1949 Nova Scotia general election

1949 Nova Scotia general election
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37 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.67% 12.99pp
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

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27	8	2
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	CCF

Official results ^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	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]

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		CCF		PC		Independent	Incumbent
Colchester		W.J. MacDonald 6,968 23.23%		A.L. Lynds 513 1.71%		Robert Stanfield 8,081 26.94%			Gordon Purdy†
Colchester		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

^ 27 November 1950 deferred by-election for Hants West seat, won by PC candidate
^ "Election Returns 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
^ While 344,390 votes were cast, only 286,694 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.
^ 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.

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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections