1916 Nova Scotia general election

1916 Nova Scotia general election

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June 20, 1916

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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	George Henry Murray	Charles Elliott Tanner
Party	Liberal	Liberal-Conservative
Leader since	1896	1912
Leader's seat	Victoria	Pictou (Lost re-election)
Last election	27	11
Seats won	30	13
Seat change	3	2
Popular vote	136,829	130,430
Percentage	50.4%	48.8%
Swing	0.7pp	3.4pp

Results by riding

Premier before election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

Premier after election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
30	13
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1911	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	George Henry Murray	43	27		30	+3	136,829	50.77%	-0.32%
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Elliott Tanner	43	11		13	+2	130,430	48.40%	+3.02%
	Independent/Other		1	0		0	0	1,038	0.38%	-1.39%
	Labour	None	2	0		0	0	1,117	0.43%	-1.34%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								269,474	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			89	38	38	43	–	269,474	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal			50.77%
Liberal-Conservative			48.40%
Other			0.81%

Seats summary

Liberal			67.77%
Liberal-Conservative			30.23%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Charles P. Bissett, Richmond
Archibald M. Covert, Kings
Fullton Johnson Logan, Halifax
James MacDonald, Inverness
Smith Nickerson, Shelburne

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

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
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Annapolis		Orlando Daniels 2,149 26.34%		Obediah Parker Goucher 2,020 24.76%						Orlando Daniels
Annapolis		Frank R. Elliott 2,077 25.46%		Earle C. Phinney 1,912 23.44%						Norman Phinney†
Digby		Henry W.B. Warner 1,903 26.81%		Felix M. Gaudet 1,604 22.59%						Harry Hatheway Marshall†
Digby		Joseph William Comeau 2,002 28.20%		Walton K. Tibert 1,590 22.40%						Joseph William Comeau
Hants		Burchill R. Fulmer 1,929 23.63%		Albert Parsons 2,142 26.24%						Albert Parsons
Hants		James William Reid 2,051 25.13%		Herbert W. Sangster 2,041 25.00%						James William Reid
Kings		Charles Alexander Campbell 2,318 24.53%		James E. Kinsman 2,421 25.62%						Archibald M. Covert†
Kings		Harry H. Wickwire 2,499 26.44%		Joseph D. Spidell 2,212 23.41%						Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John James Kinley 2,992 26.90%		Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker 2,082 18.72%						Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker
Lunenburg		Oscar G. Donovan 2,768 24.88%		Joseph Willis Margeson 3,282 29.50%						Joseph Willis Margeson
Queens		Frederick R. Freeman 977 23.33%		William Lorimer Hall 1,116 26.65%						William Lorimer Hall
Queens		Jordan W. Smith 1,098 26.22%		D.C. Mulhall 997 23.81%						Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne		Robert Irwin 1,442 27.82%		Wendell H. Currie 1,205 23.24%						Robert Irwin
Shelburne		Maurice Nickerson 1,424 27.47%		W.C. Hall 1,113 21.47%						Smith Nickerson†
Yarmouth		Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,931 28.36%		Joseph O. Difon 1,304 19.15%						Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Henry d'Entremont 1,839 27.00%		Howard Corning 1,736 25.49%						Howard Corning

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Colchester		Gilbert H. Vernon 2,212 22.62%		Robert H. Kennedy 2,665 27.25%						Robert H. Kennedy
Colchester		Frederick B. Schurman 2,158 22.07%		Frank Stanfield 2,745 28.07%						Frank Stanfield
Cumberland		James Ralston 3,951 17.05%		Daniel A. Morrison 3,620 15.62%		James B. Nelson 727 3.14%				James Ralston
		Joshua H. Livingstone 3,554 15.33%		James W. Kirkpatrick 3,791 16.36%						New seat
		Rufus Carter 3,962 17.09%		J. Flemming Gilroy 3,572 15.41%						Rufus Carter

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Halifax		John Brown Douglas 6,359 9.78%		Hector MacInnes 6,735 10.36%						New seat
		John L. Connolly 6,545 10.06%		John W. Regan 6,387 9.82%						New seat
		George Everett Faulkner 6,606 10.16%		Felix P. Quinn 6,370 9.79%						George Everett Faulkner
		Henry Bauld 6,855 10.54%		E.F. Williams 6,266 9.63%						Fullton Johnson Logan†
		Robert Emmett Finn 6,703 10.31%		F.P. Bligh 6,213 9.55%						Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Antigonish		Fred Robert Trotter 1,300 27.16%		Allan MacDonald 953 19.91%						Fred Robert Trotter
Antigonish		William Chisholm 1,366 28.54%		John Stanfield O'Brien 1,167 24.38%						John Stanfield O'Brien
Guysborough		James F. Ellis 1,752 29.65%		John Bell 1,093 18.50%						James F. Ellis
Guysborough		James Cranswick Tory 1,827 30.92%		Duncan S. Chisholm 1,236 20.92%						James Cranswick Tory
Pictou		Robert M. McGregor 4,555 17.68%		John W. McKay 4,210 16.34%		John B. Strickland 450 1.75%				Robert M. McGregor
		Robert Hugh MacKay 4,309 16.73%		J. William Sutherland 3,557 13.81%						Robert Hugh MacKay
		Robert Henry Graham 4,512 17.52%		Charles Elliott Tanner 4,165 16.17%						Charles Elliott Tanner

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Cape Breton		D.J. Hartigan 6,764 12.11%		Neil Ferguson 6,885 12.33%				J. B. McLachlan (Socialist) 1,038 1.86%		New seat
		D.C. McDonald 6,692 11.98%		Robert Hamilton Butts 6,935 12.42%						Robert Hamilton Butts
		Daniel Alexander Cameron 7,036 12.60%		Finlay McDonald 6,721 12.04%						New seat
		Michael T. Sullivan 6,390 11.44%		John Carey Douglas 7,381 13.22%						John Carey Douglas
Inverness		Donald MacLennan 2,655 26.65%		Thomas Gallant 2,531 25.40%						Donald MacLennan
Inverness		John C. Bourinot 2,540 25.49%		Duncan F. MacLean 2,238 22.46%						James MacDonald†
Richmond		Simon Joyce 918 19.60%		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 1,388 29.63%						Simon Joyce
Richmond		Alexander Finlayson 994 21.22%		John Alexander MacDonald 1,384 29.55%						Charles P. Bissett†
Victoria		George Henry Murray 1,212 27.80%		Joseph Hays 886 20.32%						George Henry Murray
Victoria		John Gillis Morrison 1,189 27.27%		Phillip McLeod 1,073 24.61%						Vacant

References

^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

Further reading

Hopkins, J. Castell (1917). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1916. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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