1963_Nova_Scotia_general_election
The 1963 Nova Scotia general election was held on 8 October 1963 to elect members of the 48th 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 | 77.87%  4.15pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by party
| 39 | 4 |
| Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
More information Party, Party leader ...
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 1960 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 43 | 27 | 26 | 39 | +12 | 191,128 | 55.87% | +7.76% | |
| Liberal | Earl Wallace Urquhart | 43 | 15 | 15 | 4 | -11 | 134,873 | 39.43% | -2.93% | |
| New Democratic | James H. Aitchison | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14,076 | 4.11% | -4.78% | |
| Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 340,077 | 99.42% | -0.12% | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 1,997 | 0.58% | +0.12% | |||||||
| Total | 106 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 342,074 | 100.00% | – | ||
| Registered voters / turnout | 400,078 | 77.87%[4] | -4.15% | |||||||
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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 | NDP | ||||||
| Annapolis East | John I. Marshall 2,962 56.40% |
Melbourne Parker Armstrong 2,232 42.50% |
Murray Alton Bent 58 1.10% |
Vacant | ||||
| Annapolis West | Kenneth E. Green 2,075 45.81% |
Peter M. Nicholson 2,386 52.67% |
Dale A. Young 69 1.52% |
Peter M. Nicholson | ||||
| Clare | Hector J. Pothier 2,154 52.61% |
Joseph C. LeBlanc 1,940 47.39% |
Pierre E. Belliveau† | |||||
| Digby | Robert Baden Powell 2,671 52.23% |
Victor Cardoza 2,378 46.50% |
Louis A. Beeler 65 1.27% |
Victor Cardoza | ||||
| Hants West | Norman T. Spence 4,193 58.20% |
W. Whitney Spicer 2,840 39.42% |
Arthur Benedict 171 2.37% |
George Henry Wilson† | ||||
| Kings North | Gladys Porter 3,668 59.43% |
David Durell Sutton 2,405 38.97% |
George Turner 99 1.60% |
Gladys Porter | ||||
| Kings South | Edward Haliburton 2,505 65.27% |
Bruce M. Trenholm 1,333 34.73% |
Edward Haliburton | |||||
| Kings West | Paul Kinsman 3,879 55.85% |
Edward D. MacArthur 3,067 44.15% |
Edward D. MacArthur | |||||
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South Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | NDP | ||||||
| Lunenburg Centre | George O. Lohnes 4,785 57.06% |
Leon J. Iverson 3,601 42.94% |
George O. Lohnes | |||||
| Lunenburg East | Maurice L. Zinck 2,267 63.17% |
Charles E. Harris 1,322 36.83% |
Maurice L. Zinck | |||||
| Lunenburg West | Harley J. Spence 2,937 58.12% |
Joye F. Davison 2,116 41.88% |
Harley J. Spence | |||||
| Queens | W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,833 65.85% |
W. Alton Snow 1,988 34.15% |
W. S. Kennedy Jones | |||||
| Shelburne | James McKay Harding 3,737 54.40% |
Robert Quinlan Hood 3,133 45.60% |
James McKay Harding | |||||
| Yarmouth | George A. Burridge 4,884 25.20% |
Irving Charles Pink 4,345 22.42% |
Angus Boyd MacGillivary 358 1.85% |
George A. Burridge | ||||
| George A. Snow 5,077 26.19% |
Willard O'Brien 4,719 24.35% |
Willard O'Brien | ||||||
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Fundy-Northeast
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | NDP | ||||||
| Colchester | Robert Stanfield 9,606 32.42% |
Gordon T. Purdy 5,515 18.61% |
Harvey T. Curtis 382 1.29% |
Robert Stanfield | ||||
| George Isaac Smith 9,147 30.87% |
Charles K. Sutherland 4,746 16.02% |
Helen K. Wright 233 0.79% |
George Isaac Smith | |||||
| Cumberland Centre | Stephen T. Pyke 2,545 66.68% |
William Thomas Noiles 1,272 33.32% |
Stephen T. Pyke | |||||
| Cumberland East | James A. Langille 5,226 63.10% |
Norman Willard Noonan 2,795 33.75% |
Lloyd L. Ayer 261 3.15% |
James A. Langille | ||||
| Cumberland West | D. L. George Henley 2,516 54.04% |
Allison T. Smith 2,140 45.96% |
Allison T. Smith | |||||
| Hants East | Albert J. Ettinger 2,739 52.86% |
George E. Fraser 2,356 45.47% |
Ralph Loomer 87 1.68% |
Albert J. Ettinger | ||||
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Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | NDP | ||||||
| Halifax Centre | Donald MacKeen Smith 5,478 58.57% |
Gordon S. Cowan 3,875 41.43% |
Donald MacKeen Smith | |||||
| Halifax County-Dartmouth | Irvin William Akerley 9,884 52.88% |
Gordon L. S. Hart 8,150 43.60% |
Edward B. Doyle 657 3.52% |
Gordon L. S. Hart | ||||
| Halifax East | Nelson Gaetz 3,061 52.62% |
Duncan MacMillan 2,756 47.38% |
Duncan MacMillan | |||||
| Halifax North | James H. Vaughan 8,602 52.43% |
John E. Ahern 7,360 44.86% |
Peggy Prowse 444 2.71% |
John E. Ahern | ||||
| Halifax Northwest | Gordon H. Fitzgerald 5,559 56.07% |
George Douglas Burris 4,027 40.62% |
Gerald A. Guptill 329 3.32% |
Gordon H. Fitzgerald | ||||
| Halifax South | Richard Donahoe 5,986 63.23% |
Merlin Nunn 3,183 33.62% |
Gordon A. Smith 298 3.15% |
Richard Donahoe | ||||
| Halifax West | D. C. McNeil 8,792 57.00% |
Charles H. Reardon 6,126 39.72% |
Harold J. Martell 506 3.28% |
Charles H. Reardon | ||||
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Central Nova
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | NDP | ||||||
| Antigonish | William F. MacKinnon 3,334 54.58% |
Ronald Saint John Chisholm 2,774 45.42% |
William F. MacKinnon | |||||
| Guysborough | Alexander MacIsaac 3,229 52.86% |
Thomas Edwin Kirk 2,880 47.14% |
Alexander MacIsaac | |||||
| Pictou Centre | Donald R. MacLeod 5,752 60.21% |
Thomas H. Frazer 3,801 39.79% |
Donald R. MacLeod | |||||
| Pictou East | John Andrew McLean 2,649 49.90% |
A. Lloyd MacDonald 2,660 50.10% |
John W. MacDonald† | |||||
| Pictou West | Harvey Veniot 2,999 59.54% |
Charles Ernest MacCarthy 2,038 40.46% |
Harvey Veniot | |||||
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Cape Breton
More information Electoral district, Candidates ...
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | Liberal | NDP | ||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Mike Laffin 3,699 54.12% |
Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto 939 13.74% |
Michael James MacDonald 2,197 32.14% |
Michael James MacDonald | ||||
| Cape Breton East | Layton Fergusson 5,870 58.06% |
Bernard Currie 1,359 13.44% |
John L. MacKinnon 2,881 28.50% |
Layton Fergusson | ||||
| Cape Breton North | Tom MacKeough 6,200 58.71% |
Murray J. Ryan 2,961 28.04% |
John Dolhanty 1,399 13.25% |
Tom MacKeough | ||||
| Cape Breton Nova | Percy Gaum 3,344 53.37% |
Charles Richard Sigut 1,213 19.36% |
Albert Ollie Wilson 1,709 27.27% |
Percy Gaum | ||||
| Cape Breton South | Donald C. MacNeil 5,283 49.21% |
John F. MacIntosh 3,579 33.34% |
Edward Johnston 1,873 17.45% |
Donald C. MacNeil | ||||
| Cape Breton West | Edward Manson 4,941 56.30% |
Allan Sullivan 3,835 43.70% |
Edward Manson | |||||
| Inverness | Norman J. MacLean 4,474 26.78% |
Joseph Clyde Nunn 3,988 23.87% |
Joseph Clyde Nunn | |||||
| Alfred J. Davis 4,026 24.10% |
William N. MacLean 4,219 25.25% |
William N. MacLean | ||||||
| Richmond | Gerald Doucet 2,670 50.79% |
Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,587 49.21% |
Earl Wallace Urquhart | |||||
| Victoria | Fisher Hudson 1,890 49.42% |
Carleton L. MacMillan 1,934 50.58% |
Carleton L. MacMillan | |||||
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- Party was then the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- "Election Returns 1963" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- "Election Returns 1963 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- While 342,074 votes were cast, only 311,562 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.
- Saywell, John T., ed. (1964). Canadian Annual Review for 1963. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.