1949_Nova_Scotia_general_election
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.
Quick Facts 37 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 19 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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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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Results by party
| 27 | 8 | 2 |
| Liberal | Progressive Conservative | CCF |
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| 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] | ||||||||
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† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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| 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% |
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South Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| 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† | ||||||||
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Fundy-Northeast
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| 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% |
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| 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 | ||||||
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Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| 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 | ||||||
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Central Nova
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| 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% |
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Cape Breton
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| 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% |
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| 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† | |||||||
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- 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.