1941 Nova Scotia general election

1941 Nova Scotia general election
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30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly ; 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.05% 16.62pp
Premier before election; Alexander Stirling MacMillan ; Liberal	Premier after election; Alexander Stirling MacMillan ; Liberal

Last updated May 30, 2024

The 1941 Nova Scotia general election was held on 28 October 1941 to elect members of the 42nd 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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23	4	3
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	CCF

Official results ^[1]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1937	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	Angus Lewis Macdonald	30	24		22	-2	137,884	52.91%	-0.02%
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick Murray Blois	28	5		5	0	104,123	39.96%	-6.02%
	Co-operative Commonwealth		6	0	0	3	+3	18,583	7.13%	N/A
	Vacant
Total valid votes								260,590	99.37%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								1,651	0.63%	–
Total			64	30	30	30	–	262,241	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								341,788	63.05%^[2]	-6.23%

* The CCF ran in the 1933 election but did not run any candidates in 1937. The party elected 1 MLA in the 1939 Cape Breton East by-election.

Popular vote

Liberal			52.70%
PC			40.30%
CCF			7.00%

Seats summary

Liberal			73.33%
PC			16.67%
CCF			10.00%

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
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF	Incumbent
Annapolis		John D. McKenzie 4,292 60.60%		Hanson Taylor Dowell 2,790 39.40%			John D. McKenzie
Digby		Joseph William Comeau 4,818 62.34%		James John Wallis 2,910 37.66%			Joseph William Comeau
Hants		Alexander Stirling MacMillan 4,871 57.56%		Norman Dexter Blanchard 3,592 42.44%			Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Kings		John Alexander McDonald 6,654 62.58%		Raymond Crosby 3,978 37.42%			John Alexander McDonald

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF	Incumbent
Lunenburg		Frank R. Davis 6,366 29.39%		R. Clifford Levy 4,601 21.24%			Frank R. Davis
Lunenburg		Gordon E. Romkey 6,288 29.03%		Angus J. Walters 4,404 20.33%			Gordon E. Romkey
Queens		Harry Dennis Madden 2,461 50.13%		John J. Cameron 2,448 49.87%			John J. Cameron
Shelburne		Wilfred Dauphinee 2,422 50.73%		Frederick William Bower 2,352 49.27%			Henry R. L. Bill†
Yarmouth		Henry A. Waterman 4,551 63.02%		Peter Lorimer Judge 2,670 36.98%			Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF	Incumbent
Colchester		Alexander Murdoch Sutherland 5,160 23.74%		Frederick Murray Blois 5,842 26.88%			Frederick Murray Blois
Colchester		Robert F. McLellan 5,301 24.39%		George Scott Dickey 5,432 24.99%			George Scott Dickey
Cumberland		Archibald J. Mason 7,040 22.87%		Archie B. Smith 7,954 25.84%			Archie B. Smith
Cumberland		Kenneth Judson Cochrane 7,970 25.90%		Leonard William Fraser 7,814 25.39%			Leonard William Fraser

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Incumbent
Halifax Centre		James Edward Rutledge 4,226 59.49%		Arthur Wilfred Morton 2,878 40.51%				James Edward Rutledge
Halifax East		Geoffrey W. Stevens 5,094 60.39%		Norman Dudley Murray 3,341 39.61%				Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax North		Harold Connolly 4,124 64.98%		Helen Macdonald Lownds 1,962 30.91%		James Ronald Clark 261 4.11%		Harold Connolly
Halifax South		Joseph Richard Murphy 4,381 58.75%		Arthur James Haliburton 3,076 41.25%				Joseph Richard Murphy
Halifax West		Ronald Manning Fielding 4,459 58.37%		John Shenstone Roper 3,180 41.63%				Vacant

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF	Incumbent
Antigonish		John A. MacIsaac 2,759 61.49%		Michael Ignatius Webb 1,728 38.51%			Vacant
Guysborough		Havelock Torrey 3,759 64.15%		John Donald McIntyre 2,101 35.85%			Havelock Torrey
Pictou		Newton G. Munro 7,562 23.16%		Ernest G. Irish 8,256 25.28%			Newton G. Munro
Pictou		Josiah H. MacQuarrie 8,780 26.89%		W. Thomas Hayden 8,055 24.67%			Josiah H. MacQuarrie

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Gus Brown 2,275 30.96%		John Clifford Gregor 1,155 15.72%		Douglas MacDonald 3,918 53.32%		Douglas MacDonald
Cape Breton East		Lauchlin Daniel Currie 4,052 39.44%				Douglas Neil Brodie 6,222 60.56%		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Cape Breton North		Alexander O'Handley 3,344 39.97%		Joseph Angus MacDougall 2,387 28.53%		Robert Silas Bartlett 2,636 31.50%		George Belcher Murray†
Cape Breton South		George M. Morrison 3,946 35.96%		Donald John MacLean 3,019 27.51%		Donald MacDonald 4,008 36.53%		George M. Morrison
Cape Breton West		Malcolm A. Patterson 2,306 41.10%		John Alexander MacDonald 1,767 31.49%		Robert Joseph Orr 1,538 27.41%		Malcolm A. Patterson
Inverness		Alexander H. McKinnon 5,302 63.54%		Alexander Daniel McInnis 3,043 36.46%				Alexander H. McKinnon
Richmond		Donald David Boyd 2,176 50.59%		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 2,125 49.41%				Donald David Boyd
Victoria		John Malcolm Campbell 2,176 63.05%		John Roderick Fraser 1,275 36.95%				John Malcolm Campbell

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References

↑ "Election Returns 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
↑ While 260,590 votes were cast, only 215,491 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.

Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2006.

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[1] "Election Returns 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.

[2] While 260,590 votes were cast, only 215,491 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.

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