1925 Nova Scotia general election

1925 Nova Scotia general election

June 25, 1925
43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Lab Leader Edgar Nelson Rhodes Ernest Howard Armstrong No leader Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour Leader since May 21, 1925 1923 Leader's seat Ran in Hants (Won) Shelburne (Lost re-election) Last election 3 29 5 Seats won 39 3 1 Seat change 36 26 4 Popular vote 262,277 161,158 20,527 Percentage 60.9% 36.3% 2.8% Swing 36.24pp 8.14pp 11.27pp
Premier before election Ernest Howard Armstrong Liberal Premier after election Edgar Nelson Rhodes Liberal-Conservative

The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

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39	3	1
Liberal-Conservative	Liberal	Labour

Official results [1][2]

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1920	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal-Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	42	3		39	+36	262,277	59.07%	+36.24%
	Liberal	Ernest Howard Armstrong	43	29		3	-26	161,158	36.30%	-8.14%
	Labour	None	11	0		1	-4	20,527	4.62%	-11.27%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								443,962	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			96	43	43	43	–	443,962	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal-Conservative   59.08% Liberal   36.30% Labour   4.62%

Seats summary Liberal-Conservative   90.69% Liberal   6.98% Labour   2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Labour

• Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre

Liberal

• Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria
• Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax
• Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria
• Joseph William Comeau, Digby
• John L. Connolly, Halifax
• Orlando Daniels, Annapolis
• Robert Henry Graham, Pictou
• Donald MacLennan, Inverness
• Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth
• James Sealy, Kings

United Farmers

• Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
• John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
• Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
• Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
• Harry L. Taggart, Colchester

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.

Valley

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Annapolis		Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53%				Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46%		Frank R. Elliott
		Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89%				Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12%		Orlando Daniels†
Digby		Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95%				Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00%		Henry W.B. Warner
		Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78%				William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27%		Joseph William Comeau†
Hants		James William Reid 3,075 20.08%				Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38%		James William Reid
		Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68%				Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86%		John Alexander MacDonald†
Kings		John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23%				George Nowlan 5,520 26.95%		John A. McDonald
		Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18%				Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63%		James Sealy†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Lunenburg		John James Kinley 4,528 19.82%				Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34%		John James Kinley
		Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62%				William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21%		Aubrey Sperry
Queens		George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06%				William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70%		George S. McClearn
		Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90%				Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34%		Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne		Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90%				Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42%		Robert Irwin
		Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84%				Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84%		Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66%				John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79%		Vacant
		René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02%				Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53%		Amédée Melanson†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Colchester		Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42%				William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86%		Harry L. Taggart†
		Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47%				Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25%		Robert Hunter Smith†
Cumberland		James Ralston 5,508 13.45%		Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18%				Archibald Terris
		Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71%				Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11%		Gilbert Nelson Allen†
		James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61%				Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95%		Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Halifax		John Murphy 8,291 6.86%		Walter Mosher 571 0.47%		John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97%		Adam Dunlap Burris†
		John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83%		Robert Daw 480 0.40%		William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97%		John L. Connolly†
		John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54%		Alban L. Breen 392 0.32%		Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23%		John Brown Douglas
		Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54%				John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16%		Henry Bauld
		Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51%				Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20%		Walter J.A. O'Hearn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Antigonish		John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74%				Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29%		Angus J. MacGillivray†
		William Chisholm 2,267 26.28%				Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69%		William Chisholm
Guysborough		Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70%				Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61%		Clarence W. Anderson
		James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55%				Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14%		James Cranswick Tory
Pictou		Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18%		William Murray 695 1.51%		John Doull 9,432 20.55%		Vacant
		John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91%		J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46%		Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71%		John Welsford MacDonald
		George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62%		Joseph White 610 1.33%		Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73%		Robert Henry Graham†

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton Centre		Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68%		Joseph Steele 313 1.40%		Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13%		Joseph Steele Cape Breton
		James McConnell 3,210 14.38%		Emerson Campbell 295 1.32%		Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09%		Arthur R. Richardson† Cape Breton
Cape Breton East		Dan C. McDonald 933 3.82%		Forman Waye 4,051 16.57%		John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77%		Forman Waye Cape Breton
		James L. McKinnon 928 3.80%		D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12%		Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93%		D. W. Morrison Cape Breton
Inverness		Moses Elijah McGarry 3,906 24.46%				Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,019 25.17%		Donald MacLennan†
		John C. Bourinot 3,862 24.19%				Malcolm McKay 4,180 26.18%		John C. Bourinot
Richmond-West Cape Breton		Donald D. Boyd 2,667 21.67%				Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 3,500 28.44%		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc Richmond
		George R. Deveau 2,637 21.43%				John Alexander MacDonald 8,466 52.70%		John Alexander MacDonald Richmond
Victoria		Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05%				Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41%		Angus Gladstone Buchanan†
		Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13%				Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40%		Daniel Alexander Cameron†

References

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

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1925). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1924–25. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
• Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1926). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1925–26. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.