1906 Nova Scotia general election
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The 1906 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1906 to elect members of the
Liberal party
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Results
Results by party
32 | 5 | 1 |
Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Other |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1901 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal | George Henry Murray | 40 | 36 | 36 | 32 | -4 | 87,267 | 55.08% | -3.71% | |
Liberal-Conservative | Charles Elliott Tanner | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 67,028 | 42.32% | +1.11% | |
Independent/Other | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4,125 | 2.60% | +2.36% | ||
Vacant | 0 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 158,420 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
Total | 74 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 158,420 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
- Liberal
- George A. Cox, Shelburne
- Michael Edwin Keefe, Halifax
- Henry T. Laurence, Colchester
- George Mitchell, Halifax
- George G. Sanderson, Yarmouth
- John Drew Sperry, Lunenburg
Nominated candidates
1906 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 | Orlando Daniels 2,062 29.46% |
A. L. Davison 1,674 23.91% |
Orlando Daniels | |||||
Joseph A. Bancroft 1,826 26.09% |
Alfred Wightman 1,438 20.54% |
Joseph A. Bancroft | ||||||
Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,376 32.51% |
M. H. Marshall 829 19.59% |
Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
Angus Morrison Gidney 1,253 29.61% |
A. A. Theriault 774 18.29% |
Angus Morrison Gidney | ||||||
Hants | Arthur Drysdale 1,934 26.19% |
E. A. O'Brien 1,800 24.37% |
Arthur Drysdale | |||||
Francis Parker McHeffey 1,792 24.27% |
Charles Smith Wilcox 1,859 25.17% |
Francis Parker McHeffey | ||||||
Kings[4]
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Brenton Dodge 2,152 25.83% |
E. W. Sawyer 1,977 23.72% (Union Reform) |
Brenton Dodge | |||||
Harry H. Wickwire 2,056 24.67% |
Charles Alexander Campbell 2,148 25.78% (Union Reform) |
Harry H. Wickwire |
South Shore
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Lunenburg | Charles Uniacke Mader 2,274 26.12% |
C. S. Marshall 2,147 24.66% |
Charles Uniacke Mader | |||||
Henry March 2,254 25.89% |
C. A. Lander 2,031 23.33% |
John Drew Sperry† | ||||||
Queens | Edward Matthew Farrell 1,008 31.28% |
J. S. Hughes 754 23.40% |
Edward Matthew Farrell | |||||
Charles F. Cooper 874 27.13% |
J. C. Pyke 586 18.19% |
Charles F. Cooper | ||||||
Shelburne | Moses H. Nickerson 1,083 28.08% |
N. R. Craig 930 24.11% |
Moses H. Nickerson | |||||
Robert Irwin 975 25.28% |
T. C. Lockwood 869 22.53% |
George A. Cox† | ||||||
Yarmouth | Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,586 34.20% |
A. M. Perrin 815 17.57% |
George G. Sanderson† | |||||
Henry S. LeBlanc 1,425 30.72% |
Raymond Neri d'Entremont 812 17.51% |
Henry S. LeBlanc |
Fundy-Northeast
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Colchester | William Davison Hill 2,567 28.76% |
J. H. McCleave 2,177 24.39% |
Henry T. Laurence† | |||||
Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,386 26.73% |
John Suckling 1,795 20.11% |
Benjamin Franklin Pearson | ||||||
Cumberland
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Elisha B. Paul 3,619 26.57% |
C. F. Jameison 2,995 21.99% |
Elisha B. Paul | |||||
William Thomas Pipes 3,587 26.34% |
Daniel J. McLeod 3,419 25.10% |
Daniel J. McLeod |
Halifax
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Halifax | David McPherson 5,550 19.23% |
G.M. Campbell 4,423 15.33% |
David McPherson | |||||
George Everett Faulkner 5,475 18.97% |
W.M. Sedgewick 4,093 14.18% |
George Mitchell† | ||||||
Robert Emmett Finn 5,372 18.62% |
W.F. O'Connor 3,943 13.66% |
Michael Edwin Keefe† |
Central Nova
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Antigonish | Fred Robert Trotter Acclamation |
Fred Robert Trotter | ||||||
Christopher P. Chisholm Acclamation |
Christopher P. Chisholm | |||||||
Guysborough
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James F. Ellis 1,705 29.30% |
Simon Osborn Giffin 1,325 22.77% |
James F. Ellis | |||||
William Whitman 1,634 28.08% |
G.A.R. Rowlings 1,155 19.85% |
William Whitman | ||||||
Pictou | Robert M. McGregor 3,832 17.50% |
George E. Munro 3,372 15.40% |
Robert M. McGregor | |||||
George Patterson 3,546 16.19% |
John M. Baillie 3,617 16.52% |
George Patterson | ||||||
Robert Hugh MacKay 3,546 16.19% |
Charles Elliott Tanner 3,983 18.19% |
Charles Elliott Tanner |
Cape Breton
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Cape Breton | Arthur Samuel Kendall 5,225 26.66% |
J. W. Madden 4,777 24.37% |
Arthur Samuel Kendall | |||||
Neil J. Gillis 4,897 24.98% |
Robert Hamilton Butts 4,702 23.99% |
Neil J. Gillis | ||||||
Inverness | James MacDonald 2,052 22.26% |
Daniel McNeil 1,099 11.92% |
James MacDonald | |||||
H. C. Hache 1,540 16.70% | ||||||||
Moses J. Doucet 1,530 16.59% |
Charles Edward McMillan 1,639 17.78% |
Moses J. Doucet | ||||||
Dougald MacLachan 1,360 14.75% | ||||||||
Richmond | Charles P. Bissett 1,140 36.66% |
Edward Doyle 398 12.80% |
Charles P. Bissett | |||||
Simon Joyce 766 24.63% |
Felix Landry 806 25.92% |
Simon Joyce | ||||||
Victoria
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George Henry Murray Acclamation |
George Henry Murray | ||||||
John Gillis Morrison Acclamation |
John Gillis Morrison |
References
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 25–27. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1907). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1906. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.