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1911 Nova Scotia general election

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1911 Nova Scotia general election

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June 14, 1911

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38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		Con
Leader	George Henry Murray	John M. Baillie
Party	Liberal	Liberal-Conservative
Leader since	1896	1909
Leader's seat	Victoria	Pictou (Lost re-election)
Last election	32	5
Seats won	27	11
Seat change	5	6
Popular vote	99,192	88,114
Percentage	51.09%	45.38%
Swing	3.99pp	3.06pp

Premier before election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

Premier after election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

The 1911 Nova Scotia general election was held on 14 June 1911 to elect members of the 35th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

↓
27	11
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1906	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	George Henry Murray	38	32	32	27	-5	99,192	51.09%	-3.99%
	Liberal-Conservative	John M. Baillie	37	5	5	11	+6	88,114	45.38%	+3.06%
	Independent/Other		3	1	1	0	-1	3,441	1.77%	-0.83%
	Labour	None	2	0	0	0	0	3,410	1.76%	+1.76%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								194,157	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			78	38	38	38	–	194,157	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal			51.09%
Liberal-Conservative			45.38%
Independent/Other			1.77%
Labour			1.76%

Seats summary

Liberal			71.05%
Liberal-Conservative			28.95%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Joseph A. Bancroft, Annapolis
Charles F. Cooper, Queens
Neil J. Gillis, Cape Breton
Joshua H. Livingstone, Cumberland
David McPherson, Halifax
Moses H. Nickerson, Shelburne
James O'Brien, Hants
Elisha B. Paul, Cumberland
William Whitman, Guysborough

Nominated candidates

1911 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[3]

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
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Annapolis		Orlando Daniels 2,092 26.74%		A. L. Davison 1,931 24.68%						Orlando Daniels
Annapolis		J. R. Hall 1,863 23.81%		Norman Phinney 1,938 24.77%						Joseph A. Bancroft†
Digby		Joseph William Comeau 1,892 28.09%		Harry Hatheway Marshall 1,599 23.74%						Joseph William Comeau
Digby		Allen Ellsworth Wall 1,855 27.54%		F. P. Deveau 1,389 20.62%						Allen Ellsworth Wall
Hants		James William Reid 2,066 25.24%		P. M. Feilding 2,006 24.51%						James O'Brien†
Hants		George Wilson 1,809 22.10%		Albert Parsons 2,303 28.14%						Albert Parsons
Kings		Harry H. Wickwire 2,413 27.12%		S. C. Parker 1,599 17.97%				N. W. Eaton 1,893 21.28% (Moral Reform)		Harry H. Wickwire
Kings		Archibald Menzies Covert 2,156 24.24%						Charles Alexander Campbell 835 9.39% (Moral Reform)		Charles Alexander Campbell

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		Alexander Kenneth Maclean 3,136 27.98%		Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker 2,405 21.46%						Alexander Kenneth Maclean
Lunenburg		Charles Uniacke Mader 2,679 23.90%		Joseph Willis Margeson 2,987 26.65%						Charles Uniacke Mader
Queens		Jordan W. Smith 1,047 26.42%		Philson Kempton 953 24.05%						Charles F. Cooper†
Queens		W. P. Purney 884 22.31%		William Lorimer Hall 1,079 27.23%						William Lorimer Hall
Shelburne		Robert Irwin 1,245 26.64%		R. Ward Fisher 1,120 23.97%						Robert Irwin
Shelburne		Smith Nickerson 1,202 25.72%		George Phillips 1,106 23.67%						Moses H. Nickerson†
Yarmouth		Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,665 28.02%		James G. d'Entremont 1,180 19.86%						Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Henry S. LeBlanc 1,514 25.48%		Howard Corning 1,583 26.64%						Henry S. LeBlanc

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Colchester		William Davison Hill 2,449 25.07%		Frank Stanfield 2,592 26.53%						William Davison Hill
Colchester		Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,206 22.58%		Robert H. Kennedy 2,522 25.82%						Benjamin Franklin Pearson
Cumberland		James Ralston 4,168 26.10%		J. Flemming Gilroy 4,030 25.24%						Elisha B. Paul†
Cumberland		Rufus Carter 4,154 26.01%		C. R. Smith 3,617 22.65%						Joshua H. Livingstone†

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Halifax		F. J. Logan 6,142 17.74%		Frederick P. Bligh 5,187 14.98%		John T. Joy 2,575 7.44%				David McPherson†
		George Everett Faulkner 6,120 17.68%		Nelson R. Smith 4,825 13.94%						George Everett Faulkner
		Robert Emmett Finn 5,836 16.86%		J. C. O'Mullin 3,937 11.37%						Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Antigonish		Fred Robert Trotter 1,267 27.24%		Hugh MacDougall 1,016 21.84%						Fred Robert Trotter
Antigonish		Christopher P. Chisholm 1,070 23.00%		Edward Lavin Girroir 1,299 27.92%						Christopher P. Chisholm
Guysborough		James Cranswick Tory 1,860 26.97%		G. T. MacNeil 1,625 23.56%						William Whitman†
Guysborough		James F. Ellis 1,794 26.01%		J. S. Wells 1,618 23.46%						James F. Ellis
Pictou		Robert M. McGregor 3,929 17.39%		Charles Elliott Tanner 3,788 16.76%		P. P. Foxgrove 835 3.70%				Robert M. McGregor
		Robert Hugh MacKay 3,725 16.49%		S. G. Robertson 3,428 15.17%						Robert Hugh MacKay
		Archibald MacKenzie 3,299 14.60%		John M. Baillie 3,591 15.89%						John M. Baillie

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Cape Breton		Arthur Samuel Kendall 5,987 23.99%		John Carey Douglas 6,252 25.05%						Arthur Samuel Kendall
Cape Breton		W. F. Carroll 5,756 23.07%		Robert Hamilton Butts 6,246 25.03%				Alex McKinnon 713 2.86% (Socialist)		Neil J. Gillis†
Inverness		Donald MacLennan 2,723 27.92%		C.E MacMillan 2,143 21.97%						C.E. MacMillan
Inverness		James MacDonald 2,613 26.79%		Thomas Gallant 2,274 23.32%						James MacDonald
Richmond		Simon Joyce 1,108 28.94%		Felix Landry 821 21.45%						Felix Landry
Richmond		Charles P. Bissett 1,097 28.66%		James McVicar 802 20.95%						Charles P. Bissett
Victoria		George Henry Murray 1,247 33.76%		John Lemuel Bethune 696 18.84%						George Henry Murray
Victoria		Angus A. Buchanan 1,124 30.43%		Duncan McDonald 627 16.97%						Angus A. Buchanan

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.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

Further reading

Hopkins, J. Castell (1912). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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