1945 Nova Scotia general election

1945 Nova Scotia general election
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30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly ; 16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.68% 1.63pp
Premier before election; Angus Lewis Macdonald ; Liberal	Premier after election; Angus Lewis Macdonald ; Liberal

Last updated November 04, 2023

The 1945 Nova Scotia general election was held on 23 October 1945 to elect members of the 43rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives were entirely shut out of the Assembly, making the CCF's two MLAs the only opposition members.

Results

Results by party

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28	2
Liberal	CCF

Official results ^[1]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1941	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	Angus Lewis Macdonald	30	22		28	+6	153,493	53.05%	+0.14%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald MacDonald	20	3		2	-1	39,637	13.70%	+6.57%
	Progressive Conservative	Frederick Murray Blois	29	5		0	-5	95,573	33.03%	-6.93%
	Independent/Other		3	0		0	0	634	0.22%	N/A
	Vacant
Total valid votes								289,337	99.37%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								1,697	0.58%	–
Total			82	30	30	30	–	291,034	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								370,945	64.68%^[2]

Popular vote

Liberal			53.05%
PC			33.03%
CCF			13.70%
Others			0.22%

Seats summary

Liberal			93.33%
CCF			6.67%

Retiring incumbents

Co-operative Commonwealth

Liberal

Progressive Conservative

George Scott Dickey, Colchester

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		Independent	Incumbent
Annapolis		Henry Hicks 4,880 59.06%		Horton Wheelock Phinney 3,383 40.94%					John D. McKenzie†
Digby		Joseph William Comeau 4,714 59.13%		Kenneth Earl Smith 2,706 33.94%		Edgar Lawrence Outhouse 552 6.92%			Joseph William Comeau
Hants		Robert A. MacLellan 4,951 52.66%		Norman Dudley Murray 3,194 33.98%		Frederick Charles Gilmore Scott 1,256 13.36%			Alexander Stirling MacMillan†
Kings		David Durell Sutton 7,027 59.66%		William Lawrence Chisholm 4,751 40.34%					John Alexander McDonald†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Independent	Incumbent
Lunenburg		Frank R. Davis 6,867 27.31%		R. Clifford Levy 5,854 23.28%					Frank R. Davis
Lunenburg		Gordon E. Romkey 6,839 27.20%		James A. MacLeod 5,585 22.21%					Gordon E. Romkey
Queens		Merrill D. Rawding 2,844 48.17%		Leonard William Fraser 2,503 42.39%		Clarence Webber 557 9.43%			Harry Dennis Madden†
Shelburne		Wilfred Dauphinee 3,214 55.85%		Frederick William Bower 2,203 38.28%		Cecil James O'Donnell 338 5.87%			Wilfred Dauphinee
Yarmouth		Henry A. Waterman 5,000 55.20%		Frank Parker Day 4,058 44.80%					Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Independent	Incumbent
Colchester		Gordon Purdy 7,714 29.18%		Frederick Murray Blois 5,515 20.86%		Clarence Vincent Fleury 547 2.07%			Frederick Murray Blois
Colchester		Robert F. McLellan 6,631 25.09%		William A. Flemming 5,383 20.37%		Sidney Mansfield Parker 642 2.43%			George Scott Dickey†
Cumberland		Martin J. Kaufman 6,540 21.67%		Archie B. Smith 6,271 20.77%		John James Crummey 2,867 9.50%			Archie B. Smith
Cumberland		Kenneth Judson Cochrane 6,995 23.17%		Norman Shaw Sanford 5,807 19.24%		Joseph Bernard Murray 1,706 5.65%			Kenneth Judson Cochrane

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Halifax Centre		James Edward Rutledge 4,737 55.22%		Carl Palm Bethune 2,279 26.57%		R.B. Mitchell 1,562 18.21%				James Edward Rutledge
Halifax East		Geoffrey W. Stevens 6,206 53.48%		A.L. Mattatall 3,033 26.14%		Cecil Clyde Russell 2,366 20.39%				Geoffrey W. Stevens
Halifax North		Harold Connolly 6,089 59.43%		Bernard Joseph Vaughan 1,777 17.34%		Thomas Burgess 2,120 20.69%		Alexander Munro 260 2.54%		Harold Connolly
Halifax South		Angus Lewis Macdonald 5,181 61.26%		Arthur John Haliburton 2,067 24.44%		Richard Leo Rooney 1,080 12.77%		Andrew Matthews 129 1.53%		Vacant
Halifax West		Ronald Manning Fielding 4,997 49.11%		Malcolm Edgbert Walker 2,786 27.38%		Fred Young 2,392 23.51%				Ronald Manning Fielding

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Antigonish		John Patrick Gorman 2,650 61.83%		Douglas MacDonald 1,636 38.17%						John Patrick Gorman
Guysborough		Arthur W. MacKenzie 3,456 62.07%		Harold Vans Hudson 2,112 37.93%						Havelock Torrey†
Pictou		Alfred B. DeWolfe 9,020 24.83%		Ernest G. Irish 7,061 19.44%		G. Miller Dick 1,576 4.34%		George J. White 245 0.67%		Ernest G. Irish
Pictou		Josiah H. MacQuarrie 10,031 27.61%		John A. MacGregor 6,704 18.46%		Donald L. Nicholson 1,688 4.65%				Josiah H. MacQuarrie

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates							Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		PC		CCF		Independent	Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Ronald McIsaac 2,726 38.37%		Frank Doucette 518 7.29%		Michael James MacDonald 3,860 54.34%			Douglas MacDonald†
Cape Breton East		Gus McGillivray 2,719 30.03%		Kenneth Daniel Beaton 1,002 11.07%		Russell Cunningham 5,332 58.90%			Douglas Neil Brodie†
Cape Breton North		Alexander O'Handley 3,328 38.48%		Malcolm McDonald 2,416 27.94%		Wendell Coldwell 2,904 33.58%			Alexander O'Handley
Cape Breton South		John Smith MacIvor 4,778 43.10%		Malcolm Cameron 1,861 16.79%		Donald MacDonald 4,448 40.12%			Donald MacDonald
Cape Breton West		Malcolm A. Patterson 2,826 49.82%		Horace L. Ferguson 1,002 17.67%		Robert Orr 1,844 32.51%			Malcolm A. Patterson
Inverness		Alexander H. McKinnon 5,283 70.59%		Alexander Angus MacInnes 2,201 29.41%					Alexander H. McKinnon
Richmond		Lauchlin Daniel Currie 3,149 76.66%		Frederick Albert Thurgood 959 23.34%					Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Victoria		John Malcolm Campbell 2,101 64.69%		William Ross MacAulay 1,147 35.31%					John Malcolm Campbell

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References

↑ "Election Returns 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
↑ While 291,034 votes were cast, only 238,966 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 291,034 votes were cast, only 238,966 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.

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