1960 Nova Scotia general election

The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

1960 Nova Scotia general election

June 7, 1960

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

Turnout

82.02%

2.19pp

	First party	Second party	Third party
		Lib	CCF
Leader	Robert Stanfield	Henry Hicks	Michael James MacDonald
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since	November 10, 1948	September 9, 1954	1953
Leader's seat	Colchester	Annapolis East (Lost re-election)	Cape Breton Centre
Last election	24	18	1
Seats won	27	15	1
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	168,023	147,951	31,036
Percentage	48.11%	42.36%	8.89%
Swing	0.44pp	5.29pp	5.94pp

Premier before election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative

Results

Results by party

↓
27	15	1
Progressive Conservative	Liberal	CCF

Official results [1][2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1956	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	43	24	24	27	+3	168,023	48.11%	-0.44%
	Liberal	Henry Hicks	43	18	17	15	-3	147,951	42.36%	-5.29%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael James MacDonald	34	1	1	1	0	31,036	8.89%	+5.94%
	Independent		1	0	0	0	0	650	0.19%	-0.05%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								347,660	99.54%	+0.15%

Blank and invalid ballots								1,596	0.46%	-0.15%
Total			121	43	43	43	–	349,256	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								388,805	82.02%[3]	+2.19%

Popular vote

PC			48.11%
Liberal			42.36%
CCF			8.89%
Independent			0.19%

Seats summary

PC			62.79%
Liberal			34.88%
CCF			2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth

Progressive 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	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Annapolis East		Hanson Dowell		Henry Hicks		Murray Alton Bent				Henry Hicks
Annapolis West		Charles T. LeBrun		Peter M. Nicholson		Louis A. Beeler				Peter M. Nicholson
Clare		Kenneth Weaver		Pierre E. Belliveau						Pierre E. Belliveau
Digby		E. Keith Potter		Victor Cardoza		Foster Journeay				Malcolm Stewart Leonard†
Hants West		George Henry Wilson		Gerald Regan		Howard B. Wile				George Henry Wilson
Kings North		Gladys Porter		Eric Balcom		Levitte Joseph Melanson				Eric Balcom
Kings South		Edward Haliburton		Bruce Trenholm		George R. Goucher				Edward Haliburton
Kings West		R.F. Hazel		Edward D. MacArthur		George Turner				Hiram Thomas†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Lunenburg Centre		George O. Lohnes		Nathan Simeon Joudrey		Arthur William Benedict				George O. Lohnes
Lunenburg East		Maurice L. Zinck		Kirk S. Hennigar		Albro Boehner				Maurice L. Zinck
Lunenburg West		Harley J. Spence		Frederick E.L. Fowke						Harley J. Spence
Queens		W. S. Kennedy Jones		Della P. Richardson						W. S. Kennedy Jones
Shelburne		James McKay Harding		William Russell MacKay						James McKay Harding
Yarmouth		George A. Burridge		Eric Spinney				Willard Franklyn Allen		Eric Spinney
Yarmouth		George A. Snow		Willard O'Brien						Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Colchester		Robert Stanfield		Hugh Charles MacKinnon		Harvey T. Curtis				Robert Stanfield
Colchester		George Isaac Smith		Gordon Purdy		Helen K. Wright				George Isaac Smith
Cumberland Centre		Stephen T. Pyke		Ralph F. Gilroy		John R. Tabor				Stephen T. Pyke
Cumberland East		James A. Langille		Walter T. Purdy		Lloyd L. Ayer				James A. Langille
Cumberland West		George Percy Graham		Allison T. Smith		Thomas Alton Johnstone				Allison T. Smith
Hants East		Ernest M. Ettinger		Carl Spencer Grant		Alfred James Scothorn				Ernest M. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Halifax Centre		Donald MacKeen Smith		Gordon S. Cowan		James M. Murray				Gordon S. Cowan
Halifax County-Dartmouth		Murray Ritcey		Gordon L. S. Hart		Percy W. Dares				Geoffrey W. Stevens†
Halifax East		Nelson Gaetz		Duncan MacMillan		Wallace H. Mason				Duncan MacMillan
Halifax North		Robert Mullane		John E. Ahern		Charles A. Moulton				John E. Ahern
Halifax Northwest		Gordon H. Fitzgerald		Ronald Manning Fielding		L.C. Wilson				Ronald Manning Fielding
Halifax South		Richard Donahoe		Robert James Butler		Ralph Loomer				Richard Donahoe
Halifax West		D. C. McNeil		Charles H. Reardon		Harold J. Martell				Charles H. Reardon

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Antigonish		William F. MacKinnon		Vincent J. MacDonald		Alex MacPherson				William F. MacKinnon
Guysborough		Alexander MacIsaac		Norman Robert Anderson		Leslie Wilfred Myers				Vacant
Pictou Centre		Donald R. MacLeod		James H. Power		Doris Nicholson				Donald R. MacLeod
Pictou East		William A. MacLeod		John W. MacDonald		Barrie M. Hould				William A. MacLeod
Pictou West		Harvey Veniot		W.A. Broidy		W.E. Salsman				Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
Electoral district	PC		Liberal		CCF		Independent		Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Lowell Murray		James P. McNeil		Michael James MacDonald				Michael James MacDonald
Cape Breton East		Layton Fergusson		Joe A. Wadden		John L. MacKinnon				Layton Fergusson
Cape Breton North		Tom MacKeough		Ted Sullivan		Thomas R. MacDonald				John Michael Macdonald†
Cape Breton Nova		Percy Gaum		Wilfred Gillis		Albert Wilson				Percy Gaum
Cape Breton South		Donald C. MacNeil		Ritchie MacCoy		Bernard O'Neil				Donald C. MacNeil
Cape Breton West		Edward Manson		Herbert Shannon		John R. Lynk				Edward Manson
Inverness		Archie Neil Chisholm		Joseph Clyde Nunn		Stephen James MacLellan				Joseph Clyde Nunn
Inverness		Ralph Mauger MacKichan		Roderick MacLean						Roderick MacLean
Richmond		Byron Seymour Langley		Earl Wallace Urquhart						Earl Wallace Urquhart
Victoria		Leonard Walter Jones		Carleton L. MacMillan						Carleton L. MacMillan

References

"Election Returns 1960" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
"Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.

Further reading

Saywell, John T., ed. (1961). Canadian Annual Review for 1960. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Elections and referendums in Nova Scotia
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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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