June 09 1949 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1949-06-09
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,850
Invalid Votes 1,850
Total Electors 369,117
Turnout Rate 93
Valid Ballots 342,533
Valid Votes 342,533

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 21 1 2.78% 9.60%
Conservative Party of Nova Scotia 20 5 13.89% 20.30%
Independent 1 0 0.00% 0.22%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 37 27 75.00% 50.75%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 17 3 8.33% 19.14%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Robert Lorne Stanfield Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 8,081 ✅
Harold Connolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 7,944 ✅
Gordon E Romkey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 7,814 ✅
Geoffrey Stevens Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 7,703 ✅
G I Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Colchester 7,580 ✅
William H Pipe Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings (NS) 7,369 ✅
D Durrell Sutton Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings (NS) 7,322 ✅
Arthur L Thurlow Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 7,145 ✅
Edward Douglas Haliburton Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings (NS) 7,138 ❌
Hiram Thomas Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings (NS) 7,061 ❌
W J MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 6,968 ❌
Robert Clifford Levy Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 6,935 ❌
Robert Faulkner McLellan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 6,857 ❌
Frederick LeRoy Rhodenizer Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 6,807 ❌
Ronald Manning Fielding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 6,788 ✅
John Smith MacIvor Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 6,742 ✅
A H MacKinnon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 6,168 ✅
Angus L Macdonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 6,097 ✅
James Edward Rutledge Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 5,725 ✅
Roderick Maclean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 5,562 ✅
William H Brown Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 5,322 ✅
Alfred B DeWolfe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 5,283 ✅
Henry Davis Hicks Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis (NS) 5,091 ✅
Donald J Fraser Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,751 ✅
Alexander O'Handley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 4,727 ✅
Joseph I Pothier Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,601 ❌
Russell Cunningham Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton East 4,543 ✅
John Alexander Macgregor Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 4,499 ❌
Richard A Donahoe Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax North 4,489 ❌
Harry Thompson MacKenzie Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Annapolis (NS) 4,447 ❌
Martin James Kaufman Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 4,280 ✅
R Graham Murray Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax East 4,274 ❌
Alfred D'Entremont Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,197 ❌
Arthur Whittier MacKenzie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 4,041 ✅
Charles Roy MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 3,829 ❌
Ross Anderson MacKimmie Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 3,802 ❌
Malcolm Edgbert Walker Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax West 3,795 ❌
Vincent Morrison Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton South (NS) 3,740 ❌
Arnold G McLellan Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 3,619 ❌
Jack L Dowell Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 3,573 ❌
Malcolm A. Patterson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 3,444 ✅
Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,436 ✅
Michael James MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton Centre 3,339 ❌
Ronald McIsaac Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 3,271 ✅
Lauchlin Daniel Currie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 3,254 ✅
John Milledge Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Halifax South 3,212 ❌
Colin H Chisholm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 3,179 ❌
Merrill D Rawding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 3,166 ✅
Fred Young Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax West 3,027 ❌
Reginald Donald Ross Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,023 ❌
John M MacDonald Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 3,018 ❌
E N More Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 2,840 ❌
E Keith Potter Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Digby 2,830 ✅
T A Giles Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,822 ✅
Stewart W Proudfoot Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,817 ✅
Wallace H Mason Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax East 2,773 ❌
Blanchard S Morrell Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 2,748 ❌
Kenneth Judson Cochrane Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,645 ❌
George B Cole Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 2,530 ✅
George H Wilson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 2,529 ❌
Wendell Coldwell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton North 2,502 ❌
Carleton L MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,486 ✅
John W MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 2,455 ✅
Alcorn A Munro Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 2,368 ❌
Donald R Gilchrist Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,301 ❌
Terrance B Thompson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 2,280 ❌
Hugh A Forbes Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Guysborough 2,254 ❌
George Penny Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 2,254 ❌
Archibald Joseph Mason Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 2,219 ✅
William A MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 2,216 ❌
David McLeod Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 2,120 ❌
Desire J Comeau Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Clare 2,116 ✅
Ernest M Ettinger Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 2,097 ✅
Thomas H Dickson Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 2,093 ❌
Benoit Comeau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,078 ❌
Robert A MacLellan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 2,069 ❌
Arthur K Green Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax North 2,066 ❌
D W Morrison Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 1,640 ❌
Archie Barney Smith Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 1,607 ❌
Phillip McLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,540 ❌
Joseph MacDonald Conservative Party of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 1,532 ❌
Florence Welton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland Centre 1,406 ❌
Alvin M Stewart Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou Centre 1,343 ❌
Arthur Briggs Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton West 1,171 ❌
Elmore Webber Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax Centre 1,167 ❌
Edward Coombs Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax South 926 ❌
Lemuel O Murphy Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg 871 ❌
Orris A MacLaren Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg 844 ❌
Gordon B Crossley Independent Hants West 749 ❌
Brenton Garnhum Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland East 697 ❌
Collie G Ross Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou East 603 ❌
Ralph Loomer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hants West 569 ❌
A L Lynds Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 513 ❌
J N McIntyre Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens (NS) 299 ❌
Johnston B Hart Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hants East 272 ❌
Louisa Anna Shaw Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Annapolis (NS) 198 ❌

Districts

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

Henry Davis Hicks · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,091 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Ronald McIsaac · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,271 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Russell Cunningham · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,543 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Alexander O'Handley · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,727 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

John Smith MacIvor · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,742 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Malcolm A. Patterson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,444 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

Desire J Comeau · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

2,116 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

Robert Lorne Stanfield · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

8,081 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Archibald Joseph Mason · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,219 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Martin James Kaufman · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,280 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

T A Giles · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

2,822 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

E Keith Potter · Conservative Party of Nova Scotia

2,830 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Arthur Whittier MacKenzie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,041 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

James Edward Rutledge · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,725 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Geoffrey Stevens · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,703 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Harold Connolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,944 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Angus L Macdonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,097 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Ronald Manning Fielding · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,788 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ernest M Ettinger · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,097 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

George B Cole · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,530 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

Roderick Maclean · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,562 votes
Kings (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 21 elections (1867–1953)

D Durrell Sutton · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,322 votes
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–2024)

Arthur L Thurlow · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,145 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Alfred B DeWolfe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,283 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

John W MacDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,455 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Stewart W Proudfoot · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,817 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Merrill D Rawding · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,166 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Lauchlin Daniel Currie · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,254 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,436 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Carleton L MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,486 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Donald J Fraser · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,751 votes

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