1960 Nova Scotia general election

1960 Nova Scotia general election

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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.02% 2.19pp
First party Second party Third party   Lib CCF Leader Robert Stanfield Henry Hicks Michael James MacDonald Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Leader since November 10, 1948 September 9, 1954 1953 Leader's seat Colchester Annapolis East (Lost re-election) Cape Breton Centre Last election 24 18 1 Seats won 27 15 1 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 168,023 147,951 31,036 Percentage 48.11% 42.36% 8.89% Swing 0.44pp 5.29pp 5.94pp
Premier before election Robert Stanfield Progressive Conservative Premier after election Robert Stanfield Progressive Conservative

The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

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27	15	1
Progressive Conservative	Liberal	CCF

Official results ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1956	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	43	24	24	27	+3	168,023	48.11%	-0.44%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	43	18	17	15	-3	147,951	42.36%	-5.29%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	34	1	1	1	0	31,036	8.89%	+5.94%
	Independent		1	0	0	0	0	650	0.19%	-0.05%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								347,660	99.54%	+0.15%
Blank and invalid ballots								1,596	0.46%	-0.15%
Total			121	43	43	43	–	349,256	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								388,805	82.02% [3]	+2.19%

Popular vote PC   48.11% Liberal   42.36% CCF   8.89% Independent   0.19%

Seats summary PC   62.79% Liberal   34.88% CCF   2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth

Progressive Conservative

• Malcolm Stewart Leonard, Digby
• John Michael Macdonald, Cape Breton North
• Hiram Thomas, Kings West

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
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Annapolis East		Hanson Dowell 2,666 48.69%		Henry Hicks 2,658 48.55%		Murray Alton Bent 151 2.76%				Henry Hicks
Annapolis West		Charles T. LeBrun 2,068 42.74%		Peter M. Nicholson 2,571 53.14%		Louis A. Beeler 199 4.11%				Peter M. Nicholson
Clare		Kenneth Weaver 2,034 47.87%		Pierre E. Belliveau 2,215 52.13%						Pierre E. Belliveau
Digby		E. Keith Potter 2,593 48.15%		Victor Cardoza 2,651 49.23%		Foster Journeay 141 2.62%				Malcolm Stewart Leonard†
Hants West		George Henry Wilson 3,623 49.27%		Gerald Regan 3,412 46.40%		Howard B. Wile 319 4.34%				George Henry Wilson
Kings North		Gladys Porter 3,060 51.19%		Eric Balcom 2,782 46.54%		Levitte Joseph Melanson 136 2.28%				Eric Balcom
Kings South		Edward Haliburton 2,388 57.29%		Bruce Trenholm 1,581 37.93%		George R. Goucher 199 4.77%				Edward Haliburton
Kings West		R.F. Hazel 3,425 45.18%		Edward D. MacArthur 3,937 51.93%		George Turner 219 2.89%				Hiram Thomas†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Lunenburg Centre		George O. Lohnes 4,384 52.25%		Nathan Simeon Joudrey 3,832 45.67%		Arthur William Benedict 175 2.09%				George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East		Maurice L. Zinck 2,140 58.37%		Kirk S. Hennigar 1,405 38.33%		Albro Boehner 121 3.30%				Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West		Harley J. Spence 2,858 52.94%		Frederick E.L. Fowke 2,541 47.06%						Harley J. Spence
Queens		W. S. Kennedy Jones 3,770 59.04%		Della P. Richardson 2,616 40.96%						W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne		James McKay Harding 3,539 52.94%		William Russell MacKay 3,146 47.06%						James McKay Harding
Yarmouth		George A. Burridge 4,811 24.82%		Eric Spinney 4,309 22.23%				Willard Franklyn Allen 650 3.35%		Eric Spinney
		George A. Snow 4,578 23.62%		Willard O'Brien 5,037 25.98%						Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Colchester		Robert Stanfield 8,574 28.82%		Hugh Charles MacKinnon 5,439 18.28%		Harvey T. Curtis 704 2.37%				Robert Stanfield
		George Isaac Smith 8,219 27.62%		Gordon Purdy 6,127 20.59%		Helen K. Wright 692 2.33%				George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre		Stephen T. Pyke 2,308 52.91%		Ralph F. Gilroy 1,753 40.19%		John R. Tabor 301 6.90%				Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East		James A. Langille 5,081 57.08%		Walter T. Purdy 3,471 39.00%		Lloyd L. Ayer 349 3.92%				James A. Langille
Cumberland West		George Percy Graham 2,219 45.79%		Allison T. Smith 2,418 49.90%		Thomas Alton Johnstone 209 4.31%				Allison T. Smith
Hants East		Ernest M. Ettinger 2,426 49.50%		Carl Spencer Grant 2,207 45.03%		Alfred James Scothorn 268 5.47%				Ernest M. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Halifax Centre		Donald MacKeen Smith 4,921 48.01%		Gordon S. Cowan 4,651 45.38%		James M. Murray 678 6.61%				Gordon S. Cowan
Halifax County-Dartmouth		Murray Ritcey 7,653 43.05%		Gordon L. S. Hart 8,258 46.46%		Percy W. Dares 1,864 10.49%				Geoffrey W. Stevens†
Halifax East		Nelson Gaetz 2,432 44.06%		Duncan MacMillan 2,787 50.49%		Wallace H. Mason 301 5.45%				Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North		Robert Mullane 7,444 44.09%		John E. Ahern 7,974 47.23%		Charles A. Moulton 1,466 8.68%				John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest		Gordon H. Fitzgerald 4,209 46.55%		Ronald Manning Fielding 4,182 46.26%		L.C. Wilson 650 7.19%				Ronald Manning Fielding
Halifax South		Richard Donahoe 5,861 54.65%		Robert James Butler 4,302 40.12%		Ralph Loomer 561 5.23%				Richard Donahoe
Halifax West		D. C. McNeil 6,684 45.06%		Charles H. Reardon 6,925 46.68%		Harold J. Martell 1,225 8.26%				Charles H. Reardon

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Antigonish		William F. MacKinnon 3,177 54.77%		Vincent J. MacDonald 2,495 43.01%		Alex MacPherson 129 2.22%				William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough		Alexander MacIsaac 3,123 49.98%		Norman Robert Anderson 2,934 46.95%		Leslie Wilfred Myers 192 3.07%				Vacant
Pictou Centre		Donald R. MacLeod 4,755 43.92%		James H. Power 3,615 33.39%		Doris Nicholson 2,456 22.69%				Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East		William A. MacLeod 2,424 44.55%		John W. MacDonald 2,568 47.20%		Barrie M. Hould 449 8.25%				William A. MacLeod
Pictou West		Harvey Veniot 2,744 52.28%		W.A. Broidy 2,353 44.83%		W.E. Salsman 152 2.90%				Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent
Cape Breton Centre		Lowell Murray 1,964 27.19%		James P. McNeil 1,887 26.13%		Michael James MacDonald 3,371 46.68%				Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East		Layton Fergusson 4,862 45.56%		Joe A. Wadden 1,567 14.68%		John L. MacKinnon 4,243 39.76%				Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North		Tom MacKeough 5,257 46.83%		Ted Sullivan 3,094 27.56%		Thomas R. MacDonald 2,875 25.61%				John Michael Macdonald†
Cape Breton Nova		Percy Gaum 2,525 36.93%		Wilfred Gillis 2,094 30.63%		Albert Ollie Wilson 2,218 32.44%				Percy Gaum
Cape Breton South		Donald C. MacNeil 5,153 46.23%		Ritchie MacCoy 3,718 33.36%		Bernard O'Neil 2,275 20.41%				Donald C. MacNeil
Cape Breton West		Edward Manson 4,192 45.37%		Herbert Shannon 3,652 39.53%		John R. Lynk 1,395 15.10%				Edward Manson
Inverness		Archie Neil Chisholm 3,923 24.43%		Joseph Clyde Nunn 4,113 25.62%		Stephen James MacLellan 353 2.20%				Joseph Clyde Nunn
		Ralph Mauger MacKichan 3,648 22.72%		Roderick MacLean 4,018 25.03%						Roderick MacLean
Richmond		Byron Seymour Langley 2,491 48.89%		Earl Wallace Urquhart 2,604 51.11%						Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria		Leonard Walter Jones 1,817 46.96%		Carleton L. MacMillan 2,052 53.04%						Carleton L. MacMillan

References

1. "Election Returns 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
2. "Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
3. While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.

Further reading

• Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960 . Toronto: University of Toronto Press.