1894 Nova Scotia general election
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The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
[edit]Results by party
[edit]26 | 12 |
Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1890 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 39 | 28 | 27 | 26 | -2 | 75,295 | 52.05% | +1.21% | |
Liberal-Conservative | William MacKay | 37 | 10 | 10 | 12 | +2 | 68,455 | 47.33% | +0.59% | |
Independent/Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0.62% | -1.80% | ||
Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 144,649 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
Total | 77 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 144,649 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
[edit]- Liberal
- Liberal-Conservative
Nominated candidates
[edit]1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[4]
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Annapolis | James Wilberforce Longley 1,808 27.18% | Thomas R. Jones 1,555 23.38% | James Wilberforce Longley | |||||
Joseph A. Bancroft 1,793 26.95% | Hugh E. Gillis 1,496 22.49% | Henry M. Munro† | ||||||
Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,228 27.54% | Louis Dugan 1,018 22.83% | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
Eliakim Tupper 1,245 27.92% | M. R. Timpany 968 21.71% | Eliakim Tupper | ||||||
Hants | Arthur Drysdale 1,706 25.19% | James A. Thompson 1,689 24.94% | Arthur Drysdale | |||||
W. H. Guild 1,644 24.28% | Charles Smith Wilcox 1,733 25.59% | Thomas Barlow Smith† | ||||||
Kings | Brenton Dodge 2,227 31.% | Barclay Webster 1,580 21.99% | Barclay Webster | |||||
Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97% | R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04% | Vacant |
South Shore
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Lunenburg | John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92% | James A. McLean 2,133 22.49% | John Drew Sperry | |||||
Charles Edward Church 2,602 27.44% | J. A. Hirtle 2,101 22.15% | Charles Edward Church | ||||||
Queens | Albert M. Hemeon 913 28.83% | John Hutt 703 22.20% | Albert M. Hemeon | |||||
Richard Hunt 912 28.79% | O.L. Patch 639 20.18% | Richard Hunt | ||||||
Shelburne | Thomas Johnston 1,282 26.31% | R. W. Freeman 1,059 21.74% | Thomas Johnston | |||||
Thomas Robertson 1,319 27.07% | Charles Cahan 1,212 24.88% | Charles Cahan | ||||||
Yarmouth | William Law 1,464 31.78% | E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance) 899 19.51% | William Law | |||||
Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81% | Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90% | Cornelius Forman Hatfield |
Fundy-Northeast
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Colchester | Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,896 25.09% | Israel Longworth 1,890 25.02% | Frederick Andrew Laurence | |||||
Alfred Dickie 1,814 24.01% | Wilbert David Dimock 1,955 25.88% | George Clarke† | ||||||
Cumberland | Thomas Reuben Black 3,109 28.47% | George W. Forrest 2,498 22.87% | George W. Forrest | |||||
Alexander E. Fraser 2,902 26.58% | William Oxley 2,411 22.08% | William Oxley |
Halifax
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Halifax | William Stevens Fielding 4,795 17.88% | T. W. Walsh 4,019 14.99% | William Stevens Fielding | |||||
William Roche 4,651 17.35% | James Morrow 4,406 16.43% | William Roche | ||||||
Michael Joseph Power 4,373 16.31% | William Anderson Black 4,570 17.04% | Michael Joseph Power |
Central Nova
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Antigonish | Colin Francis McIsaac 1,333 27.99% | J.J. Cameron 1,141 23.95% | Colin Francis McIsaac | |||||
Christopher P. Chisholm 1,225 25.72% | C. Ernest Gregory 1,064 22.34% | Christopher P. Chisholm | ||||||
Guysborough | Daniel H. McKinnon 1,240 28.70% | Hamilton Morrow 979 22.66% | Hamilton Morrow | |||||
John Howard Sinclair 1,216 28.15% | A. Whitman 885 20.49% | Alexander F. Cameron† | ||||||
Pictou | Edward Mortimer Macdonald 2,797 15.41% | William Cameron 3,254 17.93% | William Cameron | |||||
James Drummond McGregor 2,992 16.49% | Charles Elliott Tanner 3,236 17.83% | James Drummond McGregor | ||||||
J. F. Oliver 2,759 15.20% | Alexander Grant 3,109 17.13% | Alexander Grant |
Cape Breton
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Cape Breton | Joseph McPherson 2,592 23.89% | William MacKay 2,885 26.59% | Joseph McPherson | |||||
Angus J. MacDonald 2,552 23.52% | John McCormick 2,822 26.01% | Angus J. MacDonald | ||||||
Inverness | John McKinnon 1,746 24.87% | John H. Jameison 1,857 26.45% | John McKinnon | |||||
Samuel McDonnell 1,658 23.61% | Alexander Campbell 1,760 25.07% | Daniel McNeil† | ||||||
Richmond[5] | Simon Joyce 996 25.89% | Abraham LeBlanc 883 22.95% | Abraham LeBlanc | |||||
Joseph Matheson 974 25.32% | John Morrison 994 25.84% | Joseph Matheson | ||||||
Victoria | John Gillis Morrison 784 24.39% | John J. McCabe 597 18.57% | John A. Fraser | |||||
John A. Fraser 748 23.27% | John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34% | John Lemuel Bethune | ||||||
M. H. MacKenzie 174 5.41% |
References
[edit]- ^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.