1941 Nova Scotia general election

1941 Nova Scotia general election
← 1937 October 28, 1941 1945 →
30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.05% Decrease16.62pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
PC
CCF
Leader Alexander Stirling MacMillan Frederick Murray Blois No leader
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since July 10, 1940 1940
Leader's seat Hants Colchester
Last election 25 5 Did not contest
Seats won 23 4 3
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease1 Increase3
Popular vote 137,884 104,123 18,583
Percentage 52.7% 40.3% 7.0%
Swing Steady0.0pp Decrease5.5pp Increase7.0pp
Premier before election

Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Liberal

Premier after election

Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Liberal

The 1941 Nova Scotia general election was held on 28 October 1941 to elect members of the 42nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
23 4 3
Liberal Progressive Conservative CCF
Official results [1]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1937 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald 30 24 22 -2 137,884 52.91% -0.02%
  Progressive Conservative Frederick Murray Blois 28 5 5 0 104,123 39.96% -6.02%
  Co-operative Commonwealth 6 0 0 3 +3 18,583 7.13% N/A
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 260,590 99.37% –
Blank and invalid ballots 1,651 0.63% –
Total 64 30 30 30 – 262,241 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 341,788 63.05%[2] -6.23%

* The CCF ran in the 1933 election but did not run any candidates in 1937. The party elected 1 MLA in the 1939 Cape Breton East by-election.

Popular vote
Liberal
 
 52.70%
PC
 
 40.30%
CCF
 
 7.00%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 73.33%
PC
 
 16.67%
CCF
 
 10.00%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

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 PC CCF
Annapolis John D. McKenzie
4,292
60.60% 		Hanson Taylor Dowell
2,790
39.40% 		John D. McKenzie
Digby Joseph William Comeau
4,818
62.34% 		James John Wallis
2,910
37.66% 		Joseph William Comeau
Hants Alexander Stirling MacMillan
4,871
57.56% 		Norman Dexter Blanchard
3,592
42.44% 		Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Kings John Alexander McDonald
6,654
62.58% 		Raymond Crosby
3,978
37.42% 		John Alexander McDonald

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC CCF
Lunenburg Frank R. Davis
6,366
29.39% 		R. Clifford Levy
4,601
21.24% 		Frank R. Davis
Gordon E. Romkey
6,288
29.03% 		Angus J. Walters
4,404
20.33% 		Gordon E. Romkey
Queens Harry Dennis Madden
2,461
50.13% 		John J. Cameron
2,448
49.87% 		John J. Cameron
Shelburne Wilfred Dauphinee
2,422
50.73% 		Frederick William Bower
2,352
49.27% 		Henry R. L. Bill†
Yarmouth Henry A. Waterman
4,551
63.02% 		Peter Lorimer Judge
2,670
36.98% 		Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC CCF
Colchester Alexander Murdoch Sutherland
5,160
23.74% 		Frederick Murray Blois
5,842
26.88% 		Frederick Murray Blois
Robert F. McLellan
5,301
24.39% 		George Scott Dickey
5,432
24.99% 		George Scott Dickey
Cumberland Archibald J. Mason
7,040
22.87% 		Archie B. Smith
7,954
25.84% 		Archie B. Smith
Kenneth Judson Cochrane
7,970
25.90% 		Leonard William Fraser
7,814
25.39% 		Leonard William Fraser

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC CCF
Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
4,226
59.49% 		Arthur Wilfred Morton
2,878
40.51% 		James Edward Rutledge
Halifax East Geoffrey W. Stevens
5,094
60.39% 		Norman Dudley Murray
3,341
39.61% 		Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax North Harold Connolly
4,124
64.98% 		Helen Macdonald Lownds
1,962
30.91% 		James Ronald Clark
261
4.11% 		Harold Connolly
Halifax South Joseph Richard Murphy
4,381
58.75% 		Arthur James Haliburton
3,076
41.25% 		Joseph Richard Murphy
Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
4,459
58.37% 		John Shenstone Roper
3,180
41.63% 		Vacant

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC CCF
Antigonish John A. MacIsaac
2,759
61.49% 		Michael Ignatius Webb
1,728
38.51% 		Vacant
Guysborough Havelock Torrey
3,759
64.15% 		John Donald McIntyre
2,101
35.85% 		Havelock Torrey
Pictou Newton G. Munro
7,562
23.16% 		Ernest G. Irish
8,256
25.28% 		Newton G. Munro
Josiah H. MacQuarrie
8,780
26.89% 		W. Thomas Hayden
8,055
24.67% 		Josiah H. MacQuarrie

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal PC CCF
Cape Breton Centre Gus Brown
2,275
30.96% 		John Clifford Gregor
1,155
15.72% 		Douglas MacDonald
3,918
53.32% 		Douglas MacDonald
Cape Breton East Lauchlin Daniel Currie
4,052
39.44% 		Douglas Neil Brodie
6,222
60.56% 		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Cape Breton North Alexander O'Handley
3,344
39.97% 		Joseph Angus MacDougall
2,387
28.53% 		Robert Silas Bartlett
2,636
31.50% 		George Belcher Murray†
Cape Breton South George M. Morrison
3,946
35.96% 		Donald John MacLean
3,019
27.51% 		Donald MacDonald
4,008
36.53% 		George M. Morrison
Cape Breton West Malcolm A. Patterson
2,306
41.10% 		John Alexander MacDonald
1,767
31.49% 		Robert Joseph Orr
1,538
27.41% 		Malcolm A. Patterson
Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
5,302
63.54% 		Alexander Daniel McInnis
3,043
36.46% 		Alexander H. McKinnon
Richmond Donald David Boyd
2,176
50.59% 		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
2,125
49.41% 		Donald David Boyd
Victoria John Malcolm Campbell
2,176
63.05% 		John Roderick Fraser
1,275
36.95% 		John Malcolm Campbell

References

  1. ^ "Election Returns 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. ^ While 260,590 votes were cast, only 215,491 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.