1928 Nova Scotia general election

1928 Nova Scotia general election

← 1925 October 1, 1928 1933 →

43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Leader Edgar Nelson Rhodes William Chisholm No leader
Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Leader since May 21, 1925 1925
Leader's seat Hants Antigonish
Last election 39 3 1
Seats won 22 20 1
Seat change Decrease17 Increase17 Steady
Popular vote 210,442 206,541 11,529
Percentage 51.7% 47.2% 1.1%
Swing Decrease9.97pp Increase11.90pp Decrease1.93pp

Premier before election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

Premier after election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

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Results by party

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22 20 1
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1925 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal-Conservative Edgar Nelson Rhodes 42 39 22 -17 210,442 49.11% -9.97%
  Liberal William Chisholm 43 3 20 +17 206,541 48.20% +11.90%
  Labour None 3 1 1 0 11,529 4.62% -1.93%
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 428,512 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00%
Total 88 43 43 43 428,512 100.00%
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
49.11%
Liberal
48.20%
Labour
4.62%
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
51.16%
Liberal
46.51%
Labour
2.33%

Retiring incumbents

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Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

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Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest 0

Valley

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Annapolis Obediah Parker Goucher
3,689
25.90%
John D. McKenzie
3,450
24.22%
Obediah Parker Goucher
Harry Thompson MacKenzie
3,645
25.59%
Daniel Owen
3,461
24.30%
Harry Thompson MacKenzie
Digby Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
3,125
22.88%
Joseph William Comeau
3,763
27.55%
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
H.E. Wagner
3,213
23.52%
Alexander Stirling MacMillan
3,557
26.04%
William Hudson Farnham
Hants Albert Parsons
4,087
26.46%
James William Reid
3,823
24.75%
Albert Parsons
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
4,008
25.95%
Robert Gass
3,528
22.84%
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Kings George Nowlan
5,452
27.25%
James F. Durno
5,003
25.01%
George Nowlan
Reginald Tucker Caldwell
5,540
27.69%
Frederick J. Porter
4,010
20.04%
Reginald Tucker Caldwell

South Shore

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Lunenburg Wallace Norman Rehfuss
5,709
23.71%
John James Kinley
6,533
27.13%
Wallace Norman Rehfuss
William Haslam Smith
5,535
22.98%
Gordon E. Romkey
6,304
26.18%
William Haslam Smith
Queens William Lorimer Hall
2,206
29.36%
Frederick Dickie
1,649
21.95%
William Lorimer Hall
Donald W. MacKay
1,937
25.78%
Roland M. Irving
1,721
22.91%
Vacant
Shelburne Ernest Reginald Nickerson
2,121
23.26%
Henry R. L. Bill
2,474
27.13%
Ernest Reginald Nickerson
Norman Emmons Smith
2,052
22.50%
Wishart McLea Robertson
2,473
27.12%
Norman Emmons Smith
Yarmouth John Flint Cahan
3,666
24.26%
Lindsay C. Gardner
4,141
27.41%
John Flint Cahan
Raymond Neri d'Entremont
3,286
21.75%
René W.E. Landry
4,016
26.58%
Raymond Neri d'Entremont

Fundy-Northeast

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Colchester William A. Flemming
4,882
27.74%
William R. Dunbar
3,583
20.36%
William Boardman Armstrong
Frank Stanfield
5,298
30.10%
Donald L. MacKinnon
3,839
21.81%
Frank Stanfield
Cumberland John S. Smiley
6,230
15.99%
Archibald Terris
6,667
17.11%
Archibald Terris
Percy Chapman Black
7,710
19.78%
Charles H. Read
5,758
14.78%
Percy Chapman Black
Daniel George McKenzie
6,605
16.95%
Kenneth Judson Cochrane
5,999
15.39%
Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Halifax John Archibald Walker
11,076
9.95%
Edward Joseph Cragg
11,215
10.08%
John Archibald Walker
Frederick P. Bligh
11,082
9.96%
Gordon Benjamin Isnor
11,357
10.21%
William Drysdale Piercey†
Josiah Frederick Fraser
11,298
10.15%
Thomas J. Byrne
10,939
9.83%
Josiah Frederick Fraser
John Francis Mahoney
11,589
10.41%
Bernard W. Russell
10,855
9.76%
John Francis Mahoney
Angus MacDonald Morton
11,273
10.13%
William J. Kennedy
10,591
9.52%
Alexander Montgomerie†

Central Nova

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Antigonish John D. MacIntyre
1,792
20.95%
John L. MacIsaac
2,431
28.42%
John L. MacIsaac
John F. McLellan
1,925
22.50%
William Chisholm
2,407
28.14%
William Chisholm
Guysborough Simon Osborn Giffin
2,980
23.60%
Clarence W. Anderson
3,337
26.43%
Simon Osborn Giffin
Howard Amos Rice
3,018
23.90%
Michael E. Morrison
3,293
26.08%
Howard Amos Rice
Pictou John Doull
7,836
18.21%
Donald F. Fraser
7,052
16.38%
John Doull
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
7,249
16.84%
A.T. Logan
6,836
15.88%
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
Robert Albert Douglas
7,572
17.59%
Clifford E. Carruthers
6,498
15.10%
Robert Albert Douglas

Cape Breton

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Cape Breton Centre Gordon Sidney Harrington
5,949
29.22%
Malcolm A. Patterson
4,384
21.54%
Gordon Sidney Harrington
Joseph Macdonald
5,762
28.31%
Luke Daye
4,261
20.93%
Joseph Macdonald
Cape Breton East Daniel R. Cameron
5,541
21.98%
Lauchlin Daniel Currie
4,724
18.73%
Forman Waye
2,273
9.01%
Vacant
Robert Hamilton Butts
5,568
22.08%
Dan C. McDonald
4,520
17.93%
James B. McLachlan
2,589
10.27%
Alexander O'Handley
Inverness Hubert Meen Aucoin
3,865
23.37%
Moses Elijah McGarry
4,318
26.11%
Hubert Meen Aucoin
Malcolm McKay
3,930
23.77%
James A. Proudfoot
4,422
26.74%
Malcolm McKay
Richmond-West Cape Breton Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
2,044
24.77%
Alonzo Martell
2,055
24.90%
Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
John Angus Stewart
2,035
24.66%
Edward C. Doyle
2,118
25.67%
John Angus Stewart
Victoria H.A. Grant
1,640
23.75%
Donald Buchanan McLeod
1,840
26.65%
Donald Buchanan McLeod
Phillip McLeod
1,652
23.92%
Daniel Alexander Cameron
1,773
25.68%
Phillip McLeod

References

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  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

Further reading

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