1894 Nova Scotia general election

1894 Nova Scotia general election

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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 1894 Leader's seat Halifax Ran in Cape Breton (Won) Last election 28 10 Seats won 26 [1] 12 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 75,295 68,455 Percentage 52.05% 47.33% Swing 1.21pp 0.59pp
Premier before election William Stevens Fielding Liberal Premier after election William Stevens Fielding Liberal

The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st 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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26	12
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1890	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	William Stevens Fielding	39	28	27	26	-2	75,295	52.05%	+1.21%
	Liberal-Conservative	William MacKay	37	10	10	12	+2	68,455	47.33%	+0.59%
	Independent/Other		1	0	0	0	0	899	0.62%	-1.80%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								144,649	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			77	38	38	38	–	144,649	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal   52.05% Liberal-Conservative   47.33% Independent/Other   0.62%

Seats summary Liberal   68.42% Liberal-Conservative   31.58%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• George Clarke, Colchester
• Daniel McNeil, Inverness
• Henry M. Munro, Annapolis

Liberal-Conservative

• Alexander F. Cameron, Guysborough
• Thomas Barlow Smith, Hants

Nominated candidates

1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election ^[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
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Annapolis		James Wilberforce Longley 1,808 27.18%		Thomas R. Jones 1,555 23.38%				James Wilberforce Longley
		Joseph A. Bancroft 1,793 26.95%		Hugh E. Gillis 1,496 22.49%				Henry M. Munro†
Digby		Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,228 27.54%		Louis Dugan 1,018 22.83%				Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
		Eliakim Tupper 1,245 27.92%		M. R. Timpany 968 21.71%				Eliakim Tupper
Hants		Arthur Drysdale 1,706 25.19%		James A. Thompson 1,689 24.94%				Arthur Drysdale
		W. H. Guild 1,644 24.28%		Charles Smith Wilcox 1,733 25.59%				Thomas Barlow Smith†
Kings		Brenton Dodge 2,227 31.%		Barclay Webster 1,580 21.99%				Barclay Webster
		Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97%		R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04%				Vacant

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Lunenburg		John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92%		James A. McLean 2,133 22.49%				John Drew Sperry
		Charles Edward Church 2,602 27.44%		J. A. Hirtle 2,101 22.15%				Charles Edward Church
Queens		Albert M. Hemeon 913 28.83%		John Hutt 703 22.20%				Albert M. Hemeon
		Richard Hunt 912 28.79%		O.L. Patch 639 20.18%				Richard Hunt
Shelburne		Thomas Johnston 1,282 26.31%		R. W. Freeman 1,059 21.74%				Thomas Johnston
		Thomas Robertson 1,319 27.07%		Charles Cahan 1,212 24.88%				Charles Cahan
Yarmouth		William Law 1,464 31.78%				E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance) 899 19.51%		William Law
		Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81%		Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90%				Cornelius Forman Hatfield

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Colchester		Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,896 25.09%		Israel Longworth 1,890 25.02%				Frederick Andrew Laurence
		Alfred Dickie 1,814 24.01%		Wilbert David Dimock 1,955 25.88%				George Clarke†
Cumberland		Thomas Reuben Black 3,109 28.47%		George W. Forrest 2,498 22.87%				George W. Forrest
		Alexander E. Fraser 2,902 26.58%		William Oxley 2,411 22.08%				William Oxley

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Halifax		William Stevens Fielding 4,795 17.88%		T. W. Walsh 4,019 14.99%				William Stevens Fielding
		William Roche 4,651 17.35%		James Morrow 4,406 16.43%				William Roche
		Michael Joseph Power 4,373 16.31%		William Anderson Black 4,570 17.04%				Michael Joseph Power

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Antigonish		Colin Francis McIsaac 1,333 27.99%		J.J. Cameron 1,141 23.95%				Colin Francis McIsaac
		Christopher P. Chisholm 1,225 25.72%		C. Ernest Gregory 1,064 22.34%				Christopher P. Chisholm
Guysborough		Daniel H. McKinnon 1,240 28.70%		Hamilton Morrow 979 22.66%				Hamilton Morrow
		John Howard Sinclair 1,216 28.15%		A. Whitman 885 20.49%				Alexander F. Cameron†
Pictou		Edward Mortimer Macdonald 2,797 15.41%		William Cameron 3,254 17.93%				William Cameron
		James Drummond McGregor 2,992 16.49%		Charles Elliott Tanner 3,236 17.83%				James Drummond McGregor
		J. F. Oliver 2,759 15.20%		Alexander Grant 3,109 17.13%				Alexander Grant

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other
Cape Breton		Joseph McPherson 2,592 23.89%		William MacKay 2,885 26.59%				Joseph McPherson
		Angus J. MacDonald 2,552 23.52%		John McCormick 2,822 26.01%				Angus J. MacDonald
Inverness		John McKinnon 1,746 24.87%		John H. Jameison 1,857 26.45%				John McKinnon
		Samuel McDonnell 1,658 23.61%		Alexander Campbell 1,760 25.07%				Daniel McNeil†
Richmond [5]		Simon Joyce 996 25.89%		Abraham LeBlanc 883 22.95%				Abraham LeBlanc
		Joseph Matheson 974 25.32%		John Morrison 994 25.84%				Joseph Matheson
Victoria		John Gillis Morrison 784 24.39%		John J. McCabe 597 18.57%				John A. Fraser
		John A. Fraser 748 23.27%		John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34%				John Lemuel Bethune
		M. H. MacKenzie 174 5.41%

References

1. 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
2. "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
3. "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
4. "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
5. In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.