1871 Nova Scotia general election

1871 Nova Scotia general election
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38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly ; 20 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; William Annand ; Liberal	Premier after election; William Annand ; Liberal

Last updated October 08, 2022

The 1871 Nova Scotia general election was held on 16 May 1871 to elect members of the 25th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

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24	14
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1867	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	William Annand	38	36	36	24	-12	39,494	52.68%	-8.30%
	Liberal-Conservative	Hiram Blanchard	33	2	2	14	+12	35,471	47.32%	+8.30%
	Vacant				0
Total valid votes								74,965	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			71	38	38	38	–	74,965	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal			52.68%
Liberal-Conservative			47.32%

Seats summary

Liberal			63.16%
Liberal-Conservative			36.84%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Nominated candidates

1871 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[3]^[4]

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		Incumbent
Annapolis		Jared C. Troop 1,083 26.03%		Avard Longley 1,017 24.44%		Jared C. Troop
Annapolis		David C. Landers 1,076 25.86%		T. W. Chesley 985 23.67%		David C. Landers
Digby		William Berrian Vail 1,028 35.83%		Colin Campbell 721 25.13%		William Berrian Vail
Digby		Urbine Doucette 1,019 35.52%		A. Amirault 101 3.52%		Urbine Doucette
Hants		William Dawson Lawrence 1,183 22.43%		William Henry Allison 1,446 27.42%		William Dawson Lawrence
Hants		Frederick Curry 1,249 23.68%		William McDougall 1,396 26.47%		Elkanah Young†
Kings		David M. Dickie 796 21.68%		Daniel Charles Moore 1,094 29.80%		David M. Dickie
Kings		Edward L. Brown 797 21.71%		Douglas Benjamin Woodworth 984 26.80%		Edward L. Brown

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Lunenburg		Mather Byles DesBrisay Acclamation				Mather Byles DesBrisay
Lunenburg		James Daniel Eisenhauer Acclamation				James Daniel Eisenhauer
Queens		William Henry Smith 826 33.59%		Thomas Patillo 465 18.91%		William Henry Smith
Queens		Samuel Freeman 829 33.71%		Will Hendry 339 13.79%		Samuel Freeman
Shelburne		Thomas Johnston 826 30.72%		William F. MacCoy 570 21.20%		Thomas Johnston
Shelburne		Robert Robertson 765 28.45%		J. H. Kendrick 528 19.64%		Robert Robertson
Yarmouth		Albert Gayton 714 25.71%		John Van Norden Hatfield 397 14.30%		John K. Ryerson
		John K. Ryerson 636 22.90%		John Van Norden Hatfield 397 14.30%		John K. Ryerson
		William H. Townsend 659 23.73%		N. Churchill 371 13.36%		William H. Townsend

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Colchester		Thomas Fletcher Morrison Acclamation				Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Colchester				Samuel Rettie Acclamation		Robert Chambers†
Cumberland		George Hibbard 1,043 20.14%		Henry Gesner Pineo Jr. 1,605 31.00%		Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
Cumberland		J. K. Kiderkin 946 18.27%		Edward Vickery 1,584 30.59%		Amos Purdy†

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Halifax		William Garvie 2,752 17.66%		Philip Carteret Hill 2,497 16.02%		Philip Carteret Hill
		John Flinn 2,704 17.35%		M. B. Daly 2,492 15.99%		James Cochran†
		Donald Archibald 2,693 17.28%		J. Geddes 2,448 15.71%		Henry Balcom†

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Antigonish		Daniel MacDonald 1,052 30.62%		R. N. Henry 853 24.83%		Daniel MacDonald
Antigonish		Joseph MacDonald 978 28.46%		Angus McGillivray 553 16.09%		Joseph MacDonald
Guysborough		John Angus Kirk 745 25.86%		Joseph William Hadley 706 24.51%		John Angus Kirk
Guysborough		William Henry Wylde 743 25.79%		Alexander N. McDonald 687 23.85%		William Henry Wylde
Pictou		George Murray 1,955 15.68%		James McDonald 2,270 18.21%		George Murray
		John D. McLeod 1,927 15.46%		Simon Hugh Holmes 2,242 17.98%		Martin Isaac Wilkins†
		Robert S. Copeland 1,884 15.11%		Hugh J. Cameron 2,188 17.55%		Robert S. Copeland

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates				Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Cape Breton		Alonzo J. White 1,329 42.26%		Newton LeGayet Mackay 824 26.20%		Alonzo J. White
Cape Breton		John Fergusson 992 31.54%				John Fergusson
Inverness		Alexander Campbell 1,280 24.15%		Hiram Blanchard 1,427 26.92%		Alexander Campbell
Inverness		Hugh McDonald 1,265 23.87%		Samuel McDonnell 1,328 25.06%		Hugh McDonald
Richmond		Edmund Power Flynn 492 39.17%				Edmund Power Flynn
Richmond		Isidore LeBlanc 317 25.24%		Murdoch McRae 447 35.59%		Josiah Hooper†
Victoria		John Ross 505 27.79%		David McCurdy 383 21.08%		John Ross
Victoria		William Kidston 406 22.34%		Charles James Campbell 523 28.78%		William Kidston

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References

↑ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
↑ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
↑ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
↑ Morgan, Henry J. (1874). The Canadian parliamentary companion. Montreal: J. Lovell. pp. 439–442.

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[1] "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[2] "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[3] "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 16, 2021.

[4] Morgan, Henry J. (1874). The Canadian parliamentary companion. Montreal: J. Lovell. pp. 439–442.

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