1878 Nova Scotia general election
Appearance
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The 1878 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 September 1878 to elect members of the
Liberal-Conservative Party
.
Results
Results by party
30 | 8 |
Liberal-Conservative | Liberal |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1874 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Simon Hugh Holmes | 38 | 11 | 13 | 30 | +19 | 52,517 | 51.85% | +18.18% | |
Liberal | Philip Carteret Hill | 41 | 20 | 17 | 8 | -12 | 47,388 | 46.78% | -7.61% | |
Independent/Other | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | -7 | 1,388 | 1.37% | -10.57% | ||
Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 101,293 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
Total | 82 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 101,293 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
- Independent/Other
- Cumberland
- Charles Boudroit, Richmond
- John J. McKinnon, Inverness
- Kings
- Liberal
- Charles Henry Davison, Lunenburg
- Edward Farrell, Halifax
- Charles M. Franchville, Guysborough
- John A. Fraser, Victoria
- Thomas Johnston, Shelburne
- John Lovitt, Yarmouth
- Daniel MacDonald, Antigonish
- David McCurdy, Victoria
- Liberal-Conservative
- William Henry Allison, Hants
- Hugh J. Cameron, Pictou
- Avard Longley, Annapolis
- Murdoch McRae, Richmond
- Alfred Putnam, Hants
- Kings
Nominated candidates
1878 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3]
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Annapolis | O. M. Taylor 1,235 24.49% |
William Botsford Troop 1,350 26.77% |
William Botsford Troop | |||||
E. Bent 1,163 23.06% |
Caleb Shaffner 1,295 25.68% |
Avard Longley† | ||||||
Digby | Urbine Doucette 738 20.20% |
Benjamin Van Blarcom 833 22.80% |
Colin Campbell 725 19.85% |
Colin Campbell | ||||
John S. McNeill 527 14.43% | ||||||||
Henri M. Robicheau 830 22.72% |
Henri M. Robicheau | |||||||
Hants | Thomas Barlow Smith 1,507 25.58% |
F. S. Creelman 1,465 24.87% |
William Henry Allison† | |||||
William Dawson Laurence 1,298 22.03% |
Nathaniel Spence 1,621 27.52% |
Alfred Putnam† | ||||||
Kings
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G. W. Fisher 1,414 24.87% |
William C. Bill 1,601 28.16% |
Douglas Benjamin Woodworth† | |||||
E. A. Forsyth 1,143 20.11% |
James S. MacDonald 1,527 26.86% |
John B. North† |
South Shore
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Lunenburg | James Daniel Eisenhauer 1,263 21.98% |
Charles A. Smith 1,719 29.91% |
James Daniel Eisenhauer | |||||
F. B. Wade 1,286 22.38% |
Edward James 1,479 25.74% |
Charles Henry Davison† | ||||||
Queens | Samuel Freeman 531 21.33% |
Leander Ford 607 24.38% |
Samuel Freeman | |||||
Jason M. Mack 503 20.20% |
James C. Bartling 534 21.45% |
Jason M. Mack | ||||||
Albert M. Hemeon 315 12.65% | ||||||||
Shelburne | William F. MacCoy 892 22.92% |
Nathaniel Whitworth White 1,140 29.29% |
Nathaniel Whitworth White | |||||
M. Nickerson 871 22.38% |
Nehemiah McGray 989 25.41% |
Thomas Johnston† | ||||||
Yarmouth | Albert Gayton 1,086 29.22% |
W. V. Brown 470 12.65% |
Albert Gayton | |||||
Joseph Robbins Kinney[4] 1,000 26.91% |
Bowman Corning 669 18.% |
John Lovitt† | ||||||
A. S. Lent 491 13.21% |
Fundy-Northeast
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Colchester | C. N. Cummings 1,402 21.77% |
William Albert Patterson 1,846 28.66% |
William Albert Patterson | |||||
Fred Tupper 1,308 20.31% |
William Blair 1,885 29.27% |
Vacant | ||||||
Cumberland
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William Oxley 1,657 25.78% |
Charles James Townshend 1,792 27.88% |
Hiram Black† | |||||
C. Lewis 1,311 20.40% |
Edward Vickery 1,667 25.94% |
Edward Vickery |
Halifax
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Halifax | Philip Carteret Hill 2,866 15.76% |
Charles James MacDonald 3,375 18.55% |
Philip Carteret Hill | |||||
Donald Archibald 2,722 14.96% |
William D. Harrington 3,353 18.43% |
Donald Archibald | ||||||
Michael Joseph Power 2,739 15.06% |
John Pugh 3,135 17.23% |
Edward Farrell† |
Central Nova
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Antigonish | John Sparrow David Thompson Acclamation |
John Sparrow David Thompson | ||||||
Angus McGillivray Acclamation |
Daniel MacDonald †
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Guysborough
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D. C. Fraser 596 19.22% |
Joseph William Hadley 803 25.89% |
Charles M. Franchville† | |||||
Otto Schwartz Weeks 502 16.19% |
Alexander N. McDonald 698 22.51% |
Otto Schwartz Weeks | ||||||
H. R. Cunningham 502 16.19% | ||||||||
Pictou | George Murray 2,349 15.85% |
Simon Hugh Holmes 2,752 18.57% |
Simon Hugh Holmes | |||||
John D. McLeod 2,250 15.18% |
Adam Carr Bell 2,694 18.18% |
Hugh J. Cameron† | ||||||
Robert McNeil 2,183 14.73% |
Alexander MacKay 2,592 17.49% |
Alexander MacKay |
Cape Breton
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Cape Breton | Alonzo J. White 930 16.82% |
Hector Francis McDougall 1,027 18.57% |
Alonzo J. White
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J. H. Hearn 716 12.95% | ||||||||
Joseph McVarish 371 6.71% | ||||||||
D. McKenzie 614 11.10% |
Ebenezer Tilton Moseley 1,523 27.54% |
Ebenezer Tilton Moseley | ||||||
Michael McKinnon 349 6.31% | ||||||||
Inverness | Duncan J. Campbell 1,650 27.36% |
D. Gillies 1,393 23.10% |
Duncan J. Campbell | |||||
John McKinnon 1,440 23.88% |
Alexander Campbell 1,548 25.67% |
John J. McKinnon† | ||||||
Richmond | Isidore LeBlanc 599 26.11% |
Edward Gagnon 551 24.02% |
Charles Boudroit† | |||||
Joseph Matheson 501 21.84% |
Alexander McCuish 643 28.03% |
Murdoch McRae† | ||||||
Victoria
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William F. McCurdy 594 25.36% |
J. S. McLean 368 15.71% |
William Kidston 193 8.24% |
David McCurdy† | ||||
John Ross 580 24.77% |
John Angus Morrison 607 25.92% |
John A. Fraser† |
References
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Listed and elected as an Independent candidate, however, he sat in the House as a Liberal