1901 Nova Scotia general election

1901 Nova Scotia general election
← 1897 October 2, 1901 1906 →
38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Leader George Henry Murray Charles Smith Wilcox
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since 1896 1898
Leader's seat Victoria Hants
(Lost re-election)
Last election 35 3
Seats won 36 2
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 80,196 55,889
Percentage 58.79% 40.97%
Swing Increase3.22pp Decrease3.06pp
Premier before election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

Premier after election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

The 1901 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 October 1901 to elect members of the 33rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
36 2
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1897 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal George Henry Murray 40 35 34 36 +1 80,196 58.79% +3.22%
  Liberal-Conservative Charles Smith Wilcox 32 3 4 2 -1 55,889 40.97% -3.06%
  Independent/Other 1 0 0 0 0 326 0.24% -0.16%
  Vacant 0  
Total valid votes 136,411 100.00% –
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00% –
Total 73 38 38 38 – 136,411 100.00% –
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 58.79%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 40.97%
Independent/Other
 
 0.24%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 94.74%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 5.26%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

1901 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3][4]

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 James Wilberforce Longley
1,825
29.60% 		W. C. Healey
1,348
21.87% 		James Wilberforce Longley
Joseph A. Bancroft
1,750
28.39% 		Frank Andrews
1,242
20.15% 		Joseph A. Bancroft
Digby Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,507
37.12% 		J. K. Tobin
611
15.05% 		Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
Angus Morrison Gidney
1,400
34.48% 		Louis Dugas
542
13.35% 		Angus Morrison Gidney
Hants Arthur Drysdale
2,092
29.54% 		A. S. Sanford
1,458
20.58% 		Arthur Drysdale
Francis Parker McHeffey
1,914
27.02% 		Charles Smith Wilcox
1,619
22.86% 		Charles Smith Wilcox
Kings Brenton Dodge
2,225
33.97% 		J. W. Ryan
1,116
17.04% 		Brenton Dodge
Harry H. Wickwire
2,122
32.40% 		Peter Innes
1,087
16.60% 		Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Lunenburg Edward Doran Davison
2,932
28.24% 		A. J. Wolfe
2,335
22.49% 		John Drew Sperry†
Alexander Kenneth Maclean
2,923
28.15% 		J. A. Roberts
2,192
21.11% 		Charles Edward Church†
Queens Edward Matthew Farrell
925
27.95% 		John Hutt
783
23.66% 		Edward Matthew Farrell
Charles F. Cooper
843
25.48% 		W. L. Libbey
758
22.91% 		Thomas Keillor†
Shelburne Thomas Johnston
817
41.98% 		Arthur Hood
326
16.75% 		Thomas Johnston
Thomas Robertson
803
41.26% 		Thomas Robertson
Yarmouth Augustus Stoneman
Acclamation 		Augustus Stoneman
Henry S. LeBlanc
Acclamation 		Henry S. LeBlanc

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Colchester Benjamin Franklin Pearson
2,169
25.34% 		A. S. Black
2,151
25.13% 		Thomas McMullen†
Frederick Andrew Laurence
2,185
25.53% 		John Fitzwilliam Stairs
2,054
24.% 		Frederick Andrew Laurence
Cumberland Thomas Reuben Black
2,944
25.50% 		C. R. Smith
2,720
23.56% 		Thomas Reuben Black
M. L. Tucker
2,933
25.41% 		Daniel McLeod
2,946
25.52% 		Alexander E. Fraser†

Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Halifax George Mitchell
4,955
17.56% 		Adam Brown Crosby
4,707
16.68% 		George Mitchell
David McPherson
5,049
17.89% 		G. M. Campbell
4,487
15.90% 		David McPherson
Michael Edwin Keefe
4,840
17.15% 		J. J. Stewart
4,185
14.83% 		Michael Edwin Keefe

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Antigonish Angus McGillivray
Acclamation 		Angus McGillivray
Christopher P. Chisholm
Acclamation 		Christopher P. Chisholm
Guysborough William Whitman
1,498
35.79% 		John Keating
620
14.81% 		William Akins Fergusson†
John Howard Sinclair
1,511
36.11% 		H. T. Harding
556
13.29% 		John Howard Sinclair
Pictou Edward Mortimer Macdonald
3,703
20.61% 		George E. Munro
3,011
16.76% 		Edward Mortimer Macdonald
Robert Dewar
3,157
17.57% 		Charles Elliott Tanner
3,186
17.73% 		Charles Elliott Tanner
George Patterson
3,534
19.67% 		William Cameron
1,377
7.66% 		Matthew Henry Fitzpatrick†

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Cape Breton Daniel Duncan McKenzie
3,840
32.29% 		Colin McKinnon
2,205
18.54% 		Daniel Duncan McKenzie
Neil J. Gillis
3,691
31.04% 		Vincent Mullins
2,157
18.14% 		Neil J. Gillis
Inverness James MacDonald
2,270
27.39% 		Charles Edward McMillan
1,326
16.00% 		James McDonald
J. L. McDougall
1,317
15.89%
Moses J. Doucet
1,734
20.92% 		Daniel McNeil
1,137
13.72% 		Moses J. Doucet
Alexander Macdonald
504
6.08%
Richmond Duncan Finlayson
1,090
34.64% 		D. G. Stewart
562
17.86% 		Duncan Finlayson
Simon Joyce
994
31.59% 		Felix Landry
501
15.92% 		Simon Joyce
Victoria George Henry Murray
1,177
37.85% 		John A. McDonald
581
18.68% 		George Henry Murray
John Gillis Morrison
1,023
32.89% 		John J. McCabe
329
10.58% 		John Gillis Morrison

References

  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 22–24. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

Further reading