03% 		Murdoch McRae†
Victoria William F. McCurdy
594
25.36% 		J. S. McLean
368
15.71% 		William Kidston
193
8.24% 		David McCurdy†
John Ross
580
24.77% 		John Angus Morrison
607
25.92% 		John A. Fraser†

References

  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Listed and elected as an Independent candidate, however, he sat in the House as a Liberal