1949 Nova Scotia general election

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1949 Nova Scotia general election
← 1945 June 9, 1949 1953 →
37 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.67% Increase12.99pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
CCF
Leader Angus Lewis Macdonald Robert Stanfield Russell Cunningham
Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since August 31, 1945 November 10, 1948 1945
Leader's seat Halifax South Colchester Cape Breton East
Last election 28 0 2
Seats won 27 8[1] 2
Seat change Decrease1 Increase8 Steady
Popular vote 178,177 134,311 34,036
Percentage 51.0% 39.2% 9.6%
Swing Decrease2.08% Increase6.18% Decrease4.10%
Premier before election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

Premier after election

Angus Lewis Macdonald
Liberal

The 1949 Nova Scotia general election was held on 9 June 1949 to elect members of the

Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives returned to the legislature after their wipeout in the 1945 general election
, but their eight seats put them in a distant second place to the Liberals' 37.

Results

Results by party

↓
27 8 2
Liberal Progressive Conservative CCF
Official results [2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1945 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald 38 28 28 0 178,177 50.97% -2.08%
  Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 37 0 7 +7 134,311 39.21% +6.18%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Donald MacDonald 22 2 2 0 34,036 9.60% -4.10%
  Independent/Other 1 0 0 0 749 0.22% N/A
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 342,533 % –
Blank and invalid ballots 1,857 0.54% –
Total 96 30 30 37 – 344,390 100.00% –
Registered voters / turnout 369,117 77.67%[3]
Popular vote
Liberal
 
 50.97%
PC
 
 39.21%
CCF
 
 9.60%
Others
 
 0.22%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 72.97%
PC
 
 21.62%
CCF
 
 5.41%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Nominated candidates

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
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Annapolis Henry Hicks
5,091
52.29% 		Louisa Anna Shaw
198
2.03% 		Harry Thompson MacKenzie
4,447
45.68% 		Henry Hicks
Clare Benoit Comeau
2,078
49.55% 		Desire J. Comeau
2,116
50.45% 		New riding
Digby Blanchard Spring Morrell
2,748
49.26% 		E. Keith Potter
2,830
50.74% 		Vacant
Hants West[4] George B. Cole
2,530
39.67% 		Ralph Loomer
569
8.92% 		George Henry Wilson
2,529
39.66% 		Gordon B. Crossley
749
11.75% 		New riding
Kings
David Durell Sutton

7,322
25.34% 		Hiram Thomas
7,061
24.44%
David Durell Sutton
William H. Pipe
7,369
25.51% 		Edward Haliburton
7,138
24.71% 		New seat

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Lunenburg Arthur L. Thurlow
7,145
23.49% 		Orris A. MacLaren
844
2.77% 		R. Clifford Levy
6,935
22.80% 		Vacant
Gordon E. Romkey
7,814
25.69% 		Lemuel O. Murphy
871
2.86% 		Fred Rhodenizer
6,807
22.38% 		Gordon E. Romkey
Queens Merrill D. Rawding
3,166
50.21% 		J.N. McIntyre
299
4.74% 		E.M. More
2,840
45.04% 		Merrill D. Rawding
Shelburne Wilfred Dauphinee
3,436
53.20% 		Reginald Donald Ross
3,023
46.80% 		Wilfred Dauphinee
Yarmouth Joseph Israel Pothier
4,601
24.38% 		William Heartz Brown
5,322
28.20% 		New seat
Donald J. Fraser
4,751
25.18% 		Alfred B. d'Entremont
4,197
22.24% 		Henry A. Waterman†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Colchester W.J. MacDonald
6,968
23.23% 		A.L. Lynds
513
1.71% 		Robert Stanfield
8,081
26.94% 		Gordon Purdy†
Robert F. McLellan
6,857
22.86% 		George Isaac Smith
7,580
25.27% 		Robert F. McLellan
Cumberland Centre Archibald J. Mason
2,219
42.41% 		Florence Welton
1,406
26.87% 		Archie B. Smith
1,607
30.71% 		New riding
Cumberland East Martin J. Kaufman
4,280
49.79% 		Brenton Garnhum
697
8.11% 		Arnold G. McLellan
3,619
42.10%
Cumberland
Cumberland West Kenneth Judson Cochrane
2,645
48.38% 		Thomas A. Giles
2,822
51.62%
Cumberland
Hants East Robert A. MacLellan
2,069
46.62% 		Johnston B. Hart
272
6.13% 		Ernest M. Ettinger
2,097
47.25% 		Robert A. MacLellan
Hants

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Halifax Centre James Edward Rutledge
5,725
54.71% 		Elmore Webber
1,167
11.15% 		Jack L. Dowell
3,573
34.14% 		James Edward Rutledge
Halifax East Geoffrey W. Stevens
7,703
52.22% 		Wallace Mason
2,773
18.80% 		R. Graham Murray
4,274
28.98% 		Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax North Harold Connolly
7,944
54.79% 		Arthur Kenneth Green
2,066
14.25% 		Richard Donahoe
4,489
30.96% 		Harold Connolly
Halifax South Angus Lewis Macdonald
6,097
59.57% 		Edward Coombs
926
9.05% 		John R. Milledge
3,212
31.38% 		Angus Lewis Macdonald
Halifax West Ronald Manning Fielding
6,788
49.88% 		Fred M. Young
3,027
22.24% 		Malcolm Edgbert Walker
3,795
27.88% 		Ronald Manning Fielding

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Antigonish Colin H. Chisholm
3,179
58.23% 		Terrance Bernard Thompson
2,280
41.77% 		John Patrick Gorman†
Guysborough Arthur W. MacKenzie
4,041
64.19% 		Hugh A.K. Forbes
2,254
35.81% 		Arthur W. MacKenzie
Pictou Centre Alfred B. DeWolfe
5,283
47.49% 		Alvin M. Stewart
1,343
12.07% 		John A. MacGregor
4,499
40.44% 		Alfred B. DeWolfe
Pictou
Pictou East John W. MacDonald
2,455
46.55% 		Collie G. Ross
603
11.43% 		William A. MacLeod
2,216
42.02% 		Vacant
Pictou
Pictou West Stewart W. Proudfoot
2,817
55.04% 		Donald R. Gilchrist
2,301
44.96% 		New riding

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal CCF PC Independent
Cape Breton Centre
 Ronald McIsaac
3,271
40.17% 		Michael James MacDonald
3,339
41.01% 		Joseph A. MacDonald
1,532
18.82% 		Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East
 Charles Roy MacDonald
3,829
36.59% 		Russell Cunningham
4,543
43.41% 		Thomas Horace Dickson
2,093
20.00% 		Russell Cunningham
Cape Breton North
 Alexander O'Handley
4,727
46.13% 		Wendell Coldwell
2,502
24.42% 		John Michael Macdonald
3,018
29.45% 		Alexander O'Handley
Cape Breton South John Smith MacIvor
6,742
47.20% 		Vincent Allan Morrison
3,740
26.18% 		Ross Anderson MacKimmie
3,802
26.62% 		John Smith MacIvor
Cape Breton West
 Malcolm A. Patterson
3,444
51.14% 		Arthur Briggs
1,171
17.39% 		David McLeod
2,120
31.48% 		Malcolm A. Patterson
Inverness Alexander H. McKinnon
6,168
37.72% 		Alcorn A. Munro
2,368
14.48% 		Alexander H. McKinnon
Roderick MacLean
5,562
34.01% 		George H. Penny
2,254
13.78% 		New seat
Richmond Lauchlin Daniel Currie
3,254
66.49% 		D.W. Morrison
1,640
33.51% 		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Victoria Carleton L. MacMillan
2,486
61.75% 		Phillip MacLeod
1,540
38.25% 		John Malcolm Campbell†

References

  1. ^ 27 November 1950 deferred by-election for Hants West seat, won by PC candidate
  2. ^ "Election Returns 1949" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ^ While 344,390 votes were cast, only 286,694 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.
  4. ^ In the riding of Hants West, Progressive Conservative George Henry Wilson's 3-vote lead on election night, became a tie after a judicial recount. The Returning Officer then cast the deciding vote for the Liberal's George B. Cole. After an appeal, a judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat and was won by Wilson.
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