June 07 1960 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1960-06-07
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 1,596
Invalid Votes 1,596
Total Electors 388,805
Turnout Rate 88
Valid Ballots 343,330
Valid Votes 343,330

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 35 1 2.33% 9.23%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 43 14 32.56% 43.09%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 43 28 65.12% 47.68%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
Robert Lorne Stanfield Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 8,574 ✅
Gordon L Hart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax County Dartmouth 8,258 ✅
G I Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 8,219 ✅
John E Ahern Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 7,974 ✅
Murray Ritcey Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax County Dartmouth 7,653 ❌
Robert Mullane Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax North 7,444 ❌
Charles H Reardon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 6,925 ✅
Dugger McNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax West 6,684 ❌
Gordon Timlin Purdy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 6,127 ❌
Richard A Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax South 5,861 ✅
Hugh Charles MacKinnon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 5,439 ❌
Tom McKeough Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 5,257 ✅
Donald C MacNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 5,153 ✅
James Arnold Langille Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 5,081 ✅
William C O'Brien Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 5,037 ✅
Donald M Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 4,921 ✅
Neil L Ferguson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 4,862 ✅
Donald R MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 4,755 ✅
Gordon S Cowan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 4,651 ❌
George A Snow Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,578 ❌
George O Lohnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg Centre 4,384 ✅
Eric H Spinney Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,309 ❌
Robert James Butler Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 4,302 ❌
John L MacKinnon Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton East 4,243 ❌
G H Fitzgerald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Northwest 4,209 ✅
Edward A Manson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 4,192 ✅
Ronald Manning Fielding Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Northwest 4,182 ❌
J Clyde Nunn Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,113 ✅
Roderick Maclean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,018 ✅
E D MacArthur Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings West (NS) 3,937 ❌
A N Chisholm Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 3,923 ❌
Nathan S Joudrey Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg Centre 3,832 ❌
Ken Jones Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 3,770 ✅
Ritchie MacCoy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 3,718 ❌
Herbert Shannon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 3,652 ❌
Ralph M MacKichan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 3,648 ❌
George H Wilson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 3,623 ✅
James H Power Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 3,615 ❌
James McKay Harding Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,539 ✅
Walter Tremaine Purdy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 3,471 ❌
R F Hazel Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings West (NS) 3,425 ✅
Gerald A. Regan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 3,412 ❌
Michael James MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton Centre 3,371 ✅
W F MacKinnon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 3,177 ✅
William R MacKay Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,146 ❌
Alex Tando MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,123 ✅
Ted Sullivan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 3,094 ❌
Gladys M Porter Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings North 3,060 ✅
Norman Robert Anderson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 2,934 ❌
Thomas R MacDonald Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton North 2,875 ❌
Harley J Spence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg West 2,858 ✅
Duncan MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 2,787 ✅
Eric Wilfred Balcolm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings North 2,782 ❌
Harvey Alfred Veniot Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,744 ✅
Hanson Taylor Dowell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis East 2,666 ✅
Henry Davis Hicks Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis East 2,658 ❌
Victor George Cardoza Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 2,651 ✅
Della P Richardson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 2,616 ❌
Earl Wallace Urquhart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 2,604 ✅
E Keith Potter Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,593 ❌
Peter Murray Nicholson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis West 2,571 ✅
John W MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 2,568 ✅
Frederick E L Fowke Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg West 2,541 ❌
Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Nova 2,525 ✅
Vincent J MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 2,495 ❌
Byron S Langley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 2,491 ❌
Doris Nicholson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou Centre 2,456 ❌
Nelson E Gaetz Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax East 2,432 ❌
Ernest M Ettinger Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 2,426 ✅
William A MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 2,424 ❌
Allison Thompson Smith Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,418 ✅
Edward Douglas Haliburton Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings South 2,388 ✅
W A Broidy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,353 ❌
Stephen T Pyke Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 2,308 ✅
Bernard O'Neil Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton South (NS) 2,275 ❌
George Percy Graham Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,219 ❌
Albert Ollie Wilson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton Nova 2,218 ❌
P E Belliveau Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 2,215 ✅
Carl Spencer Grant Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 2,207 ❌
Maurice L Zinck Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg East 2,140 ✅
Wilfred Gillis Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Nova 2,094 ❌
Charles F LeBrun Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis West 2,068 ❌
Carleton L MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 2,052 ✅
Kenneth Weaver Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 2,034 ❌
Lowell Murray Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 1,964 ❌
James P McNeil Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 1,887 ❌
Percy W Dares Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax County Dartmouth 1,864 ❌
Leonard W Jones Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,817 ❌
Ralph F Gilroy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 1,753 ❌
Bruce Trenholm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings South 1,581 ❌
Joe A Wadden Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 1,567 ❌
Charles A Moulton Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax North 1,466 ❌
Kirk S Hennigar Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg East 1,405 ❌
John R Lynk Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cape Breton West 1,395 ❌
Harold J Martell Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax West 1,225 ❌
Harvey Curtis Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 704 ❌
Helen Wright Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Colchester 692 ❌
James M Murray Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax Centre 678 ❌
Lloyd Carman Wilson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax Northwest 650 ❌
Willard F Allen Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yarmouth (NS) 650 ❌
Ralph Loomer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax South 561 ❌
George A Burridge Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 481 ✅
Barrie M Hould Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou East 449 ❌
Stephen J MacLellan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Inverness (NS) 353 ❌
Lloyd L Ayer Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland East 349 ❌
Howard B Wile Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hants West 319 ❌
John R Tabor Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland Centre 301 ❌
Wallace H Mason Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Halifax East 301 ❌
Alfred James Scothorn Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Hants East 268 ❌
George W. Turner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kings West (NS) 219 ❌
Thomas Alton Johnstone Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Cumberland West 209 ❌
Louis A Beeler Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Annapolis West 199 ❌
George R Goucher Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kings South 199 ❌
Leslie Myers Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Guysborough 192 ❌
Arthur W Benedict Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg Centre 175 ❌
W E Salsman Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Pictou West 152 ❌
Murray Alton Bent Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Annapolis East 151 ❌
Foster Journeay Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Digby 141 ❌
Levitte J Melanson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Kings North 136 ❌
Alex MacPherson Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Antigonish (NS) 129 ❌
Albro Boehner Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Lunenburg East 121 ❌

Districts

Annapolis East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Hanson Taylor Dowell · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,666 votes
Annapolis West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Peter Murray Nicholson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,571 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

W F MacKinnon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,177 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael James MacDonald · Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

3,371 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Neil L Ferguson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,862 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Tom McKeough · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,257 votes
Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 16 elections (1956–2009)

Percy Gaum · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,525 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Donald C MacNeil · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,153 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Edward A Manson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,192 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

P E Belliveau · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,215 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

Robert Lorne Stanfield · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

8,574 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Stephen T Pyke · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,308 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

James Arnold Langille · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,081 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Allison Thompson Smith · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,418 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Victor George Cardoza · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,651 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Alex Tando MacIsaac · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,123 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Donald M Smith · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,921 votes
Halifax County Dartmouth
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1956–1963)

Gordon L Hart · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

8,258 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Duncan MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,787 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

John E Ahern · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

7,974 votes
Halifax Northwest
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1956–1963)

G H Fitzgerald · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,209 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Richard A Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,861 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Charles H Reardon · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

6,925 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ernest M Ettinger · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,426 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

George H Wilson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,623 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

J Clyde Nunn · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,113 votes
Kings North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Gladys M Porter · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,060 votes
Kings South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Edward Douglas Haliburton · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,388 votes
Kings West (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

R F Hazel · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,425 votes
Lunenburg Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

George O Lohnes · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,384 votes
Lunenburg East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Maurice L Zinck · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,140 votes
Lunenburg West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Harley J Spence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,858 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald R MacLeod · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,755 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

John W MacDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,568 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Harvey Alfred Veniot · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,744 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Ken Jones · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,770 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Earl Wallace Urquhart · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,604 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

James McKay Harding · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,539 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Carleton L MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,052 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

William C O'Brien · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

5,037 votes

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