1949 Nova Scotia general election
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37 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 77.67% 12.99pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Results[]
Results by party[]
27 | 8 | 2 |
Liberal | Progressive Conservative | CCF |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1945 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 38 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 178,177 | 50.97% | -2.08% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Frederick Murray Blois | 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] |
Retiring incumbents[]
- Liberal
- John Malcolm Campbell, Victoria
- John Patrick Gorman, Antigonish
- Gordon Purdy, Colchester
- Henry A. Waterman, Yarmouth
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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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[]
- ^ 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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