October 23 1945 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1945-10-23
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,707
Invalid Votes 1,707
Total Electors 365,743
Turnout Rate 80
Valid Ballots 291,541
Valid Votes 291,541

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 20 2 6.67% 13.60%
Conservative Party of Nova Scotia 30 0 0.00% 33.54%
Independent 2 0 0.00% 0.13%
Labour Party 1 0 0.00% 0.09%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 30 28 93.33% 52.65%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Josiah H Macquarrie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou 10,031 ✅
Alfred B DeWolfe Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou 9,020 ✅
Gordon Timlin Purdy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 7,714 ✅
Ernest George Irish Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Pictou 7,061 ❌
D Durrell Sutton Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings (NS) 7,027 ✅
Kenneth Judson Cochrane Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland 6,995 ✅
Frank R Davis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 6,867 ✅
Gordon E Romkey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 6,839 ✅
John Alexander Macgregor Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Pictou 6,704 ❌
Robert Faulkner McLellan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 6,631 ✅
Martin James Kaufman Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland 6,540 ✅
Archie Barney Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland 6,271 ❌
Geoffrey Stevens Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 6,206 ✅
Harold Connolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 6,089 ✅
Robert Clifford Levy Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 5,857 ❌
Norman Shaw Sanford Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland 5,807 ❌
James A. MacLeod Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 5,585 ❌
Fred Murray Blois Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 5,515 ❌
William A Flemming Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 5,383 ❌
Russell Cunningham Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton East 5,332 ✅
Duncan Alexander Mackinnon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 5,283 ✅
Angus L Macdonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 5,181 ✅
Henry Arthur Waterman Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 5,000 ✅
Ronald Manning Fielding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 4,997 ✅
Robert A MacLellan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants (NS) 4,951 ✅
Henry Davis Hicks Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis (NS) 4,880 ✅
John Smith MacIvor Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 4,778 ✅
William Lawrence Chisholm Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Kings (NS) 4,751 ❌
James Edward Rutledge Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 4,737 ✅
Joseph Willie Comeau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 4,714 ✅
Donald MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton South (NS) 4,448 ❌
Frank P Day Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,058 ❌
Michael James MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton Centre 3,860 ✅
Arthur Whittier MacKenzie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 3,456 ✅
Horton Wheelock Phinney Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Annapolis (NS) 3,383 ❌
Alexander O'Handley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 3,328 ✅
Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,214 ✅
Norman Dudley Murray Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Hants (NS) 3,194 ❌
Lauchlin Daniel Currie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 3,149 ✅
A L Mattatall Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax East 3,033 ❌
Wendell Coldwell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton North 2,904 ❌
John James Crummey Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland 2,867 ❌
Merrill D Rawding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,844 ✅
Malcolm A. Patterson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 2,826 ✅
Malcolm Edgbert Walker Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax West 2,786 ❌
Ronald McIsaac Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 2,726 ❌
Gus McGillivray Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 2,719 ❌
Kenneth E Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Digby 2,706 ❌
John Patrick Gorman Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 2,650 ✅
Leonard W Fraser Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 2,503 ❌
Malcolm McDonald Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 2,416 ❌
Fred Young Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax West 2,392 ❌
Cecil Clyde Russell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax East 2,366 ❌
Carl Palm Bethune Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 2,279 ❌
Frederick William Bower Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Shelburne 2,203 ❌
Alexander Angus MacInnes Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 2,201 ❌
Thomas Burgess Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax North 2,120 ❌
Harold Vana Hudson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Guysborough 2,112 ❌
John M Campbell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,101 ✅
Arthur James Haliburton Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax South 2,067 ❌
Malcolm Cameron Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 1,861 ❌
Robert Joseph Orr Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton West 1,844 ❌
Bernard Joseph Vaughan Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax North 1,777 ❌
Jospeh Bernard Murray Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland 1,706 ❌
Donald L Nicholson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou 1,688 ❌
Douglas MacDonald Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 1,636 ❌
G Miller Dick Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou 1,576 ❌
R B Mitchell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax Centre 1,562 ❌
Frederick C G Scott Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hants (NS) 1,256 ❌
William R MacAulay Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,147 ❌
Richard Leo Ronney Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax South 1,080 ❌
Kenneth Daniel Beaton Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 1,002 ❌
Horace L Ferguson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 1,002 ❌
Frederick A Thurgood Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 959 ❌
Sidney Mansfield Parker Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 642 ❌
Clarence Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens (NS) 557 ❌
Edward Lawrence Outhouse Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Digby 552 ❌
Clarence Vincent Fleury Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 547 ❌
Frank Doucette Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 518 ❌
Cecil J O'Donnell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Shelburne 338 ❌
Alexander Munroe Labour Party Halifax North 260 ❌
George J White Independent Pictou 245 ❌
Andrew Matthews Independent Halifax South 129 ❌

Districts

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

Henry Davis Hicks · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,880 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

John Patrick Gorman · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,650 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael James MacDonald · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

3,860 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Russell Cunningham · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,332 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Alexander O'Handley · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,328 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

John Smith MacIvor · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,778 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Malcolm A. Patterson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,826 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

Gordon Timlin Purdy · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,714 votes
Cumberland
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

Martin James Kaufman · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,540 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Joseph Willie Comeau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,714 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Arthur Whittier MacKenzie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,456 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

James Edward Rutledge · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,737 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Geoffrey Stevens · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,206 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Harold Connolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,089 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Angus L Macdonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,181 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Ronald Manning Fielding · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,997 votes
Hants (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

Robert A MacLellan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,951 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

Duncan Alexander Mackinnon · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,283 votes
Kings (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 21 elections (1867–1953)

D Durrell Sutton · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,027 votes
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–2024)

Gordon E Romkey · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,839 votes
Pictou
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1867–1945)

Josiah H Macquarrie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

10,031 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Merrill D Rawding · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,844 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Lauchlin Daniel Currie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,149 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,214 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

John M Campbell · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,101 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Henry Arthur Waterman · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,000 votes

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