1916 Nova Scotia general election

The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

1916 Nova Scotia general election

June 20, 1916

43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	George Henry Murray	Charles Elliott Tanner
Party	Liberal	Liberal-Conservative
Leader since	1896	1912
Leader's seat	Victoria	Pictou (Lost re-election)
Last election	27	11
Seats won	30	13
Seat change	3	2
Popular vote	-	-
Percentage	50.4%	48.8%
Swing

Results by riding

Premier before election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

Premier after election

George Henry Murray
Liberal

Results

Results by party

↓
30	13
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

	Party	Leader	1911	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Liberal	George Henry Murray	27	30	+19%		50.4%
	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Elliott Tanner	11	13	0%		48.8%
	Other		0	0	0%		0.8%
Totals				43			100%

Popular vote

Liberal			50.40%
Liberal-Conservative			48.80%
Other			0.80%

Seats summary

Liberal			67.77%
Liberal-Conservative			30.23%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Charles P. Bissett, Richmond
Archibald M. Covert, Kings
Fullton Johnson Logan, Halifax
James MacDonald, Inverness
Smith Nickerson, Shelburne

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Annapolis		Orlando Daniels		Obediah Parker Goucher						Orlando Daniels
Annapolis		Frank R. Elliott		Earle C. Phinney						Norman Phinney†
Digby		Henry W.B. Warner		Felix M. Gaudet						Harry Hatheway Marshall†
Digby		Joseph William Comeau		Walton K. Tibert						Joseph William Comeau
Hants		Burchill R. Fulmer		Albert Parsons						Albert Parsons
Hants		James William Reid		Herbert W. Sangster						James William Reid
Kings		Charles Alexander Campbell		James E. Kinsman						Archibald M. Covert†
Kings		Harry H. Wickwire		Joseph D. Spidell						Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John James Kinley		Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker						Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker
Lunenburg		Oscar G. Donovan		Joseph Willis Margeson						Joseph Willis Margeson
Queens		Frederick R. Freeman		William Lorimer Hall						William Lorimer Hall
Queens		Jordan W. Smith		D.C. Mulhall						Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne		Robert Irwin		Wendell H. Currie						Robert Irwin
Shelburne		Maurice Nickerson		W.C. Hall						Smith Nickerson†
Yarmouth		Ernest Howard Armstrong		Joseph O. Difon						Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Henry d'Entremont		Howard Corning						Howard Corning

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Colchester		Gilbert H. Vernon		Robert H. Kennedy						Robert H. Kennedy
Colchester		Frederick B. Schurman		Frank Stanfield						Frank Stanfield
Cumberland		James Ralston		Daniel A. Morrison		James B. Nelson				James Ralston
		Joshua H. Livingstone		James W. Kirkpatrick						New seat
		Rufus Carter		J. Flemming Gilroy						Rufus Carter

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Halifax		John Brown Douglas		Hector MacInnes						New seat
		John L. Connolly		John W. Regan						New seat
		George Everett Faulkner		Felix P. Quinn						George Everett Faulkner
		Henry Bauld		E.F. Williams						Fullton Johnson Logan†
		Robert Emmett Finn		F.P. Bligh						Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Antigonish		Fred Robert Trotter		Allan MacDonald						Fred Robert Trotter
Antigonish		William Chisholm		John Stanfield O'Brien						John Stanfield O'Brien
Guysborough		James F. Ellis		John Bell						James F. Ellis
Guysborough		James Cranswick Tory		Duncan S. Chisholm						James Cranswick Tory
Pictou		Robert M. McGregor		John W. McKay		John B. Strickland				Robert M. McGregor
		Robert Hugh MacKay		J. William Sutherland						Robert Hugh MacKay
		Robert Henry Graham		Charles Elliott Tanner						Charles Elliott Tanner

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Labour		Other		Incumbent
Cape Breton		D.J. Hartigan		Neil Ferguson				J.B. McLachlin (Socialist)		New seat
		D.C. McDonald		Robert Hamilton Butts						Robert Hamilton Butts
		Daniel Alexander Cameron		Finlay McDonald						New seat
		Michael T. Sullivan		John Carey Douglas						John Carey Douglas
Inverness		Donald MacLennan		Thomas Gallant						Donald MacLennan
Inverness		John C. Bourinot		Duncan F. MacLean						James MacDonald†
Richmond		Simon Joyce		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc						Simon Joyce
Richmond		Alexander Finlayson		John Alexander MacDonald						Charles P. Bissett†
Victoria		George Henry Murray		Joseph Hays						George Henry Murray
Victoria		John Gillis Morrison		Phillip McLeod						Vacant

References

Government of Nova Scotia. "Election Summary From 1867 - 2006" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2006-12-02.

Further reading

Hopkins, J. Castell (1917). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1916. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

Elections and referendums in Nova Scotia
General elections	1867 1871 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1897 1901 1906 1911 1916 1920 1925 1928 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1981 1984 1988 1993 1998 1999 2003 2006 2009 2013 2017 2021 Next
Municipal elections	1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Referendums	1929 2004
See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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