1867 Nova Scotia general election
The 1867 Nova Scotia general election was held on 18 September 1867 to elect members of the 24th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the first general election in Nova Scotia after Confederation, and was won by the Anti-Confederation Party.
| Party | Leader | Seats won | Popular vote | (%) | |
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| Anti-Confederation | William Annand | 36 | 58.6% | ||
| Conservative | Hiram Blanchard | 2 | 38.5% | ||
| Other / Independents | 0 | 4.0% | |||
| Totals | 38 | 100% | |||
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38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Members Elected
| Electoral District | Anti-Confederation | Conservative | Other | |||
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| Annapolis | Jared C. Troop 1,187 27.16% |
W. T. Foster 1,019 23.31% |
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| David C. Landers 1,163 26.61% |
George Whitman 1,002 22.92% |
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| Antigonish | Daniel MacDonald 1,424 45.95% |
R. W. Henry 410 13.23% |
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| Joseph MacDonald 1,072 34.59% |
J. MacDonald 193 6.23% |
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| Colchester | Thomas Fletcher Morrison 1,641 28.59% |
Samuel Rettie 1,311 22.84% |
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| Robert Chambers 1,625 28.32% |
W. McKim 1,162 20.25% |
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| Cumberland | Amos Purdy 1,309 25.07% |
Henry Gesner Pineo Jr. 1,337 25.61% |
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| W. Fullerton 1,291 24.73% |
Edward Vickery 1,284 24.59% |
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| Cape Breton | Alonza J. White 983 29.81% |
N. S. McKay 616 18.68% |
S. L. Purvis 471 14.29% | |||
| John Fergusson 702 21.29% |
P. Cadegan 525 15.92% |
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| Digby | William Berrian Vail 1,139 36.% |
Colin Campbell 612 19.34% |
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| Urbain Doucette 1,010 31.92% |
J. Melanson 403 12.74% |
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| Guysborough | John Joseph Marshall 730 32.10% |
J. A. Tory 443 19.48% |
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| John Angus Kirk 674 29.64% |
Alexander N. McDonald 427 18.78% |
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| Halifax | Jeremiah Northup 2,386 17.64% |
Philip Carteret Hill 2,152 15.91% |
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| James Cochran 2,366 17.49% |
S. Tobin 2,129 15.74% |
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| Henry Balcom 2,364 17.48% |
G. McLeod 2,129 15.74% |
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| Hants | William Dawson Lawrence 1,529 31.52% |
Parker 921 18.99% |
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| Elkanah Young 1,497 30.86% |
McDougall 904 18.64% |
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| Inverness | Alexander Campbell 1,058 30.51% |
Hiram Blanchard 986 28.43% |
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| H. McInnis 932 26.87% |
A. Gillis 492 14.19% |
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| Kings | David M. Dickie 1,393 32.87% |
Thomas R. Harris 904 21.33% |
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| Edward L. Brown 1,280 30.20% |
R. C. Foster 661 15.60% |
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| Lunenburg | Mather Byles DesBrisay 800 50.% |
Henry S. Jost |
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| James Daniel Eisenhauer 800 50.% |
W. A. C. Randall |
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| Pictou | George Murray 2,019 18.45% |
Simon Hugh Holmes 1,684 15.38% |
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| Robert S. Copeland 1,977 18.06% |
D. Fraser 1,649 15.06% |
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| Martin Isaac Wilkins 1,968 17.98% |
A. McKay 1,649 15.06% |
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| Queens | William Henry Smith 792 36.65% |
Allison 310 14.35% |
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| Samuel Freeman 785 36.33% |
A. J. Campbell 274 12.68% |
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| Richmond | Edmund Power Flynn 583 39.85% |
J. H. Hearn 362 24.74% |
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| Josiah Hooper 518 35.41% |
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| Shelburne | Robert Robertson Acclamation |
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| Thomas Johnston Acclamation |
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| Victoria | John Ross 621 37.21% |
Charles James Campbell 256 15.34% |
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| William Kidston 571 34.21% |
McLean 162 9.71% |
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| Yarmouth | John K. Ryerson 1,138 32.53% |
J. V. N. Hatfield 626 17.90% |
W. G. Goucher 726 20.75% | |||
| William H. Townsend 853 24.39% |
J. S. Hatfield 94 2.69% I. S. Hatfield 61 1.74% | |||||
References
- Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 1–3. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
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| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections | |
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