1928_Nova_Scotia_general_election
The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.
Quick Facts 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Results by party
| 22 | 20 | 1 |
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour |
More information Party, Party leader ...
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 1925 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 42 | 39 | 22 | -17 | 210,442 | 49.11% | -9.97% | ||
| Liberal | William Chisholm | 43 | 3 | 20 | +17 | 206,541 | 48.20% | +11.90% | ||
| Labour | None | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11,529 | 4.62% | -1.93% | ||
| Vacant | ||||||||||
| Total valid votes | 428,512 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
| Total | 88 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 428,512 | 100.00% | – | ||
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More information Popular vote ...
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- Liberal-Conservative
- William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester
- William Hudson Farnham, Digby
- Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax
- Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East
- William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax
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bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
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Valley
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Annapolis | Obediah Parker Goucher 3,689 25.90% |
John D. McKenzie 3,450 24.22% |
Obediah Parker Goucher | |||||
| Harry Thompson MacKenzie 3,645 25.59% |
Daniel Owen 3,461 24.30% |
Harry Thompson MacKenzie | ||||||
| Digby | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,125 22.88% |
Joseph William Comeau 3,763 27.55% |
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau | |||||
| H.E. Wagner 3,213 23.52% |
Alexander Stirling MacMillan 3,557 26.04% |
William Hudson Farnham† | ||||||
| Hants | Albert Parsons 4,087 26.46% |
James William Reid 3,823 24.75% |
Albert Parsons | |||||
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,008 25.95% |
Robert Gass 3,528 22.84% |
Edgar Nelson Rhodes | ||||||
| Kings | George Nowlan 5,452 27.25% |
James F. Durno 5,003 25.01% |
George Nowlan | |||||
| Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,540 27.69% |
Frederick J. Porter 4,010 20.04% |
Reginald Tucker Caldwell | ||||||
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South Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Lunenburg | Wallace Norman Rehfuss 5,709 23.71% |
John James Kinley 6,533 27.13% |
Wallace Norman Rehfuss | |||||
| William Haslam Smith 5,535 22.98% |
Gordon E. Romkey 6,304 26.18% |
William Haslam Smith | ||||||
| Queens | William Lorimer Hall 2,206 29.36% |
Frederick Dickie 1,649 21.95% |
William Lorimer Hall | |||||
| Donald W. MacKay 1,937 25.78% |
Roland M. Irving 1,721 22.91% |
Vacant | ||||||
| Shelburne | Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,121 23.26% |
Henry R. L. Bill 2,474 27.13% |
Ernest Reginald Nickerson | |||||
| Norman Emmons Smith 2,052 22.50% |
Wishart McLea Robertson 2,473 27.12% |
Norman Emmons Smith | ||||||
| Yarmouth | John Flint Cahan 3,666 24.26% |
Lindsay C. Gardner 4,141 27.41% |
John Flint Cahan | |||||
| Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,286 21.75% |
René W.E. Landry 4,016 26.58% |
Raymond Neri d'Entremont | ||||||
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Fundy-Northeast
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Colchester | William A. Flemming 4,882 27.74% |
William R. Dunbar 3,583 20.36% |
William Boardman Armstrong† | |||||
| Frank Stanfield 5,298 30.10% |
Donald L. MacKinnon 3,839 21.81% |
Frank Stanfield | ||||||
| Cumberland | John S. Smiley 6,230 15.99% |
Archibald Terris 6,667 17.11% |
Archibald Terris | |||||
| Percy Chapman Black 7,710 19.78% |
Charles H. Read 5,758 14.78% |
Percy Chapman Black | ||||||
| Daniel George McKenzie 6,605 16.95% |
Kenneth Judson Cochrane 5,999 15.39% |
Daniel George McKenzie | ||||||
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Halifax
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Halifax | John Archibald Walker 11,076 9.95% |
Edward Joseph Cragg 11,215 10.08% |
John Archibald Walker | |||||
| Frederick P. Bligh 11,082 9.96% |
Gordon Benjamin Isnor 11,357 10.21% |
William Drysdale Piercey† | ||||||
| Josiah Frederick Fraser 11,298 10.15% |
Thomas J. Byrne 10,939 9.83% |
Josiah Frederick Fraser | ||||||
| John Francis Mahoney 11,589 10.41% |
Bernard W. Russell 10,855 9.76% |
John Francis Mahoney | ||||||
| Angus MacDonald Morton 11,273 10.13% |
William J. Kennedy 10,591 9.52% |
Alexander Montgomerie† | ||||||
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Central Nova
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Antigonish | John D. MacIntyre 1,792 20.95% |
John L. MacIsaac 2,431 28.42% |
John L. MacIsaac | |||||
| John F. McLellan 1,925 22.50% |
William Chisholm 2,407 28.14% |
William Chisholm | ||||||
| Guysborough | Simon Osborn Giffin 2,980 23.60% |
Clarence W. Anderson 3,337 26.43% |
Simon Osborn Giffin | |||||
| Howard Amos Rice 3,018 23.90% |
Michael E. Morrison 3,293 26.08% |
Howard Amos Rice | ||||||
| Pictou | John Doull 7,836 18.21% |
Donald F. Fraser 7,052 16.38% |
John Doull | |||||
| Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 7,249 16.84% |
A.T. Logan 6,836 15.88% |
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie | ||||||
| Robert Albert Douglas 7,572 17.59% |
Clifford E. Carruthers 6,498 15.10% |
Robert Albert Douglas | ||||||
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Cape Breton
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Gordon Sidney Harrington 5,949 29.22% |
Malcolm A. Patterson 4,384 21.54% |
Gordon Sidney Harrington | |||||
| Joseph Macdonald 5,762 28.31% |
Luke Daye 4,261 20.93% |
Joseph Macdonald | ||||||
| Cape Breton East | Daniel R. Cameron 5,541 21.98% |
Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,724 18.73% |
Forman Waye 2,273 9.01% |
Vacant | ||||
| Robert Hamilton Butts 5,568 22.08% |
Dan C. McDonald 4,520 17.93% |
James B. McLachlan 2,589 10.27% |
Alexander O'Handley† | |||||
| Inverness | Hubert Meen Aucoin 3,865 23.37% |
Moses Elijah McGarry 4,318 26.11% |
Hubert Meen Aucoin | |||||
| Malcolm McKay 3,930 23.77% |
James A. Proudfoot 4,422 26.74% |
Malcolm McKay | ||||||
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 2,044 24.77% |
Alonzo Martell 2,055 24.90% |
Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | |||||
| John Angus Stewart 2,035 24.66% |
Edward C. Doyle 2,118 25.67% |
John Angus Stewart | ||||||
| Victoria | H.A. Grant 1,640 23.75% |
Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,840 26.65% |
Donald Buchanan McLeod | |||||
| Phillip McLeod 1,652 23.92% |
Daniel Alexander Cameron 1,773 25.68% |
Phillip McLeod | ||||||
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- "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- Lemieux, Rodolphe; Falconer, Robert; Colquhoun, A. H. U.; Carrel, Frank; Beatty, E. W., eds. (1929). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1928–29. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.