1960_Nova_Scotia_general_election
The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.
Quick Facts 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 82.02%  2.19pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
| 27 | 15 | 1 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal | CCF |
More information Party, Party leader ...
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 1956 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 24 | 24 | 27 | +3 | 168,023 | 48.11% | -0.44% | |
| Liberal | Henry Hicks | 43 | 18 | 17 | 15 | -3 | 147,951 | 42.36% | -5.29% | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael James MacDonald | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31,036 | 8.89% | +5.94% | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 0.19% | -0.05% | ||
| Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 347,660 | 99.54% | +0.15% | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 1,596 | 0.46% | -0.15% | |||||||
| Total | 121 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 349,256 | 100.00% | – | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 388,805 | 82.02%[3] | +2.19% | |||||||
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- Liberal
- Progressive Conservative
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bold denotes party leader
† 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Annapolis East | Hanson Dowell 2,666 48.69% |
Henry Hicks 2,658 48.55% |
Murray Alton Bent 151 2.76% |
Henry Hicks | ||||||
| Annapolis West | Charles T. LeBrun 2,068 42.74% |
Peter M. Nicholson 2,571 53.14% |
Louis A. Beeler 199 4.11% |
Peter M. Nicholson | ||||||
| Clare | Kenneth Weaver 2,034 47.87% |
Pierre E. Belliveau 2,215 52.13% |
Pierre E. Belliveau | |||||||
| Digby | E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15% |
Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23% |
Foster Journeay 141 2.62% |
Malcolm Stewart Leonard† | ||||||
| Hants West | George Henry Wilson 3,623 49.27% |
Gerald Regan 3,412 46.40% |
Howard B. Wile 319 4.34% |
George Henry Wilson | ||||||
| Kings North | Gladys Porter 3,060 51.19% |
Eric Balcom 2,782 46.54% |
Levitte Joseph Melanson 136 2.28% |
Eric Balcom | ||||||
| Kings South | Edward Haliburton 2,388 57.29% |
Bruce Trenholm 1,581 37.93% |
George R. Goucher 199 4.77% |
Edward Haliburton | ||||||
| Kings West | R.F. Hazel 3,425 45.18% |
Edward D. MacArthur 3,937 51.93% |
George Turner 219 2.89% |
Hiram Thomas† | ||||||
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South Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Lunenburg Centre | George O. Lohnes 4,384 52.25% |
Nathan Simeon Joudrey 3,832 45.67% |
Arthur William Benedict 175 2.09% |
George O. Lohnes | ||||||
| Lunenburg East | Maurice L. Zinck 2,140 58.37% |
Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33% |
Albro Boehner 121 3.30% |
Maurice L. Zinck | ||||||
| Lunenburg West | Harley J. Spence 2,858 52.94% |
Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,541 47.06% |
Harley J. Spence | |||||||
| Queens | W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,770 59.04% |
Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96% |
W. S. Kennedy Jones | |||||||
| Shelburne | James McKay Harding 3,539 52.94% |
William Russell MacKay 3,146 47.06% |
James McKay Harding | |||||||
| Yarmouth | George A. Burridge 4,811 24.82% |
Eric Spinney 4,309 22.23% |
Willard Franklyn Allen 650 3.35% |
Eric Spinney | ||||||
| George A. Snow 4,578 23.62% |
Willard O'Brien 5,037 25.98% |
Willard O'Brien | ||||||||
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Fundy-Northeast
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Colchester | Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82% |
Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28% |
Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37% |
Robert Stanfield | ||||||
| George Isaac Smith 8,219 27.62% |
Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59% |
Helen K. Wright 692 2.33% |
George Isaac Smith | |||||||
| Cumberland Centre | Stephen T. Pyke 2,308 52.91% |
Ralph F. Gilroy 1,753 40.19% |
John R. Tabor 301 6.90% |
Stephen T. Pyke | ||||||
| Cumberland East | James A. Langille 5,081 57.08% |
Walter T. Purdy 3,471 39.00% |
Lloyd L. Ayer 349 3.92% |
James A. Langille | ||||||
| Cumberland West | George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79% |
Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90% |
Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31% |
Allison T. Smith | ||||||
| Hants East | Ernest M. Ettinger 2,426 49.50% |
Carl Spencer Grant 2,207 45.03% |
Alfred James Scothorn 268 5.47% |
Ernest M. Ettinger | ||||||
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Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Halifax Centre | Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01% |
Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38% |
James M. Murray 678 6.61% |
Gordon S. Cowan | ||||||
| Halifax County-Dartmouth | Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05% |
Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46% |
Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49% |
Geoffrey W. Stevens† | ||||||
| Halifax East | Nelson Gaetz 2,432 44.06% |
Duncan MacMillan 2,787 50.49% |
Wallace H. Mason 301 5.45% |
Duncan MacMillan | ||||||
| Halifax North | Robert Mullane 7,444 44.09% |
John E. Ahern 7,974 47.23% |
Charles A. Moulton 1,466 8.68% |
John E. Ahern | ||||||
| Halifax Northwest | Gordon H. Fitzgerald 4,209 46.55% |
Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26% |
L.C. Wilson 650 7.19% |
Ronald Manning Fielding | ||||||
| Halifax South | Richard Donahoe 5,861 54.65% |
Robert James Butler 4,302 40.12% |
Ralph Loomer 561 5.23% |
Richard Donahoe | ||||||
| Halifax West | D. C. McNeil 6,684 45.06% |
Charles H. Reardon 6,925 46.68% |
Harold J. Martell 1,225 8.26% |
Charles H. Reardon | ||||||
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Central Nova
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Antigonish | William F. MacKinnon 3,177 54.77% |
Vincent J. MacDonald 2,495 43.01% |
Alex MacPherson 129 2.22% |
William F. MacKinnon | ||||||
| Guysborough | Alexander MacIsaac 3,123 49.98% |
Norman Robert Anderson 2,934 46.95% |
Leslie Wilfred Myers 192 3.07% |
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| Pictou Centre | Donald R. MacLeod 4,755 43.92% |
James H. Power 3,615 33.39% |
Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69% |
Donald R. MacLeod | ||||||
| Pictou East | William A. MacLeod 2,424 44.55% |
John W. MacDonald 2,568 47.20% |
Barrie M. Hould 449 8.25% |
William A. MacLeod | ||||||
| Pictou West | Harvey Veniot 2,744 52.28% |
W.A. Broidy 2,353 44.83% |
W.E. Salsman 152 2.90% |
Harvey Veniot | ||||||
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Cape Breton
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
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| PC | Liberal | CCF | Independent | |||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19% |
James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13% |
Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68% |
Michael James MacDonald | ||||||
| Cape Breton East | Layton Fergusson 4,862 45.56% |
Joe A. Wadden 1,567 14.68% |
John L. MacKinnon 4,243 39.76% |
Layton Fergusson | ||||||
| Cape Breton North | Tom MacKeough 5,257 46.83% |
Ted Sullivan 3,094 27.56% |
Thomas R. MacDonald 2,875 25.61% |
John Michael Macdonald† | ||||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Percy Gaum 2,525 36.93% |
Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63% |
Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44% |
Percy Gaum | ||||||
| Cape Breton South | Donald C. MacNeil 5,153 46.23% |
Ritchie MacCoy 3,718 33.36% |
Bernard O'Neil 2,275 20.41% |
Donald C. MacNeil | ||||||
| Cape Breton West | Edward Manson 4,192 45.37% |
Herbert Shannon 3,652 39.53% |
John R. Lynk 1,395 15.10% |
Edward Manson | ||||||
| Inverness | Archie Neil Chisholm 3,923 24.43% |
Joseph Clyde Nunn 4,113 25.62% |
Stephen James MacLellan 353 2.20% |
Joseph Clyde Nunn | ||||||
| Ralph Mauger MacKichan 3,648 22.72% |
Roderick MacLean 4,018 25.03% |
Roderick MacLean | ||||||||
| Richmond | Byron Seymour Langley 2,491 48.89% |
Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,604 51.11% |
Earl Wallace Urquhart | |||||||
| Victoria | Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96% |
Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04% |
Carleton L. MacMillan | |||||||
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- "Election Returns 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- "Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
- While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.
- Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.