1871 Nova Scotia general election

The 1871 Nova Scotia general election was held on 16 May 1871 to elect members of the 25th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

1871 Nova Scotia general election
May 16, 1871
38 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Annand Hiram Blanchard
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since 1867 1867
Leader's seat Member of Legislative Council Inverness
Last election 36 2
Seats won 25 13
Seat change 11 11
Popular vote 39,707 35,258
Percentage 52.97% 47.03%
Swing
Premier before election

William Annand
Liberal

 Premier after election

William Annand
Liberal

Results

Results by party
 Summary of the 1871 Nova Scotia general election
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1867 Dissol. 1871  % change
from dissolution		  % seats Votes Vote
change		 % pp change  % where
running
Liberal William Annand 38 36 25 -11 65.79% 46,994 -7,287 52.97%
Conservative Hiram Blanchard 33 2 13 11 34.21% 30,854 4,404 47.03%
Total 71 38 38 0 100.00% 77,848 -2,883 100.00%
Source: Government of Nova Scotia[1] [2]


Members Elected

1871 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3][4]

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
LiberalConservativeOther
Annapolis Jared C. Troop
1,083
26.03%		 Avard Longley
1,017
24.44%		 Jared C. Troop
David C. Landers
1,076
25.86%		 T. W. Chesley
985
23.67%		 David C. Landers
Antigonish Daniel MacDonald
1,052
30.62%		 R. N. Henry
853
24.83%		 Daniel MacDonald
Joseph MacDonald
978
28.46%		 Angus McGillivray
553
16.09%		 Joseph MacDonald
Colchester Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Acclaimed		 Samuel Rettie
ACCLAMATION
 Thomas Fletcher Morrison
Robert Chambers
Cumberland George Hibbard
1,043
20.14%		 Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
1,605
31.%		 Henry Gesner Pineo Jr.
J. K. Kiderkin
946
18.27%		 Edward Vickery
1,584
30.59%		 Amos Purdy
Cape Breton Alonza J. White
1,329
42.26%		 Newton LeGayet Mackay
824
26.20%		 Alonza J. White
John Fergusson
992
31.54%		 John Fergusson
Digby William Berrian Vail
1,028
35.83%		 Colin Campbell
721
25.13%		 William Berrian Vail
Urbain Doucette
1,019
35.52%		 A. Amirault
101
3.52%		 Urbain Doucette
Guysborough John Angus Kirk
745
25.86%		 Joseph William Hadley
706
24.51%		 John Joseph Marshall
William Henry Wylde
743
25.79%		 Alexander N. McDonald
687
23.85%		 John Angus Kirk
Halifax William Garvie
2,752
17.66%		 Philip Carteret Hill
2,497
16.02%		 Jeremiah Northup
John Flinn
2,704
17.35%		 M. B. Daly
2,492
15.99%		 James Cochran
Donald Archibald
2,693
17.28%		 J. Geddes
2,448
15.71%		 Henry Balcom
Hants William McDougall
1,396
26.47%		 William Henry Allison
1,446
27.42%		 William Dawson Lawrence
Fred Curry
1,249
23.68%		 William Dawson Lawrence
1,183
22.43%		 Elkanah Young
Inverness Alexander Campbell
1,280
24.15%		 Hiram Blanchard
1,427
26.92%		 Alexander Campbell
Hugh McDonald
1,265
23.87%		 Samuel McDonnell
1,328
25.06%		 Hiram Blanchard
Kings Edward L. Brown
797
21.71%		 Daniel Charles Moore
1,094
29.80%		 David M. Dickie
David M. Dickie
796
21.68%		 Douglas Benjamin Woodworth
984
26.80%		 Edward L. Brown
Lunenburg Mather Byles DesBrisay
ACCLAMATION

Mather Byles DesBrisay
James Daniel Eisenhauer
ACCLAMATION
 James Daniel Eisenhauer
Pictou George Murray
1,955
15.68%		 James McDonald
2,270
18.21%		 George Murray
John D. McLeod
1,927
15.46%		 Simon Hugh Holmes
2,242
17.98%		 Robert S. Copeland
Robert S. Copeland
1,884
15.11%		 Hugh J. Campbell
2,188
17.55%		 Martin Isaac Wilkins
Queens Samuel Freeman
829
33.71%		 Thomas Patillo
465
18.91%		 William Henry Smith
William Henry Smith
826
33.59%		 Will Hendry
339
13.79%		 Samuel Freeman
Richmond Edmund Power Flynn
492
39.17%		 Murdoch McRae
447
35.59%		 Edmund Power Flynn
Isidore LeBlanc
317
25.24%		 Josiah Hooper
Shelburne Thomas Johnston
826
30.72%		 William F. MacCoy
570
21.20%		 Robert Robertson
Robert Robertson
765
28.45%		 J. H. Kendrick
528
19.64%		 Thomas Johnston
Victoria John Ross
505
27.79%		 Charles James Campbell
523
28.78%		 John Ross
William Kidston
406
22.34%		 David McCurdy
383
21.08%		 William Kidston
Yarmouth Albert Gayton
714
25.71%		 John Van Norden Hatfield
397
14.30%		 John K. Ryerson
William H. Townsend
659
23.73%		 N. Churchill
371
13.36%		 John K. Ryerson (Liberal)
636
22.90%		 William H. Townsend

References
  1. "Electoral Districts - Histories". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 3–5. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. Morgan, Henry J. (1874). The Canadian parliamentary companion. Montreal: J. Lovell. pp. 439–442.


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