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The 1901 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 October 1901 to elect members of the 33rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 1897 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Liberal | George Henry Murray | 40 | 35 | 34 | 36 | +1 | 80,196 | 58.79% | +3.22% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | Charles Smith Wilcox | 32 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 55,889 | 40.97% | -3.06% | |
| Independent/Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 0.24% | -0.16% | ||
| Vacant | 0 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 136,411 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
| Total | 73 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 136,411 | 100.00% | – | ||
1901 Nova Scotia Provincial Election [3] [4]
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bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Annapolis | James Wilberforce Longley 1,825 29.60% | W. C. Healey 1,348 21.87% | James Wilberforce Longley | |||||
| Joseph A. Bancroft 1,750 28.39% | Frank Andrews 1,242 20.15% | Joseph A. Bancroft | ||||||
| Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,507 37.12% | J. K. Tobin 611 15.05% | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
| Angus Morrison Gidney 1,400 34.48% | Louis Dugas 542 13.35% | Angus Morrison Gidney | ||||||
| Hants | Arthur Drysdale 2,092 29.54% | A. S. Sanford 1,458 20.58% | Arthur Drysdale | |||||
| Francis Parker McHeffey 1,914 27.02% | Charles Smith Wilcox 1,619 22.86% | Charles Smith Wilcox | ||||||
| Kings | Brenton Dodge 2,225 33.97% | J. W. Ryan 1,116 17.04% | Brenton Dodge | |||||
| Harry H. Wickwire 2,122 32.40% | Peter Innes 1,087 16.60% | Harry H. Wickwire | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Lunenburg | Edward Doran Davison 2,932 28.24% | A. J. Wolfe 2,335 22.49% | John Drew Sperry† | |||||
| Alexander Kenneth Maclean 2,923 28.15% | J. A. Roberts 2,192 21.11% | Charles Edward Church† | ||||||
| Queens | Edward Matthew Farrell 925 27.95% | John Hutt 783 23.66% | Edward Matthew Farrell | |||||
| Charles F. Cooper 843 25.48% | W. L. Libbey 758 22.91% | Thomas Keillor† | ||||||
| Shelburne | Thomas Johnston 817 41.98% | Arthur Hood 326 16.75% | Thomas Johnston | |||||
| Thomas Robertson 803 41.26% | Thomas Robertson | |||||||
| Yarmouth | Augustus Stoneman Acclamation | Augustus Stoneman | ||||||
| Henry S. LeBlanc Acclamation | Henry S. LeBlanc | |||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Colchester | Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,169 25.34% | A. S. Black 2,151 25.13% | Thomas McMullen† | |||||
| Frederick Andrew Laurence 2,185 25.53% | John Fitzwilliam Stairs 2,054 24.% | Frederick Andrew Laurence | ||||||
| Cumberland | Thomas Reuben Black 2,944 25.50% | C. R. Smith 2,720 23.56% | Thomas Reuben Black | |||||
| M. L. Tucker 2,933 25.41% | Daniel McLeod 2,946 25.52% | Alexander E. Fraser† | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Halifax | George Mitchell 4,955 17.56% | Adam Brown Crosby 4,707 16.68% | George Mitchell | |||||
| David McPherson 5,049 17.89% | G. M. Campbell 4,487 15.90% | David McPherson | ||||||
| Michael Edwin Keefe 4,840 17.15% | J. J. Stewart 4,185 14.83% | Michael Edwin Keefe | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Antigonish | Angus McGillivray Acclamation | Angus McGillivray | ||||||
| Christopher P. Chisholm Acclamation | Christopher P. Chisholm | |||||||
| Guysborough | William Whitman 1,498 35.79% | John Keating 620 14.81% | William Akins Fergusson† | |||||
| John Howard Sinclair 1,511 36.11% | H. T. Harding 556 13.29% | John Howard Sinclair | ||||||
| Pictou | Edward Mortimer Macdonald 3,703 20.61% | George E. Munro 3,011 16.76% | Edward Mortimer Macdonald | |||||
| Robert Dewar 3,157 17.57% | Charles Elliott Tanner 3,186 17.73% | Charles Elliott Tanner | ||||||
| George Patterson 3,534 19.67% | William Cameron 1,377 7.66% | Matthew Henry Fitzpatrick† | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Cape Breton | Daniel Duncan McKenzie 3,840 32.29% | Colin McKinnon 2,205 18.54% | Daniel Duncan McKenzie | |||||
| Neil J. Gillis 3,691 31.04% | Vincent Mullins 2,157 18.14% | Neil J. Gillis | ||||||
| Inverness | James MacDonald 2,270 27.39% | Charles Edward McMillan 1,326 16.00% | James McDonald | |||||
| J. L. McDougall 1,317 15.89% | ||||||||
| Moses J. Doucet 1,734 20.92% | Daniel McNeil 1,137 13.72% | Moses J. Doucet | ||||||
| Alexander Macdonald 504 6.08% | ||||||||
| Richmond | Duncan Finlayson 1,090 34.64% | D. G. Stewart 562 17.86% | Duncan Finlayson | |||||
| Simon Joyce 994 31.59% | Felix Landry 501 15.92% | Simon Joyce | ||||||
| Victoria | George Henry Murray 1,177 37.85% | John A. McDonald 581 18.68% | George Henry Murray | |||||
| John Gillis Morrison 1,023 32.89% | John J. McCabe 329 10.58% | John Gillis Morrison | ||||||
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The 1911 Nova Scotia general election was held on 14 June 1911 to elect members of the 35th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
The 1906 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1906 to elect members of the 34th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
The 1897 Nova Scotia general election was held from 13 April to 20 April 1897 to elect members of the 32nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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.
The 1890 Nova Scotia general election was held from 14 May to 21 May 1890 to elect members of the 30th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
The 1886 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 June to 15 June 1886 to elect members of the 29th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
The 1882 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1882 to elect members of the 28th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party, their first of ten consecutive wins that would see them retain power until 1925. The Conservatives were the only one-term government in Nova Scotia until 2013 when the NDP lost.
The 1878 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 September 1878 to elect members of the 27th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative Party.
The 1874 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 December 1874 to elect members of the 26th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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.
The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party.
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