1928 Nova Scotia general election

1928 Nova Scotia general election

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October 1, 1928

1933 →

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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	William Chisholm	No leader
Party	Liberal-Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Leader since	May 21, 1925	1925
Leader's seat	Hants	Antigonish
Last election	39	3	1
Seats won	22	20	1
Seat change	17	17
Popular vote	210,442	206,541	11,529
Percentage	51.7%	47.2%	1.1%
Swing	9.97pp	11.90pp	1.93pp

Premier before election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

Premier after election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

↓
22	20	1
Liberal-Conservative	Liberal	Labour

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1925	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal-Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	42	39		22	-17	210,442	49.11%	-9.97%
	Liberal	William Chisholm	43	3		20	+17	206,541	48.20%	+11.90%
	Labour	None	3	1		1	0	11,529	4.62%	-1.93%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								428,512	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			88	43	43	43	–	428,512	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal-Conservative			49.11%
Liberal			48.20%
Labour			4.62%

Seats summary

Liberal-Conservative			51.16%
Liberal			46.51%
Labour			2.33%

Retiring incumbents

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 0

Valley

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Annapolis		Obediah Parker Goucher 3,689 25.90%		John D. McKenzie 3,450 24.22%				Obediah Parker Goucher
Annapolis		Harry Thompson MacKenzie 3,645 25.59%		Daniel Owen 3,461 24.30%				Harry Thompson MacKenzie
Digby		Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,125 22.88%		Joseph William Comeau 3,763 27.55%				Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
Digby		H.E. Wagner 3,213 23.52%		Alexander Stirling MacMillan 3,557 26.04%				William Hudson Farnham†
Hants		Albert Parsons 4,087 26.46%		James William Reid 3,823 24.75%				Albert Parsons
Hants		Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,008 25.95%		Robert Gass 3,528 22.84%				Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Kings		George Nowlan 5,452 27.25%		James F. Durno 5,003 25.01%				George Nowlan
Kings		Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,540 27.69%		Frederick J. Porter 4,010 20.04%				Reginald Tucker Caldwell

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Lunenburg		Wallace Norman Rehfuss 5,709 23.71%		John James Kinley 6,533 27.13%				Wallace Norman Rehfuss
Lunenburg		William Haslam Smith 5,535 22.98%		Gordon E. Romkey 6,304 26.18%				William Haslam Smith
Queens		William Lorimer Hall 2,206 29.36%		Frederick Dickie 1,649 21.95%				William Lorimer Hall
Queens		Donald W. MacKay 1,937 25.78%		Roland M. Irving 1,721 22.91%				Vacant
Shelburne		Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,121 23.26%		Henry R. L. Bill 2,474 27.13%				Ernest Reginald Nickerson
Shelburne		Norman Emmons Smith 2,052 22.50%		Wishart McLea Robertson 2,473 27.12%				Norman Emmons Smith
Yarmouth		John Flint Cahan 3,666 24.26%		Lindsay C. Gardner 4,141 27.41%				John Flint Cahan
Yarmouth		Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,286 21.75%		René W.E. Landry 4,016 26.58%				Raymond Neri d'Entremont

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Colchester		William A. Flemming 4,882 27.74%		William R. Dunbar 3,583 20.36%				William Boardman Armstrong†
Colchester		Frank Stanfield 5,298 30.10%		Donald L. MacKinnon 3,839 21.81%				Frank Stanfield
Cumberland				John S. Smiley 6,230 15.99%		Archibald Terris 6,667 17.11%		Archibald Terris
		Percy Chapman Black 7,710 19.78%		Charles H. Read 5,758 14.78%				Percy Chapman Black
		Daniel George McKenzie 6,605 16.95%		Kenneth Judson Cochrane 5,999 15.39%				Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Halifax		John Archibald Walker 11,076 9.95%		Edward Joseph Cragg 11,215 10.08%				John Archibald Walker
		Frederick P. Bligh 11,082 9.96%		Gordon Benjamin Isnor 11,357 10.21%				William Drysdale Piercey†
		Josiah Frederick Fraser 11,298 10.15%		Thomas J. Byrne 10,939 9.83%				Josiah Frederick Fraser
		John Francis Mahoney 11,589 10.41%		Bernard W. Russell 10,855 9.76%				John Francis Mahoney
		Angus MacDonald Morton 11,273 10.13%		William J. Kennedy 10,591 9.52%				Alexander Montgomerie†

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Antigonish		John D. MacIntyre 1,792 20.95%		John L. MacIsaac 2,431 28.42%				John L. MacIsaac
Antigonish		John F. McLellan 1,925 22.50%		William Chisholm 2,407 28.14%				William Chisholm
Guysborough		Simon Osborn Giffin 2,980 23.60%		Clarence W. Anderson 3,337 26.43%				Simon Osborn Giffin
Guysborough		Howard Amos Rice 3,018 23.90%		Michael E. Morrison 3,293 26.08%				Howard Amos Rice
Pictou		John Doull 7,836 18.21%		Donald F. Fraser 7,052 16.38%				John Doull
		Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 7,249 16.84%		A.T. Logan 6,836 15.88%				Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
		Robert Albert Douglas 7,572 17.59%		Clifford E. Carruthers 6,498 15.10%				Robert Albert Douglas

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal-Conservative		Liberal		Labour		Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,949 29.22%		Malcolm A. Patterson 4,384 21.54%				Gordon Sidney Harrington
Cape Breton Centre		Joseph Macdonald 5,762 28.31%		Luke Daye 4,261 20.93%				Joseph Macdonald
Cape Breton East		Daniel R. Cameron 5,541 21.98%		Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,724 18.73%		Forman Waye 2,273 9.01%		Vacant
Cape Breton East		Robert Hamilton Butts 5,568 22.08%		Dan C. McDonald 4,520 17.93%		James B. McLachlan 2,589 10.27%		Alexander O'Handley†
Inverness		Hubert Meen Aucoin 3,865 23.37%		Moses Elijah McGarry 4,318 26.11%				Hubert Meen Aucoin
Inverness		Malcolm McKay 3,930 23.77%		James A. Proudfoot 4,422 26.74%				Malcolm McKay
Richmond-West Cape Breton		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 2,044 24.77%		Alonzo Martell 2,055 24.90%				Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
Richmond-West Cape Breton		John Angus Stewart 2,035 24.66%		Edward C. Doyle 2,118 25.67%				John Angus Stewart
Victoria		H.A. Grant 1,640 23.75%		Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,840 26.65%				Donald Buchanan McLeod
Victoria		Phillip McLeod 1,652 23.92%		Daniel Alexander Cameron 1,773 25.68%				Phillip McLeod

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

Lemieux, Rodolphe; Falconer, Robert; Colquhoun, A. H. U.; Carrel, Frank; Beatty, E. W., eds. (1929). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1928–29. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.

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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections