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.
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Results
editResults by party
edit| 36 | 2 |
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit1901 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.