1901 Nova Scotia general election
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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.
Results
[edit]Results by party
[edit]36 | 2 |
Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
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% | – |
Retiring incumbents
[edit]- Liberal
- Charles Edward Church, Lunenburg
- William A. Ferguson, Guysborough
- Alexander E. Fraser, Cumberland
- Thomas Keillor, Queens
- John Drew Sperry, Lunenburg
- Liberal-Conservative
- Matthew Henry Fitzpatrick, Pictou
- Thomas McMullen, Colchester
Nominated candidates
[edit]1901 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3][4]
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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 |
South Shore
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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 |
Fundy-Northeast
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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† |
Halifax
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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 |
Central Nova
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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† |
Cape Breton
[edit]Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 22–24. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Hopkins, J. Castell (1902). Morang's Annual Register of Canadian Affairs, 1901. Toronto: George N. Morang & Company.