1890 Nova Scotia general election

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1890 Nova Scotia general election

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May 14–21, 1890

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38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		Con
Leader	William Stevens Fielding	William MacKay
Party	Liberal	Liberal-Conservative
Leader since	1884	1887
Leader's seat	Halifax	Cape Breton (Lost re-election)
Last election	29	8
Seats won	28	10
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	69,307	63,720
Percentage	50.84%	46.74%
Swing	4.04pp	2.61pp

Premier before election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

Premier after election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

The 1890 Nova Scotia general election was held from 14 May to 21 May 1890 to elect members of the

Liberal party

.

Results

Results by party

↓
28	10
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1886	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	William Stevens Fielding	40	29	29	28	-1	69,307	50.84%	-4.04%
	Liberal-Conservative	William MacKay	38	8	8	10	+2	63,720	46.74%	+2.61%
	Independent/Other		2	1	1	0	-1	3,302	2.42%	+1.43%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								136,329	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			80	38	38	38	–	136,329	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal			50.84%
Liberal-Conservative			46.74%
Independent/Other			2.42%

Seats summary

Liberal			73.68%
Liberal-Conservative			26.32%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

1890 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
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Annapolis		James Wilberforce Longley 1,884 27.33%		C. S. Harrington 1,622 23.53%				James Wilberforce Longley
Annapolis		Harris H. Chute 1,844 26.75%		B. Starratt 1,543 22.39%				Frank Andrews†
Digby		Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,207 26.57%		Robert G. Munroe 708 15.59%				Henri M. Robicheau†
		William German 437 9.62%		Robert G. Munroe 708 15.59%				Henri M. Robicheau†
		Eliakim Tupper 1,179 25.96%		Daniel LeBlanc 665 14.64%				John S. McNeill†
		Edward Hogan 346 7.63%		Daniel LeBlanc 665 14.64%				John S. McNeill†
Hants		Allen Haley 1,661 25.28%		Adam McDougall 1,660 25.26%				Allen Haley
Hants		Archibald Frame 1,552 23.62%		Thomas Barlow Smith 1,698 25.84%				Archibald Frame
Kings		Alfred P. Welton 1,572 25.12%		Thomas R. Harris 1,540 24.61%				Leander Rand†
Kings		J. E. Starr 1,405 22.45%		Barclay Webster 1,741 27.82%				William C. Bill†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John Drew Sperry 2,091 26.12%		James A. McLean 1,960 24.48%				John Drew Sperry
Lunenburg		Charles Edward Church 2,033 25.39%		Charles A. Smith 1,922 24.01%				Charles Edward Church
Queens		Richard Hunt 897 28.12%		Leander Ford 722 22.63%				Joseph H. Cook†
Queens		Albert M. Hemeon 887 27.81%		C. A. Bowlley 684 21.44%				Albert M. Hemeon
Shelburne		Thomas Johnston 1,061 25.85%		Alfred K. Smith 951 23.17%				Thomas Johnston
Shelburne		William F. MacCoy 1,042 25.38%		Charles Cahan 1,051 25.60%				William F. MacCoy
Yarmouth		William Law 1,487 31.48%		M. D'Entremont 962 20.37%				William Law
Yarmouth		Albert Gayton 1,473 31.19%		Jacob Bingay 801 16.96%				Albert Gayton

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Colchester		Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,904 25.71%		Israel Longworth 1,842 24.87%				Frederick Andrew Laurence
Colchester		George Clarke 1,868 25.22%		William Albert Patterson 1,793 24.21%				George Clarke
Cumberland		Thomas Reuben Black 2,537 24.58%		George W. Forrest 2,818 27.30%				Thomas Reuben Black
Cumberland		Richard L. Black 2,252 21.82%		William Oxley 2,715 26.30%				Richard L. Black

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Halifax		William Stevens Fielding 5,036 18.86%		H. McDonald Henry 4,219 15.80%				William Stevens Fielding
		William Roche 4,828 18.08%		P. O'Mullin 3,946 14.77%				William Roche
		Michael Joseph Power 4,752 17.79%		J. J. Stewart 3,928 14.71%				Michael Joseph Power

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Antigonish		Angus McGillivray 1,362 30.68%		J.J. Cameron 1,003 22.60%				Angus McGillivray
Antigonish		Colin Francis McIsaac 1,274 28.70%		Archibald McPhee 800 18.02%				Colin Francis McIsaac
Guysborough		A. J. O. Maguire 663 18.98%		Alexander F. Cameron 831 23.78%		Otto Schwartz Weeks (Independent Liberal) 538 15.40%		Otto Schwartz Weeks
Guysborough		James A. Fraser 707 20.23%		Hamilton Morrow 755 21.61%				James A. Fraser
Pictou		John Yorston 2,728 16.05%		William Cameron 2,897 17.05%		Robert Drummond 2,764 16.27%		William Cameron
		James Drummond McGregor 2,885 16.98%		Charles Elliott Tanner 2,835 16.68%				Jeffrey McColl†
				Alexander Grant 2,883 16.97%				Charles H. Munro†

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Cape Breton		Angus J. MacDonald 2,681 28.23%		Colin Chisholm 2,097 22.08%				Colin Chisholm
Cape Breton		Joseph McPherson 2,579 27.15%		William MacKay 2,141 22.54%				William MacKay
Inverness		Daniel McNeil 1,908 27.76%		John McKeen 1,602 23.31%				Daniel McNeil
Inverness		John McKinnon 1,874 27.26%		Angus MacLennan 1,490 21.68%				John McKinnon
Richmond		Abraham LeBlanc 865 28.47%		David A. Hearn 669 22.02%				David A. Hearn
Richmond		Joseph Matheson 859 28.28%		Roderick Ferguson 645 21.23%				Joseph Matheson
Victoria		N. E. Mckay 630 19.28%		John Lemuel Bethune 846 25.89%				John Lemuel Bethune
		John J. McCabe 86 2.63%		John Lemuel Bethune 846 25.89%				John Lemuel Bethune
		John A. Fraser 971 29.71%		Murdoch G. McLeod 735 22.49%				John A. Fraser

References

^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

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