1925 Nova Scotia general election

The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

1925 Nova Scotia general election

← 1920 June 25, 1925 1928 →

43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Leader Edgar Nelson Rhodes Ernest Howard Armstrong No leader
Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Leader since May 21, 1925 1923
Leader's seat Ran in
Hants (Won)
Shelburne
(Lost re-election)
Last election 3 29 5
Seats won 39 3 1
Seat change Increase36 Decrease26 Decrease4
Popular vote 262,277 161,158 20,527
Percentage 60.9% 36.3% 2.8%
Swing Increase36.24pp Decrease8.14pp Decrease11.27pp

Premier before election

Ernest Howard Armstrong
Liberal

Premier after election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

Results

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Results by party

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39 3 1
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1920 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal-Conservative Edgar Nelson Rhodes 42 3 39 +36 262,277 59.07% +36.24%
  Liberal Ernest Howard Armstrong 43 29 3 -26 161,158 36.30% -8.14%
  Labour None 11 0 1 -4 20,527 4.62% -11.27%
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 443,962 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00%
Total 96 43 43 43 443,962 100.00%
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
59.08%
Liberal
36.30%
Labour
4.62%
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
90.69%
Liberal
6.98%
Labour
2.33%

Retiring incumbents

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Labour
Liberal
United Farmers

Nominated candidates

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Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.

Valley

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Annapolis Frank R. Elliott
3,165
21.53%
Obediah Parker Goucher
4,331
29.46%
Frank R. Elliott
Kenneth L. Crowell
3,071
20.89%
Harry Thompson MacKenzie
4,133
28.12%
Orlando Daniels
Digby Henry W.B. Warner
2,545
19.95%
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
3,827
30.00%
Henry W.B. Warner
Gilbert J. Belliveau
2,524
19.78%
William Hudson Farnham
3,862
30.27%
Joseph William Comeau
Hants James William Reid
3,075
20.08%
Albert Parsons
4,806
31.38%
James William Reid
Lionel A. Forsyth
2,860
18.68%
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
4,573
29.86%
John Alexander MacDonald†
Kings John A. McDonald
4,963
24.23%
George Nowlan
5,520
26.95%
John A. McDonald
Allison H. Borden
4,543
22.18%
Reginald Tucker Caldwell
5,455
26.63%
James Sealy†

South Shore

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Lunenburg John James Kinley
4,528
19.82%
Wallace Norman Rehfuss
7,159
31.34%
John James Kinley
Aubrey Sperry
4,254
18.62%
William Haslam Smith
6,902
30.21%
Aubrey Sperry
Queens George S. McClearn
1,735
23.06%
William Lorimer Hall
1,934
25.70%
George S. McClearn
Jordan W. Smith
1,874
24.90%
Frank J.D. Barnjum
1,982
26.34%
Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne Robert Irwin
2,001
21.90%
Ernest Reginald Nickerson
2,596
28.42%
Robert Irwin
Ernest Howard Armstrong
2,087
22.84%
Norman Emmons Smith
2,452
26.84%
Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth Lindsay C. Gardner
3,032
22.66%
John Flint Cahan
3,852
28.79%
Vacant
René W.E. Landry
3,079
23.02%
Raymond Neri d'Entremont
3,415
25.53%
Amédée Melanson

Fundy-Northeast

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Colchester Maynard B. Archibald
2,634
14.42%
William Boardman Armstrong
6,733
36.86%
Harry L. Taggart†
Frank A. Reynolds
2,461
13.47%
Frank Stanfield
6,439
35.25%
Robert Hunter Smith†
Cumberland James Ralston
5,508
13.45%
Archibald Terris
8,267
20.18%
Archibald Terris
Charles H. Read
4,797
11.71%
Percy Chapman Black
9,057
22.11%
Gilbert Nelson Allen†
James M. Wardrope
4,754
11.61%
Daniel George McKenzie
8,580
20.95%
Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Halifax John Murphy
8,291
6.86%
Walter Mosher
571
0.47%
John Archibald Walker
15,679
12.97%
Adam Dunlap Burris†
John G. MacDougall
8,256
6.83%
Robert Daw
480
0.40%
William Drysdale Piercey
15,672
12.97%
John L. Connolly
John Brown Douglas
7,905
6.54%
Alban L. Breen
392
0.32%
Josiah Frederick Fraser
15,985
13.23%
John Brown Douglas
Henry Bauld
7,900
6.54%
John Francis Mahoney
15,899
13.16%
Henry Bauld
Walter J.A. O'Hearn
7,872
6.51%
Alexander Montgomerie
15,952
13.20%
Walter J.A. O'Hearn

Central Nova

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Antigonish John L. MacIsaac
2,393
27.74%
Duncan S. Chisholm
2,095
24.29%
Angus J. MacGillivray
William Chisholm
2,267
26.28%
Fred R. Irish
1,871
21.69%
William Chisholm
Guysborough Clarence W. Anderson
2,668
23.70%
Simon Osborn Giffin
2,995
26.61%
Clarence W. Anderson
James Cranswick Tory
2,763
24.55%
Howard Amos Rice
2,830
25.14%
James Cranswick Tory
Pictou Archibald McColl
5,591
12.18%
William Murray
695
1.51%
John Doull
9,432
20.55%
Vacant
John Welsford MacDonald
5,464
11.91%
J. Gordon Calkin
668
1.46%
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
9,043
19.71%
John Welsford MacDonald
George W. Whitman
5,332
11.62%
Joseph White
610
1.33%
Robert Albert Douglas
9,053
19.73%
Robert Henry Graham†

Cape Breton

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Labour Liberal-Conservative
Cape Breton Centre Daniel McDonald
3,277
14.68%
Joseph Steele
313
1.40%
Gordon Sidney Harrington
7,621
34.13%
Joseph Steele
Cape Breton
James McConnell
3,210
14.38%
Emerson Campbell
295
1.32%
Joseph Macdonald
7,611
34.09%
Arthur R. Richardson
Cape Breton
Cape Breton East Dan C. McDonald
933
3.82%
Forman Waye
4,051
16.57%
John Carey Douglas
7,276
29.77%
Forman Waye
Cape Breton
James L. McKinnon
928
3.80%
D. W. Morrison
4,185
17.12%
Alexander O'Handley
7,071
28.93%
D. W. Morrison
Cape Breton
Inverness Moses Elijah McGarry
3,906
24.46%
Hubert Meen Aucoin
4,019
25.17%
Donald MacLennan
John C. Bourinot
3,862
24.19%
Malcolm McKay
4,180
26.18%
John C. Bourinot
Richmond-West Cape Breton Donald D. Boyd
2,667
21.67%
Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
3,500
28.44%
Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
Richmond
George R. Deveau
2,637
21.43%
John Alexander MacDonald
8,466
52.70%
John Alexander MacDonald
Richmond
Victoria Donald Buchanan McLeod
1,874
27.05%
Hector A. McLeod
1,622
23.41%
Angus Gladstone Buchanan
Alexander K. McKenzie
1,672
24.13%
Phillip McLeod
1,760
25.40%
Daniel Alexander Cameron

References

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  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

Further reading

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