May 26 1953 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1953-05-26
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,768
Invalid Votes 1,768
Total Electors 370,293
Turnout Rate 93
Valid Ballots 345,592
Valid Votes 345,592

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 16 2 5.41% 6.85%
Independent 1 0 0.00% 0.60%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 37 22 59.46% 48.94%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 37 13 35.14% 43.62%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Harley J Spence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 8,741 ✅
Robert Clifford Levy Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg 8,727 ✅
Geoffrey Stevens Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 8,436 ✅
Harold Connolly Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 8,148 ✅
Ronald Manning Fielding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 8,061 ✅
Robert Lorne Stanfield Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 7,677 ✅
Edward Douglas Haliburton Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings (NS) 7,642 ✅
George Arthur Boggs Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings (NS) 7,481 ✅
G I Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 7,435 ✅
Gordon E Romkey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 7,381 ❌
Gordon Timlin Purdy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 7,255 ❌
D Durrell Sutton Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings (NS) 7,245 ❌
R D King Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax East 7,196 ❌
William H Pipe Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings (NS) 7,047 ❌
Hector Hill Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 6,963 ❌
Arthur L Thurlow Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg 6,940 ❌
Earle Haverstock Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax West 6,927 ❌
John Smith MacIvor Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 6,467 ✅
Angus L Macdonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 5,751 ✅
James Edward Rutledge Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 5,603 ✅
Alfred B DeWolfe Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 5,155 ✅
Russell Cunningham Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton East 5,096 ✅
Henry Davis Hicks Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis (NS) 5,006 ✅
William H Brown Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,859 ✅
Alexander Hugh McKinnon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,725 ✅
Charles F LeBrun Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis (NS) 4,705 ❌
Alexander O'Handley Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 4,674 ✅
Vincent Morrison Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton South (NS) 4,625 ❌
Robert D MacDonald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 4,534 ❌
Ray Z Bourque Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,524 ✅
Roderick Maclean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,513 ✅
Harold J Bartlow Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax North 4,481 ❌
Michael James MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton Centre 4,451 ✅
James Arnold Langille Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 4,393 ✅
Martin James Kaufman Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 4,214 ❌
R Leo Simmonds Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 4,109 ❌
Alfred D'Entremont Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,067 ❌
Joseph McIntyre Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 3,934 ❌
John Milledge Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax South 3,885 ❌
Donald J Fraser Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 3,790 ❌
Malcolm A. Patterson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 3,730 ✅
George H Wilson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 3,608 ✅
Leo P Boudreau Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 3,585 ❌
Arthur Whittier MacKenzie Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,470 ✅
A O Gunn Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 3,384 ❌
Alexander Angus MacInnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 3,374 ❌
Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,256 ✅
Ken Jones Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 3,230 ✅
Ken Eisnor Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 3,120 ❌
John Norman Macaskill Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 3,115 ❌
James McKay Harding Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,103 ❌
Earl Wallace Urquhart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 2,970 ✅
Merrill D Rawding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,838 ❌
Martin MacPherson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 2,816 ❌
Allison Thompson Smith Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,799 ✅
Victor George Cardoza Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 2,770 ✅
A Grant MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 2,694 ❌
John W MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 2,681 ✅
Stewart W Proudfoot Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,628 ✅
Colin H Chisholm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 2,624 ✅
Harvey Alfred Veniot Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,619 ❌
William A MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 2,592 ❌
Edward A Manson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 2,562 ❌
Malcolm Stewart Leonard Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,516 ❌
T A Giles Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,332 ❌
P E Belliveau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,307 ✅
Stephen T Pyke Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 2,262 ✅
Alfred Edward Reid Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 2,251 ✅
Ernest M Ettinger Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 2,250 ❌
Carleton L MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,247 ✅
Francis Whyte Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 2,124 ❌
V J MacDonald Independent Antigonish (NS) 2,065 ❌
Daniel Joseph MacEachern Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton North 2,062 ❌
Archibald Joseph Mason Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 2,012 ❌
Charles P Miller Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 1,905 ❌
Joseph L McNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,732 ❌
Desire J Comeau Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 1,639 ❌
Donald L Nicholson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou Centre 1,622 ❌
William Wilton Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 1,356 ❌
Harry Munroe Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton West 1,342 ❌
Harper Power Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax East 964 ❌
Lloyd Carman Wilson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax West 723 ❌
Florence Welton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland Centre 676 ❌
Terrance B Thompson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 675 ❌
Richard J Hardiman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax North 648 ❌
Sydney Parker Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 326 ❌
Harvey Curtis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 324 ❌
G Boyd Crouse Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg 241 ❌
Joseph D Ryan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou East 223 ❌
Winfred Llewellyn Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg 204 ❌
Claude Van Buskirk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Queens (NS) 133 ❌

Districts

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

Henry Davis Hicks · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,006 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

Colin H Chisholm · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,624 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael James MacDonald · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

4,451 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Russell Cunningham · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

5,096 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Alexander O'Handley · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,674 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

John Smith MacIvor · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,467 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Malcolm A. Patterson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,730 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

P E Belliveau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,307 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

Robert Lorne Stanfield · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

7,677 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Stephen T Pyke · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,262 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

James Arnold Langille · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,393 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Allison Thompson Smith · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,799 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Victor George Cardoza · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,770 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Arthur Whittier MacKenzie · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,470 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

James Edward Rutledge · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,603 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Geoffrey Stevens · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

8,436 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Harold Connolly · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

8,148 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Angus L Macdonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,751 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Ronald Manning Fielding · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

8,061 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Alfred Edward Reid · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,251 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

George H Wilson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,608 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

Roderick Maclean · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,513 votes
Kings (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 21 elections (1867–1953)

Edward Douglas Haliburton · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

7,642 votes
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–2024)

Harley J Spence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

8,741 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Alfred B DeWolfe · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,155 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

John W MacDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,681 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Stewart W Proudfoot · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,628 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Ken Jones · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,230 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Earl Wallace Urquhart · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,970 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

3,256 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Carleton L MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,247 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

William H Brown · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,859 votes

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