1949 Nova Scotia general election

1949 Nova Scotia general election
← 1945 June 9, 1949 1953 →
37 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.67% Increase12.99pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
CCF
Leader Angus Lewis Macdonald Robert Stanfield Russell Cunningham
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since August 31, 1945 November 10, 1948 1945
Leader's seat Halifax South Colchester Cape Breton East
Last election 28 0 2
Seats won 27 8[1] 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase8 Steady
Popular vote 178,177 134,311 34,036
Percentage 51.0% 39.2% 9.6%
Swing Decrease2.08% Increase6.18% Decrease4.10%
Premier before election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

Premier after election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

The 1949 Nova Scotia general election was held on 9 June 1949 to elect members of the 44th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives returned to the legislature after their wipeout in the 1945 general election, but their eight seats put them in a distant second place to the Liberals' 37.

Results

Results by party

↓
27 8 2
Liberal Progressive Conservative CCF
Official results [2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1945 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald 38 28 28 0 178,177 50.97% -2.08%
  Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 37 0 7 +7 134,311 39.21% +6.18%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 22 2 2 0 34,036 9.60% -4.10%
  Independent/Other 1 0 0 0 749 0.22% N/A
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 342,533 % –
Blank and invalid ballots 1,857 0.54% –
Total 96 30 30 37 – 344,390 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 369,117 77.67%[3]
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 50.97%
PC
 
 39.21%
CCF
 
 9.60%
Others
 
 0.22%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 72.97%
PC
 
 21.62%
CCF
 
 5.41%

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 CCF PC Independent
Annapolis Henry Hicks
5,091
52.29% 		Louisa Anna Shaw
198
2.03% 		Harry Thompson MacKenzie
4,447
45.68% 		Henry Hicks
Clare Benoit Comeau
2,078
49.55% 		Desire J. Comeau
2,116
50.45% 		New riding
Digby Blanchard Spring Morrell
2,748
49.26% 		E. Keith Potter
2,830
50.74% 		Vacant
Hants West[4] George B. Cole
2,530
39.67% 		Ralph Loomer
569
8.92% 		George Henry Wilson
2,529
39.66% 		Gordon B. Crossley
749
11.75% 		New riding
Kings David Durell Sutton
7,322
25.34% 		Hiram Thomas
7,061
24.44% 		David Durell Sutton
William H. Pipe
7,369
25.51% 		Edward Haliburton
7,138
24.71% 		New seat

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Lunenburg Arthur L. Thurlow
7,145
23.49% 		Orris A. MacLaren
844
2.77% 		R. Clifford Levy
6,935
22.80% 		Vacant
Gordon E. Romkey
7,814
25.69% 		Lemuel O. Murphy
871
2.86% 		Fred Rhodenizer
6,807
22.38% 		Gordon E. Romkey
Queens Merrill D. Rawding
3,166
50.21% 		J.N. McIntyre
299
4.74% 		E.M. More
2,840
45.04% 		Merrill D. Rawding
Shelburne Wilfred Dauphinee
3,436
53.20% 		Reginald Donald Ross
3,023
46.80% 		Wilfred Dauphinee
Yarmouth Joseph Israel Pothier
4,601
24.38% 		William Heartz Brown
5,322
28.20% 		New seat
Donald J. Fraser
4,751
25.18% 		Alfred B. d'Entremont
4,197
22.24% 		Henry A. Waterman†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Colchester W.J. MacDonald
6,968
23.23% 		A.L. Lynds
513
1.71% 		Robert Stanfield
8,081
26.94% 		Gordon Purdy†
Robert F. McLellan
6,857
22.86% 		George Isaac Smith
7,580
25.27% 		Robert F. McLellan
Cumberland Centre Archibald J. Mason
2,219
42.41% 		Florence Welton
1,406
26.87% 		Archie B. Smith
1,607
30.71% 		New riding
Cumberland East Martin J. Kaufman
4,280
49.79% 		Brenton Garnhum
697
8.11% 		Arnold G. McLellan
3,619
42.10% 		Martin J. Kaufman
Cumberland
Cumberland West Kenneth Judson Cochrane
2,645
48.38% 		Thomas A. Giles
2,822
51.62% 		Kenneth Judson Cochrane
Cumberland
Hants East Robert A. MacLellan
2,069
46.62% 		Johnston B. Hart
272
6.13% 		Ernest M. Ettinger
2,097
47.25% 		Robert A. MacLellan
Hants

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
5,725
54.71% 		Elmore Webber
1,167
11.15% 		Jack L. Dowell
3,573
34.14% 		James Edward Rutledge
Halifax East Geoffrey W. Stevens
7,703
52.22% 		Wallace Mason
2,773
18.80% 		R. Graham Murray
4,274
28.98% 		Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax North Harold Connolly
7,944
54.79% 		Arthur Kenneth Green
2,066
14.25% 		Richard Donahoe
4,489
30.96% 		Harold Connolly
Halifax South Angus Lewis Macdonald
6,097
59.57% 		Edward Coombs
926
9.05% 		John R. Milledge
3,212
31.38% 		Angus Lewis Macdonald
Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
6,788
49.88% 		Fred M. Young
3,027
22.24% 		Malcolm Edgbert Walker
3,795
27.88% 		Ronald Manning Fielding

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Antigonish Colin H. Chisholm
3,179
58.23% 		Terrance Bernard Thompson
2,280
41.77% 		John Patrick Gorman†
Guysborough Arthur W. MacKenzie
4,041
64.19% 		Hugh A.K. Forbes
2,254
35.81% 		Arthur W. MacKenzie
Pictou Centre Alfred B. DeWolfe
5,283
47.49% 		Alvin M. Stewart
1,343
12.07% 		John A. MacGregor
4,499
40.44% 		Alfred B. DeWolfe
Pictou
Pictou East John W. MacDonald
2,455
46.55% 		Collie G. Ross
603
11.43% 		William A. MacLeod
2,216
42.02% 		Vacant
Pictou
Pictou West Stewart W. Proudfoot
2,817
55.04% 		Donald R. Gilchrist
2,301
44.96% 		New riding

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Cape Breton Centre Ronald McIsaac
3,271
40.17% 		Michael James MacDonald
3,339
41.01% 		Joseph A. MacDonald
1,532
18.82% 		Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East Charles Roy MacDonald
3,829
36.59% 		Russell Cunningham
4,543
43.41% 		Thomas Horace Dickson
2,093
20.00% 		Russell Cunningham
Cape Breton North Alexander O'Handley
4,727
46.13% 		Wendell Coldwell
2,502
24.42% 		John Michael Macdonald
3,018
29.45% 		Alexander O'Handley
Cape Breton South John Smith MacIvor
6,742
47.20% 		Vincent Allan Morrison
3,740
26.18% 		Ross Anderson MacKimmie
3,802
26.62% 		John Smith MacIvor
Cape Breton West Malcolm A. Patterson
3,444
51.14% 		Arthur Briggs
1,171
17.39% 		David McLeod
2,120
31.48% 		Malcolm A. Patterson
Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
6,168
37.72% 		Alcorn A. Munro
2,368
14.48% 		Alexander H. McKinnon
Roderick MacLean
5,562
34.01% 		George H. Penny
2,254
13.78% 		New seat
Richmond Lauchlin Daniel Currie
3,254
66.49% 		D.W. Morrison
1,640
33.51% 		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Victoria Carleton L. MacMillan
2,486
61.75% 		Phillip MacLeod
1,540
38.25% 		John Malcolm Campbell†

References

  1. ^ 27 November 1950 deferred by-election for Hants West seat, won by PC candidate
  2. ^ "Election Returns 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ^ While 344,390 votes were cast, only 286,694 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.
  4. ^ In the riding of Hants West, Progressive Conservative George Henry Wilson's 3-vote lead on election night, became a tie after a judicial recount. The Returning Officer then cast the deciding vote for the Liberal's George B. Cole. After an appeal, a judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat and was won by Wilson.