1933 Nova Scotia general election
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30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1933 Nova Scotia general election was held on 22 August 1933 to elect members of the 40th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
[edit]Results by party
[edit]22 | 8 |
Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1928 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 30 | 20 | 15 | 22 | +2 | 166,170 | 52.34% | +4.37% | |
Liberal-Conservative | Gordon Sidney Harrington | 30 | 22 | 20 | 8 | -14 | 145,107 | 45.71% | -3.20% | |
Labour[a] | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2,469 | 0.78% | -1.91% | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,336 | 0.74% | – | ||
Vacant | 7 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 316,082 | 99.56% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 1,403 | 0.44% | – | |||||||
Total | 66 | 43 | 43 | 30 | -13 | 317,485 | 100.00% | – | ||
Registered voters / turnout | 295,957 | 85.90%[b] | – |
Retiring incumbents
[edit]- Liberal
- William Chisholm, Antigonish
- René W.E. Landry, Yarmouth
- Michael M. Morrison, Guysborough
- Wishart McLea Robertson, Shelburne
- Liberal-Conservative
- Robert Hamilton Butts, Cape Breton East
- Reginald Tucker Caldwell, Kings
- Robert Albert Douglas, Pictou
- Donald W. MacKay, Queens
- Harry Thompson MacKenzie, Annapolis
- Hugh Allan MacQuarrie, Pictou
- Daniel George McKenzie, Cumberland
- James A. Proudfoot, Inverness
Nominated candidates
[edit]Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Annapolis | Obediah Parker Goucher 3,967 44.65% |
John D. McKenzie 4,917 55.35% |
Obediah Parker Goucher | |||||||
Harry Thompson MacKenzie† | ||||||||||
Digby | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,703 40.80% |
Joseph William Comeau 5,372 59.20% |
Joseph William Comeau | |||||||
Alexander Stirling MacMillan | ||||||||||
Hants | Albert Parsons 4,603 46.35% |
Alexander Stirling MacMillan 5,328 53.65% |
Albert Parsons | |||||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Kings | George Nowlan 6,098 47.65% |
John Alexander McDonald 6,700 52.35% |
George Nowlan | |||||||
Reginald Tucker Caldwell† |
South Shore
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Lunenburg | Wallace Norman Rehfuss 6,744 21.78% |
Frank R. Davis 8,369 27.03% |
Vacant | |||||||
Melbourne M. Gardner 7,049 22.77% |
Gordon E. Romkey 8,799 28.42% |
Gordon E. Romkey | ||||||||
Queens | Seth M. Bartling 2,880 50.91% |
Roland M. Irving 2,777 49.09% |
Donald W. MacKay† | |||||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Shelburne | James W. Maddin 2,500 43.46% |
Henry R. L. Bill 3,252 56.54% |
Henry R. L. Bill | |||||||
Wishart McLea Robertson† | ||||||||||
Yarmouth | Alvin L. Chipman 3,646 38.49% |
Lindsay C. Gardner 5,826 61.51% |
Lindsay C. Gardner | |||||||
René W.E. Landry† |
Fundy-Northeast
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Colchester | William A. Flemming 6,748 27.04% |
Thomas R. Johnson 6,043 24.21% |
William A. Flemming | |||||||
George Y. Thomas 6,398 25.64% |
R. Edgar McLeod 5,769 23.11% |
Vacant | ||||||||
Cumberland | Archibald Terris 8,291 22.73% |
John S. Smiley 9,540 26.15% |
Archibald Terris | |||||||
Percy Chapman Black 9,406 25.78% |
Earle B. Paul 9,242 25.34% |
Percy Chapman Black | ||||||||
Daniel George McKenzie† |
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Halifax Centre | Russell McInnes 3,967 43.94% |
Guy Murray Logan 4,915 54.44% |
Joseph S. Wallace 146 1.62% |
Vacant Halifax | ||||||
Halifax East | Josiah Frederick Fraser 5,595 47.14% |
Geoffrey W. Stevens 6,273 52.86% |
Josiah Frederick Fraser Halifax | |||||||
Halifax North | Gerald P. Flavin 3,410 38.48% |
Gordon Benjamin Isnor 5,452 61.52% |
Gordon Benjamin Isnor Halifax | |||||||
Halifax South | George H. Murphy 4,325 46.66% |
Angus Lewis Macdonald 4,945 53.34% |
George Henry Murphy Halifax | |||||||
Halifax West | Angus MacDonald Morton 3,957 45.17% |
George E. Hagen 4,804 54.83% |
Angus MacDonald Morton Halifax |
Central Nova
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Antigonish | John A. Walker 2,482 45.68% |
John L. MacIsaac 2,951 54.32% |
John L. MacIsaac | |||||||
William Chisholm† | ||||||||||
Guysborough | Leonard W. Fraser 3,408 43.44% |
Clarence W. Anderson 4,437 56.56% |
Clarence W. Anderson | |||||||
Michael E. Morrison† | ||||||||||
Pictou | John Doull 8,546 22.10% |
Donald F. Fraser 10,377 26.83% |
John Doull | |||||||
John W. MacLeod 8,861 22.91% |
Josiah H. MacQuarrie 10,887 28.15% |
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie† | ||||||||
Robert Albert Douglas† |
Cape Breton
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | CCF | |||||||
Cape Breton Centre | Neil R. McArthur 2,969 43.53% |
Michael Dwyer 3,263 47.84% |
Thomas Ling 588 8.62% |
Gordon Sidney Harrington | ||||||
Joseph Macdonald | ||||||||||
Cape Breton East | Daniel R. Cameron 3,632 38.97% |
Lauchlin Daniel Currie 3,655 39.21% |
James B. McLachlan 1,737 18.64% |
Donald O. Fraser 297 3.19% |
Daniel R. Cameron | |||||
Robert Hamilton Butts† | ||||||||||
Cape Breton North | Joseph Macdonald 4,448 47.50% |
Luke Daye 4,330 46.24% |
John McDonald 586 6.26% |
New riding | ||||||
Cape Breton South | Gordon Sidney Harrington 4,757 43.81% |
Malcolm A. Patterson 4,650 42.83% |
Lauchlin D. McKay 1,451 13.36% |
New riding | ||||||
Cape Breton West | Weldon W. Patton 3,036 53.49% |
Alonzo Martell 2,640 46.51% |
Alonzo Martell Richmond-West Cape Breton | |||||||
Inverness | Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,862 46.36% |
Moses Elijah McGarry 5,626 53.64% |
Moses Elijah McGarry | |||||||
James A. Proudfoot† | ||||||||||
Richmond | Benjamin A. LeBlanc 2,603 46.46% |
George R. Deveau 3,000 53.54% |
Vacant Richmond-West Cape Breton | |||||||
Victoria | Frederick Walker Baldwin 2,216 52.18% |
Donald Buchanan McLeod 2,031 47.82% |
Donald Buchanan McLeod | |||||||
Vacant |
References
[edit]- ^ "Election Returns 1933" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
Notes
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1933. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. 1934.