1933 Nova Scotia general election

1933 Nova Scotia general election
← 1928 August 22, 1933 1937 →
30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.90%
  First party Second party
 
Con
Leader Angus Lewis Macdonald Gordon Sidney Harrington
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since October 1, 1930 1930
Leader's seat Halifax South Cape Breton Centre
ran in Cape Breton South (Won)
Last election 20 22
Seats won 22 8
Seat change Increase2 Decrease14
Popular vote 166,170 145,107
Percentage 52.34% 45.71%
Swing Increase4.37pp Decrease3.20pp
Premier before election

Gordon Sidney Harrington
Liberal-Conservative

Premier after election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

The 1933 Nova Scotia general election was held on 22 August 1933 to elect members of the 40th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
22 8
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Official results [1]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1928 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald 30 20 15 22 +2 166,170 52.34% +4.37%
  Liberal-Conservative Gordon Sidney Harrington 30 22 20 8 -14 145,107 45.71% -3.20%
  Labour[a] 3 1 1 0 -1 2,469 0.78% -1.91%
  Co-operative Commonwealth 3 0 0 0 0 2,336 0.74% –
  Vacant 7  
Total valid votes 316,082 99.56% –
Blank and invalid ballots 1,403 0.44% –
Total 66 43 43 30 -13 317,485 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 295,957 85.90%[b] –
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 52.34%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 45.71%
Labour
 
 0.78%
CCF
 
 0.74%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 73.33%
Liberal-Conservative
 
 26.67%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
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
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Annapolis Obediah Parker Goucher
3,967
44.65% 		John D. McKenzie
4,917
55.35% 		Obediah Parker Goucher
Harry Thompson MacKenzie†
Digby Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
3,703
40.80% 		Joseph William Comeau
5,372
59.20% 		Joseph William Comeau
Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Hants Albert Parsons
4,603
46.35% 		Alexander Stirling MacMillan
5,328
53.65% 		Albert Parsons
Vacant
Kings George Nowlan
6,098
47.65% 		John Alexander McDonald
6,700
52.35% 		George Nowlan
Reginald Tucker Caldwell†

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Lunenburg Wallace Norman Rehfuss
6,744
21.78% 		Frank R. Davis
8,369
27.03% 		Vacant
Melbourne M. Gardner
7,049
22.77% 		Gordon E. Romkey
8,799
28.42% 		Gordon E. Romkey
Queens Seth M. Bartling
2,880
50.91% 		Roland M. Irving
2,777
49.09% 		Donald W. MacKay†
Vacant
Shelburne James W. Maddin
2,500
43.46% 		Henry R. L. Bill
3,252
56.54% 		Henry R. L. Bill
Wishart McLea Robertson†
Yarmouth Alvin L. Chipman
3,646
38.49% 		Lindsay C. Gardner
5,826
61.51% 		Lindsay C. Gardner
René W.E. Landry†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Colchester William A. Flemming
6,748
27.04% 		Thomas R. Johnson
6,043
24.21% 		William A. Flemming
George Y. Thomas
6,398
25.64% 		R. Edgar McLeod
5,769
23.11% 		Vacant
Cumberland Archibald Terris
8,291
22.73% 		John S. Smiley
9,540
26.15% 		Archibald Terris
Percy Chapman Black
9,406
25.78% 		Earle B. Paul
9,242
25.34% 		Percy Chapman Black
Daniel George McKenzie†

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Halifax Centre Russell McInnes
3,967
43.94% 		Guy Murray Logan
4,915
54.44% 		Joseph S. Wallace
146
1.62% 		Vacant
Halifax
Halifax East Josiah Frederick Fraser
5,595
47.14% 		Geoffrey W. Stevens
6,273
52.86% 		Josiah Frederick Fraser
Halifax
Halifax North Gerald P. Flavin
3,410
38.48% 		Gordon Benjamin Isnor
5,452
61.52% 		Gordon Benjamin Isnor
Halifax
Halifax South George H. Murphy
4,325
46.66% 		Angus Lewis Macdonald
4,945
53.34% 		George Henry Murphy
Halifax
Halifax West Angus MacDonald Morton
3,957
45.17% 		George E. Hagen
4,804
54.83% 		Angus MacDonald Morton
Halifax

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Antigonish John A. Walker
2,482
45.68% 		John L. MacIsaac
2,951
54.32% 		John L. MacIsaac
William Chisholm†
Guysborough Leonard W. Fraser
3,408
43.44% 		Clarence W. Anderson
4,437
56.56% 		Clarence W. Anderson
Michael E. Morrison†
Pictou John Doull
8,546
22.10% 		Donald F. Fraser
10,377
26.83% 		John Doull
John W. MacLeod
8,861
22.91% 		Josiah H. MacQuarrie
10,887
28.15% 		Hugh Allan MacQuarrie†
Robert Albert Douglas†

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
Cape Breton Centre Neil R. McArthur
2,969
43.53% 		Michael Dwyer
3,263
47.84% 		Thomas Ling
588
8.62% 		Gordon Sidney Harrington
Joseph Macdonald
Cape Breton East Daniel R. Cameron
3,632
38.97% 		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
3,655
39.21% 		James B. McLachlan
1,737
18.64% 		Donald O. Fraser
297
3.19% 		Daniel R. Cameron
Robert Hamilton Butts†
Cape Breton North Joseph Macdonald
4,448
47.50% 		Luke Daye
4,330
46.24% 		John McDonald
586
6.26% 		New riding
Cape Breton South Gordon Sidney Harrington
4,757
43.81% 		Malcolm A. Patterson
4,650
42.83% 		Lauchlin D. McKay
1,451
13.36% 		New riding
Cape Breton West Weldon W. Patton
3,036
53.49% 		Alonzo Martell
2,640
46.51% 		Alonzo Martell
Richmond-West Cape Breton
Inverness Hubert Meen Aucoin
4,862
46.36% 		Moses Elijah McGarry
5,626
53.64% 		Moses Elijah McGarry
James A. Proudfoot†
Richmond Benjamin A. LeBlanc
2,603
46.46% 		George R. Deveau
3,000
53.54% 		Vacant
Richmond-West Cape Breton
Victoria Frederick Walker Baldwin
2,216
52.18% 		Donald Buchanan McLeod
2,031
47.82% 		Donald Buchanan McLeod
Vacant

References

  1. ^ "Election Returns 1933" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Candidates ran under the "United Front" banner
  2. ^ While 317,485 votes were cast, only 254,233 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.

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