1928 Nova Scotia general election
The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Conservative party.
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Results
Results by party
| 22 | 20 | 1 |
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour |
| Party | Leader | 1925 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | 39 | 22 | -40% | 51.7% | ||
| Liberal | William Chisholm | 3 | 20 | +500% | 47.2% | ||
| Labour | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1.1% | |||
| Totals | 43 | 100% | |||||
Retiring incumbents
- Conservative
- William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester
- William Hudson Farnham, Digby
- Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax
- Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East
- William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Annapolis | Obediah Parker Goucher | John D. McKenzie | Obediah Parker Goucher | |||||
| Harry Thompson MacKenzie | Daniel Owen | Harry Thompson MacKenzie | ||||||
| Digby | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau | Joseph William Comeau | Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau | |||||
| H.E. Wagner | Alexander Stirling MacMillan | William Hudson Farnham† | ||||||
| Hants | Albert Parsons | James William Reid | Albert Parsons | |||||
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Robert Gass | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | ||||||
| Kings | George Nowlan | James F. Durno | George Nowlan | |||||
| Reginald Tucker Caldwell | Frederick J. Porter | Reginald Tucker Caldwell | ||||||
South Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Lunenburg | Wallace Norman Rehfuss | John James Kinley | Wallace Norman Rehfuss | |||||
| William Haslam Smith | Gordon E. Romkey | William Haslam Smith | ||||||
| Queens | William Lorimer Hall | Frederick Dickie | William Lorimer Hall | |||||
| Donald W. MacKay | Roland M. Irving | Vacant | ||||||
| Shelburne | Ernest Reginald Nickerson | Henry R. L. Bill | Ernest Reginald Nickerson | |||||
| Norman Emmons Smith | Wishart McLea Robertson | Norman Emmons Smith | ||||||
| Yarmouth | John Flint Cahan | Lindsay C. Gardner | John Flint Cahan | |||||
| Raymond Neri d'Entremont | René W.E. Landry | Raymond Neri d'Entremont | ||||||
Fundy-Northeast
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Colchester | William A. Flemming | William R. Dunbar | William Boardman Armstrong† | |||||
| Frank Stanfield | Donald L. MacKinnon | Frank Stanfield | ||||||
| Cumberland | John S. Smiley | Archibald Terris | Archibald Terris | |||||
| Percy Chapman Black | Charles H. Read | Percy Chapman Black | ||||||
| Daniel George McKenzie | Kenneth Judson Cochrane | Daniel George McKenzie | ||||||
Halifax
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Halifax | John Archibald Walker | Edward Joseph Cragg | John Archibald Walker | |||||
| Frederick P. Bligh | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | William Drysdale Piercey† | ||||||
| Josiah Frederick Fraser | Thomas J. Byrne | Josiah Frederick Fraser | ||||||
| John Francis Mahoney | Bernard W. Russell | John Francis Mahoney | ||||||
| Angus MacDonald Morton | William J. Kennedy | Alexander Montgomerie† | ||||||
Central Nova
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Antigonish | John D. MacIntyre | John L. MacIsaac | John L. MacIsaac | |||||
| John F. McLellan | William Chisholm | William Chisholm | ||||||
| Guysborough | Simon Osborn Giffin | Clarence W. Anderson | Simon Osborn Giffin | |||||
| Howard Amos Rice | Michael E. Morrison | Howard Amos Rice | ||||||
| Pictou | John Doull | Donald F. Fraser | John Doull | |||||
| Hugh Allan MacQuarrie | A.T. Logan | Hugh Allan MacQuarrie | ||||||
| Robert Albert Douglas | Clifford E. Carruthers | Robert Albert Douglas | ||||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Liberal | Labour | ||||||
| Cape Breton Centre | Gordon Sidney Harrington | Malcolm A. Patterson | Gordon Sidney Harrington | |||||
| Joseph Macdonald | Luke Daye | Joseph Macdonald | ||||||
| Cape Breton East | Daniel R. Cameron | Lauchlin Daniel Currie | Forman Waye | Vacant | ||||
| Robert Hamilton Butts | Dan C. McDonald | James B. McLachlan | Alexander O'Handley† | |||||
| Inverness | Hubert Meen Aucoin | Moses Elijah McGarry | Hubert Meen Aucoin | |||||
| Malcolm McKay | James A. Proudfoot | Malcolm McKay | ||||||
| Richmond-West Cape Breton | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | Alonzo Martell | Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc | |||||
| John Angus Stewart | Edward C. Doyle | John Angus Stewart | ||||||
| Victoria | H.A. Grant | Donald Buchanan McLeod | Donald Buchanan McLeod | |||||
| Phillip McLeod | Daniel Alexander Cameron | Phillip McLeod | ||||||
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
- Lemieux, Rodolphe; Falconer, Robert; Colquhoun, A. H. U.; Carrel, Frank; Beatty, E. W., eds. (1929). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1928–29. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections | |
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