The 1945 Nova Scotia general election was held on 23 October 1945 to elect members of the 43rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives were entirely shut out of the Assembly, making the CCF's two MLAs the only opposition members.

Quick Facts 30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

1945 Nova Scotia general election

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30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.68% 1.63pp
First party Second party Third party   CCF PC Leader Angus Lewis Macdonald Donald MacDonald Frederick Murray Blois Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Progressive Conservative Leader since August 31, 1945 1941 1940 Leader's seat Halifax South Cape Breton South (Lost re-election) Colchester (Lost re-election) Last election 23 3 4 Seats won 28 2 0 Seat change 5 1 4 Popular vote 153,493 39,637 95,573 Percentage 53.1% 13.6% 33.5% Swing 0.5pp 6.6pp 7.8pp
Premier before election Angus Lewis Macdonald Liberal Premier after election Angus Lewis Macdonald Liberal

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Co-operative Commonwealth

• Douglas Neil Brodie, Cape Breton East
• Douglas MacDonald, Cape Breton Centre

Liberal

• Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Hants
• Harry Dennis Madden, Queens
• John McDonald, Kings
• John D. McKenzie, Annapolis
• Havelock Torrey, Guysborough

Progressive Conservative

• George Scott Dickey, Colchester

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