1925 Nova Scotia general election
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The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the
Liberal-Conservative party
.
Results
Results by party
39 | 3 | 1 |
Liberal-Conservative | Liberal | Labour |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 42 | 3 | 39 | +36 | 262,277 | 59.07% | +36.24% | ||
Liberal | Ernest Howard Armstrong | 43 | 29 | 3 | -26 | 161,158 | 36.30% | -8.14% | ||
Labour
|
None | 11 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 20,527 | 4.62% | -11.27% | ||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Total valid votes | 443,962 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
Total | 96 | 43 | 43 | 43 | – | 443,962 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
- Labour
- Liberal
- Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria
- Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax
- Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria
- Joseph William Comeau, Digby
- John L. Connolly, Halifax
- Orlando Daniels, Annapolis
- Robert Henry Graham, Pictou
- Donald MacLennan, Inverness
- Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth
- James Sealy, Kings
- United Farmers
- Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
- John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
- Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
- Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
- Harry L. Taggart, Colchester
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.
Valley
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | ||||||
Annapolis | Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53% |
Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46% |
Frank R. Elliott | |||||
Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89% |
Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12% |
Orlando Daniels† | ||||||
Digby | Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95% |
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00% |
Henry W.B. Warner | |||||
Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78% |
William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27% |
Joseph William Comeau† | ||||||
Hants | James William Reid 3,075 20.08% |
Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38% |
James William Reid | |||||
Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68% |
Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86% |
John Alexander MacDonald† | ||||||
Kings
|
John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23% |
George Nowlan 5,520 26.95% |
John A. McDonald | |||||
Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18% |
Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63% |
James Sealy† |
South Shore
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | ||||||
Lunenburg | John James Kinley 4,528 19.82% |
Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34% |
John James Kinley | |||||
Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62% |
William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21% |
Aubrey Sperry | ||||||
Queens | George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06% |
William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70% |
George S. McClearn | |||||
Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90% |
Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34% |
Jordan W. Smith | ||||||
Shelburne | Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90% |
Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42% |
Robert Irwin | |||||
Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84% |
Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84% |
Ernest Howard Armstrong | ||||||
Yarmouth | Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66% |
John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79% |
Vacant | |||||
René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02% |
Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53% |
Amédée Melanson† |
Fundy-Northeast
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | ||||||
Colchester | Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42% |
William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86% |
Harry L. Taggart† | |||||
Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47% |
Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25% |
Robert Hunter Smith† | ||||||
Cumberland
|
James Ralston 5,508 13.45% |
Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18% |
Archibald Terris | |||||
Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71% |
Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11% |
Gilbert Nelson Allen† | ||||||
James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61% |
Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95% |
Daniel George McKenzie |
Halifax
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | ||||||
Halifax | John Murphy 8,291 6.86% |
Walter Mosher 571 0.47% |
John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97% |
Adam Dunlap Burris† | ||||
John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83% |
Robert Daw 480 0.40% |
William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97% |
John L. Connolly† | |||||
John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54% |
Alban L. Breen 392 0.32% |
Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23% |
John Brown Douglas | |||||
Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54% |
John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16% |
Henry Bauld | ||||||
Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51% |
Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20% |
Walter J.A. O'Hearn |
Central Nova
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Labour | Liberal-Conservative | ||||||
Antigonish | John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74% |
Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29% |
Angus J. MacGillivray† | |||||
William Chisholm 2,267 26.28% |
Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69% |
William Chisholm | ||||||
Guysborough | Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70% |
Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61% |
Clarence W. Anderson | |||||
James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55% |
Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14% |
James Cranswick Tory | ||||||
Pictou | Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18% |
William Murray 695 1.51% |
John Doull 9,432 20.55% |
Vacant | ||||
John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91% |
J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46% |
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71% |
John Welsford MacDonald | |||||
George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62% |
Joseph White 610 1.33% |
Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73% |
Robert Henry Graham† |
Cape Breton
References
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1925). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1924–25. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
- Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1926). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1925–26. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.