June 20 1937 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1937-06-20
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,350
Invalid Votes 1,350
Total Electors 296,699
Turnout Rate 105
Valid Ballots 312,463
Valid Votes 312,463

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Conservative Party of Nova Scotia 30 5 16.67% 45.98%
Labour Party 1 0 0.00% 1.09%
Liberal Conservative Party 1 1 3.33% 0.92%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 29 24 80.00% 52.01%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Percy Chapman Black Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland 10,289 ✅
Josiah H Macquarrie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou 10,149 ✅
Newton G Munro Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou 9,637 ✅
Archie Barney Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland 9,272 ✅
John Alexander Macgregor Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Pictou 8,890 ❌
Roderick Angus Macleod Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Pictou 8,441 ❌
Frank R Davis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 8,073 ✅
John Stanley Smiley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland 8,047 ❌
Archibald Joseph Mason Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland 8,024 ❌
Gordon E Romkey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 7,796 ✅
John McDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 7,470 ✅
Fred Murray Blois Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 6,698 ✅
George Yuill Thomas Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 6,587 ✅
Vernon L Pearson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 6,414 ❌
Reginald E Hyson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 6,268 ❌
Geoffrey Stevens Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 6,082 ✅
George McKay Morrison Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 5,879 ✅
Moses Elijah McGarry Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 5,836 ✅
Harry B Harvey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 5,791 ❌
George Clyde Nowlan Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 5,790 ❌
Edward G McColough Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 5,614 ❌
A Sterling MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants (NS) 5,590 ✅
Lindsay C Gardner Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 5,566 ✅
Josiah Frederick Fraser Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax East 5,554 ❌
Harold Connolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 5,458 ✅
Angus L Macdonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 5,446 ✅
Gordon S Harrington Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 5,427 ❌
William Duff Forest Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 5,186 ✅
Joseph Willie Comeau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 5,179 ✅
George Hagen Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 5,034 ✅
John D McKenzie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis (NS) 4,977 ✅
George Belcher Murray Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 4,679 ✅
Leonard W Fraser Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Hants (NS) 4,581 ❌
Havelock Torrey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 4,368 ✅
Joseph MacDonald Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 4,366 ❌
Arthur W Morton Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 4,310 ❌
Earle C Phinney Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax West 4,288 ❌
Richard A Donahoe Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax South 4,262 ❌
Lauchlin Daniel Currie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 4,172 ✅
Michael Dwyer Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 4,148 ✅
Alexander Daniel McInnis Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 4,002 ❌
Gerald P Flavin Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax North 3,984 ❌
Edward Brenette Pugh Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Digby 3,721 ❌
James Eugene Morse Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Annapolis (NS) 3,702 ❌
Peter L Judge Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 3,694 ❌
William T Mercer Labour Party Cape Breton East 3,396 ❌
Henry R Bill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,215 ✅
Howard A Rice Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,188 ❌
John L McIsaac Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 3,160 ✅
John J Cameron Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 2,931 ✅
Donald D Boyd Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 2,888 ✅
Malcolm A. Patterson Liberal Conservative Party Cape Breton West 2,883 ✅
Roderick Kerr Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 2,832 ❌
Robert Simpson MacLellan Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 2,816 ❌
Evan MacKenzie Forbes Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 2,792 ❌
J Ross Bryne Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,715 ❌
Benjamin A Leblanc Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 2,522 ❌
John M Campbell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,335 ✅
Norman E Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Shelburne 2,289 ❌
Robert Hamilton Butts Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 2,011 ❌
Frederick W Baldwin Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,749 ❌

Districts

Annapolis (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–2024)

John D McKenzie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,977 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

John L McIsaac · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,160 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael Dwyer · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,148 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Lauchlin Daniel Currie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,172 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

George Belcher Murray · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,679 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

George McKay Morrison · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,879 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Malcolm A. Patterson · Liberal Conservative Party

2,883 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

George Yuill Thomas · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

6,587 votes
Cumberland
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

Archie Barney Smith · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

9,272 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Joseph Willie Comeau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,179 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Havelock Torrey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,368 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

William Duff Forest · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,186 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Geoffrey Stevens · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,082 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Harold Connolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,458 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Angus L Macdonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,446 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

George Hagen · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,034 votes
Hants (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

A Sterling MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,590 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

John McDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,470 votes
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–2024)

Gordon E Romkey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,796 votes
Pictou
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

Newton G Munro · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

9,637 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

John J Cameron · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

2,931 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Donald D Boyd · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,888 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Henry R Bill · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,215 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

John M Campbell · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,335 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Lindsay C Gardner · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,566 votes

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