1960 Nova Scotia general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election
← 1956 June 7, 1960 1963 →
43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.02% Increase2.19pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
CCF
Leader Robert Stanfield Henry Hicks Michael James MacDonald
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since November 10, 1948 September 9, 1954 1953
Leader's seat Colchester Annapolis East
(Lost re-election) 		Cape Breton Centre
Last election 24 18 1
Seats won 27 15 1
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3 Steady
Popular vote 168,023 147,951 31,036
Percentage 48.11% 42.36% 8.89%
Swing Decrease0.44pp Decrease5.29pp Increase5.94pp
Premier before election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

↓
27 15 1
Progressive Conservative Liberal CCF
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1956 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 43 24 24 27 +3 168,023 48.11% -0.44%
  Liberal Henry Hicks 43 18 17 15 -3 147,951 42.36% -5.29%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Michael James MacDonald 34 1 1 1 0 31,036 8.89% +5.94%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 0 650 0.19% -0.05%
  Vacant 1  
Total valid votes 347,660 99.54% +0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots 1,596 0.46% -0.15%
Total 121 43 43 43 – 349,256 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 388,805 82.02%[3] +2.19%
Popular vote
PC
 
 48.11%
Liberal
 
 42.36%
CCF
 
 8.89%
Independent
 
 0.19%
Seats summary
PC
 
 62.79%
Liberal
 
 34.88%
CCF
 
 2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal
Progressive 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
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Annapolis East Hanson Dowell
2,666
48.69% 		Henry Hicks
2,658
48.55% 		Murray Alton Bent
151
2.76% 		Henry Hicks
Annapolis West Charles T. LeBrun
2,068
42.74% 		Peter M. Nicholson
2,571
53.14% 		Louis A. Beeler
199
4.11% 		Peter M. Nicholson
Clare Kenneth Weaver
2,034
47.87% 		Pierre E. Belliveau
2,215
52.13% 		Pierre E. Belliveau
Digby E. Keith Potter
2,593
48.15% 		Victor Cardoza
2,651
49.23% 		Foster Journeay
141
2.62% 		Malcolm Stewart Leonard†
Hants West George Henry Wilson
3,623
49.27% 		Gerald Regan
3,412
46.40% 		Howard B. Wile
319
4.34% 		George Henry Wilson
Kings North Gladys Porter
3,060
51.19% 		Eric Balcom
2,782
46.54% 		Levitte Joseph Melanson
136
2.28% 		Eric Balcom
Kings South Edward Haliburton
2,388
57.29% 		Bruce Trenholm
1,581
37.93% 		George R. Goucher
199
4.77% 		Edward Haliburton
Kings West R.F. Hazel
3,425
45.18% 		Edward D. MacArthur
3,937
51.93% 		George Turner
219
2.89% 		Hiram Thomas†

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Lunenburg Centre George O. Lohnes
4,384
52.25% 		Nathan Simeon Joudrey
3,832
45.67% 		Arthur William Benedict
175
2.09% 		George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East Maurice L. Zinck
2,140
58.37% 		Kirk S. Hennigar
1,405
38.33% 		Albro Boehner
121
3.30% 		Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West Harley J. Spence
2,858
52.94% 		Frederick E.L. Fowke
2,541
47.06% 		Harley J. Spence
Queens W. S. Kennedy Jones
3,770
59.04% 		Della P. Richardson
2,616
40.96% 		W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne James McKay Harding
3,539
52.94% 		William Russell MacKay
3,146
47.06% 		James McKay Harding
Yarmouth George A. Burridge
4,811
24.82% 		Eric Spinney
4,309
22.23% 		Willard Franklyn Allen
650
3.35% 		Eric Spinney
George A. Snow
4,578
23.62% 		Willard O'Brien
5,037
25.98% 		Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Colchester Robert Stanfield
8,574
28.82% 		Hugh Charles MacKinnon
5,439
18.28% 		Harvey T. Curtis
704
2.37% 		Robert Stanfield
George Isaac Smith
8,219
27.62% 		Gordon Purdy
6,127
20.59% 		Helen K. Wright
692
2.33% 		George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre Stephen T. Pyke
2,308
52.91% 		Ralph F. Gilroy
1,753
40.19% 		John R. Tabor
301
6.90% 		Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East James A. Langille
5,081
57.08% 		Walter T. Purdy
3,471
39.00% 		Lloyd L. Ayer
349
3.92% 		James A. Langille
Cumberland West George Percy Graham
2,219
45.79% 		Allison T. Smith
2,418
49.90% 		Thomas Alton Johnstone
209
4.31% 		Allison T. Smith
Hants East Ernest M. Ettinger
2,426
49.50% 		Carl Spencer Grant
2,207
45.03% 		Alfred James Scothorn
268
5.47% 		Ernest M. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Halifax Centre Donald MacKeen Smith
4,921
48.01% 		Gordon S. Cowan
4,651
45.38% 		James M. Murray
678
6.61% 		Gordon S. Cowan
Halifax County-Dartmouth Murray Ritcey
7,653
43.05% 		Gordon L. S. Hart
8,258
46.46% 		Percy W. Dares
1,864
10.49% 		Geoffrey W. Stevens†
Halifax East Nelson Gaetz
2,432
44.06% 		Duncan MacMillan
2,787
50.49% 		Wallace H. Mason
301
5.45% 		Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North Robert Mullane
7,444
44.09% 		John E. Ahern
7,974
47.23% 		Charles A. Moulton
1,466
8.68% 		John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest Gordon H. Fitzgerald
4,209
46.55% 		Ronald Manning Fielding
4,182
46.26% 		L.C. Wilson
650
7.19% 		Ronald Manning Fielding
Halifax South Richard Donahoe
5,861
54.65% 		Robert James Butler
4,302
40.12% 		Ralph Loomer
561
5.23% 		Richard Donahoe
Halifax West D. C. McNeil
6,684
45.06% 		Charles H. Reardon
6,925
46.68% 		Harold J. Martell
1,225
8.26% 		Charles H. Reardon

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Antigonish William F. MacKinnon
3,177
54.77% 		Vincent J. MacDonald
2,495
43.01% 		Alex MacPherson
129
2.22% 		William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough Alexander MacIsaac
3,123
49.98% 		Norman Robert Anderson
2,934
46.95% 		Leslie Wilfred Myers
192
3.07% 		Vacant
Pictou Centre Donald R. MacLeod
4,755
43.92% 		James H. Power
3,615
33.39% 		Doris Nicholson
2,456
22.69% 		Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East William A. MacLeod
2,424
44.55% 		John W. MacDonald
2,568
47.20% 		Barrie M. Hould
449
8.25% 		William A. MacLeod
Pictou West Harvey Veniot
2,744
52.28% 		W.A. Broidy
2,353
44.83% 		W.E. Salsman
152
2.90% 		Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
PC Liberal CCF Independent
Cape Breton Centre Lowell Murray
1,964
27.19% 		James P. McNeil
1,887
26.13% 		Michael James MacDonald
3,371
46.68% 		Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East Layton Fergusson
4,862
45.56% 		Joe A. Wadden
1,567
14.68% 		John L. MacKinnon
4,243
39.76% 		Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North Tom MacKeough
5,257
46.83% 		Ted Sullivan
3,094
27.56% 		Thomas R. MacDonald
2,875
25.61% 		John Michael Macdonald†
Cape Breton Nova Percy Gaum
2,525
36.93% 		Wilfred Gillis
2,094
30.63% 		Albert Ollie Wilson
2,218
32.44% 		Percy Gaum
Cape Breton South Donald C. MacNeil
5,153
46.23% 		Ritchie MacCoy
3,718
33.36% 		Bernard O'Neil
2,275
20.41% 		Donald C. MacNeil
Cape Breton West Edward Manson
4,192
45.37% 		Herbert Shannon
3,652
39.53% 		John R. Lynk
1,395
15.10% 		Edward Manson
Inverness Archie Neil Chisholm
3,923
24.43% 		Joseph Clyde Nunn
4,113
25.62% 		Stephen James MacLellan
353
2.20% 		Joseph Clyde Nunn
Ralph Mauger MacKichan
3,648
22.72% 		Roderick MacLean
4,018
25.03% 		Roderick MacLean
Richmond Byron Seymour Langley
2,491
48.89% 		Earl Wallace Urquhart
2,604
51.11% 		Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria Leonard Walter Jones
1,817
46.96% 		Carleton L. MacMillan
2,052
53.04% 		Carleton L. MacMillan

References

  1. ^ "Election Returns 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. ^ While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.

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