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The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
Results by party
26 | 12 |
Liberal | Liberal-Conservative |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1890 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Liberal | William Stevens Fielding | 39 | 28 | 27 | 26 | -2 | 75,295 | 52.05% | +1.21% | |
Liberal-Conservative | William MacKay | 37 | 10 | 10 | 12 | +2 | 68,455 | 47.33% | +0.59% | |
Independent/Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 899 | 0.62% | -1.80% | ||
Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 144,649 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
Total | 77 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 144,649 | 100.00% | – |
Retiring incumbents
- Liberal
- Liberal-Conservative
Nominated candidates
1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[4]
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 | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Annapolis | James Wilberforce Longley 1,808 27.18% |
Thomas R. Jones 1,555 23.38% |
James Wilberforce Longley | |||||
Joseph A. Bancroft 1,793 26.95% |
Hugh E. Gillis 1,496 22.49% |
Henry M. Munro† | ||||||
Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,228 27.54% |
Louis Dugan 1,018 22.83% |
Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
Eliakim Tupper 1,245 27.92% |
M. R. Timpany 968 21.71% |
Eliakim Tupper | ||||||
Hants | Arthur Drysdale 1,706 25.19% |
James A. Thompson 1,689 24.94% |
Arthur Drysdale | |||||
W. H. Guild 1,644 24.28% |
Charles Smith Wilcox 1,733 25.59% |
Thomas Barlow Smith† | ||||||
Kings | Brenton Dodge 2,227 31.% |
Barclay Webster 1,580 21.99% |
Barclay Webster | |||||
Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97% |
R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04% |
Vacant |
South Shore
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Lunenburg | John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92% |
James A. McLean 2,133 22.49% |
John Drew Sperry | |||||
Charles Edward Church 2,602 27.44% |
J. A. Hirtle 2,101 22.15% |
Charles Edward Church | ||||||
Queens | Albert M. Hemeon 913 28.83% |
John Hutt 703 22.20% |
Albert M. Hemeon | |||||
Richard Hunt 912 28.79% |
O.L. Patch 639 20.18% |
Richard Hunt | ||||||
Shelburne | Thomas Johnston 1,282 26.31% |
R. W. Freeman 1,059 21.74% |
Thomas Johnston | |||||
Thomas Robertson 1,319 27.07% |
Charles Cahan 1,212 24.88% |
Charles Cahan | ||||||
Yarmouth | William Law 1,464 31.78% |
E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance) 899 19.51% |
William Law | |||||
Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81% |
Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90% |
Cornelius Forman Hatfield |
Fundy-Northeast
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Colchester | Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,896 25.09% |
Israel Longworth 1,890 25.02% |
Frederick Andrew Laurence | |||||
Alfred Dickie 1,814 24.01% |
Wilbert David Dimock 1,955 25.88% |
George Clarke† | ||||||
Cumberland | Thomas Reuben Black 3,109 28.47% |
George W. Forrest 2,498 22.87% |
George W. Forrest | |||||
Alexander E. Fraser 2,902 26.58% |
William Oxley 2,411 22.08% |
William Oxley |
Halifax
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Halifax | William Stevens Fielding 4,795 17.88% |
T. W. Walsh 4,019 14.99% |
William Stevens Fielding | |||||
William Roche 4,651 17.35% |
James Morrow 4,406 16.43% |
William Roche | ||||||
Michael Joseph Power 4,373 16.31% |
William Anderson Black 4,570 17.04% |
Michael Joseph Power |
Central Nova
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Antigonish | Colin Francis McIsaac 1,333 27.99% |
J.J. Cameron 1,141 23.95% |
Colin Francis McIsaac | |||||
Christopher P. Chisholm 1,225 25.72% |
C. Ernest Gregory 1,064 22.34% |
Christopher P. Chisholm | ||||||
Guysborough | Daniel H. McKinnon 1,240 28.70% |
Hamilton Morrow 979 22.66% |
Hamilton Morrow | |||||
John Howard Sinclair 1,216 28.15% |
A. Whitman 885 20.49% |
Alexander F. Cameron† | ||||||
Pictou | Edward Mortimer Macdonald 2,797 15.41% |
William Cameron 3,254 17.93% |
William Cameron | |||||
James Drummond McGregor 2,992 16.49% |
Charles Elliott Tanner 3,236 17.83% |
James Drummond McGregor | ||||||
J. F. Oliver 2,759 15.20% |
Alexander Grant 3,109 17.13% |
Alexander Grant |
Cape Breton
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
Cape Breton | Joseph McPherson 2,592 23.89% |
William MacKay 2,885 26.59% |
Joseph McPherson | |||||
Angus J. MacDonald 2,552 23.52% |
John McCormick 2,822 26.01% |
Angus J. MacDonald | ||||||
Inverness | John McKinnon 1,746 24.87% |
John H. Jameison 1,857 26.45% |
John McKinnon | |||||
Samuel McDonnell 1,658 23.61% |
Alexander Campbell 1,760 25.07% |
Daniel McNeil† | ||||||
Richmond[5] | Simon Joyce 996 25.89% |
Abraham LeBlanc 883 22.95% |
Abraham LeBlanc | |||||
Joseph Matheson 974 25.32% |
John Morrison 994 25.84% |
Joseph Matheson | ||||||
Victoria | John Gillis Morrison 784 24.39% |
John J. McCabe 597 18.57% |
John A. Fraser | |||||
John A. Fraser 748 23.27% |
John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34% |
John Lemuel Bethune | ||||||
M. H. MacKenzie 174 5.41% |
References
- ^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
- ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
- ^ In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.