October 08 1963 (NS)

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Important Dates  
Election Date 1963-10-08
Attributes  
Federal Jurisdiction ❌
Provincial Jurisdiction ✅
Province Nova Scotia
By-Election ❌

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Summary

Statistic Value
Invalid Ballots 2,047
Invalid Votes 2,047
Total Electors 400,078
Turnout Rate 85
Valid Ballots 340,078
Valid Votes 340,078

Results

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Party Candidates Seats Contested Seats % Vote %
New Democratic Party 20 1 2.33% 4.14%
Nova Scotia Liberal Party 43 4 9.30% 39.77%
Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 43 38 88.37% 56.09%

Candidates

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First Name Last Name Party District Votes Elected
I W Akerley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax County Dartmouth 9,884 ✅
Robert Lorne Stanfield Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 9,606 ✅
G I Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Colchester 9,147 ✅
Dugger McNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax West 8,792 ✅
James H Vaughan Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax North 8,602 ✅
Gordon L Hart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax County Dartmouth 8,150 ❌
John E Ahern Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax North 7,360 ❌
Tom McKeough Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton North 6,200 ✅
Charles H Reardon Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax West 6,126 ❌
Richard A Donahoe Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax South 5,986 ✅
Neil L Ferguson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton East 5,870 ✅
Donald R MacLeod Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou Centre 5,752 ✅
G H Fitzgerald Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Northwest 5,559 ✅
Gordon Timlin Purdy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 5,515 ❌
Donald M Smith Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax Centre 5,478 ✅
Donald C MacNeil Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton South (NS) 5,283 ✅
James Arnold Langille Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland East 5,226 ✅
George A Snow Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 5,077 ✅
Edward A Manson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton West 4,941 ✅
George A Burridge Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Yarmouth (NS) 4,884 ✅
George O Lohnes Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg Centre 4,786 ✅
Charles K Sutherland Nova Scotia Liberal Party Colchester 4,746 ❌
William C O'Brien Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,719 ❌
Norman J MacLean Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 4,474 ✅
Irving C Pink Nova Scotia Liberal Party Yarmouth (NS) 4,345 ❌
William N MacLean Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 4,219 ✅
Norman T Spence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants West 4,193 ✅
George D Burris Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Northwest 4,027 ❌
Alfred J Davis Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Inverness (NS) 4,026 ❌
J Clyde Nunn Nova Scotia Liberal Party Inverness (NS) 3,988 ❌
Paul E Kinsman Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings West (NS) 3,879 ✅
Gordon S Cowan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax Centre 3,875 ❌
Allan E Sullivan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton West 3,835 ❌
Ken Jones Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Queens (NS) 3,833 ✅
Thomas H Frazer Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou Centre 3,801 ❌
James McKay Harding Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Shelburne 3,737 ✅
Michael Laffin Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Centre 3,699 ✅
Gladys M Porter Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings North 3,668 ✅
Leon Iversen Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg Centre 3,601 ❌
John F MacIntosh Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton South (NS) 3,579 ❌
Percy Gaum Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cape Breton Nova 3,344 ✅
W F MacKinnon Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Antigonish (NS) 3,334 ✅
Alex Tando MacIsaac Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Guysborough 3,229 ✅
Merlin Nunn Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax South 3,183 ❌
Robert Q Hood Nova Scotia Liberal Party Shelburne 3,133 ❌
E D MacArthur Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings West (NS) 3,067 ❌
Nelson E Gaetz Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Halifax East 3,061 ✅
Harvey Alfred Veniot Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou West 2,999 ✅
John I Marshall Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis East 2,962 ✅
Murray J Ryan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton North 2,961 ❌
Harley J Spence Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg West 2,937 ✅
John L MacKinnon New Democratic Party Cape Breton East 2,881 ❌
Thomas E Kirk Nova Scotia Liberal Party Guysborough 2,880 ❌
W Whitney Spicer Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants West 2,840 ❌
Norman W Noonan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland East 2,795 ❌
Ronald Saint John Chisholm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Antigonish (NS) 2,774 ❌
Duncan MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Halifax East 2,756 ❌
J Albert Ettinger Nova Scotia Liberal Party Hants East 2,739 ❌
Baden Powell Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Digby 2,671 ✅
Gerald J Doucet Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Richmond (NS) 2,670 ✅
Alexander L MacDonald Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou East 2,660 ✅
John A McLean Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Pictou East 2,649 ❌
Earl Wallace Urquhart Nova Scotia Liberal Party Richmond (NS) 2,587 ❌
Stephen T Pyke Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland Centre 2,545 ✅
George L Henley Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Cumberland West 2,516 ✅
Edward Douglas Haliburton Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Kings South 2,505 ✅
D Durrell Sutton Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings North 2,405 ❌
Peter Murray Nicholson Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis West 2,386 ✅
Victor George Cardoza Nova Scotia Liberal Party Digby 2,378 ❌
George E Fraser Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Hants East 2,356 ❌
Maurice L Zinck Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Lunenburg East 2,267 ✅
Melbourne P Armstrong Nova Scotia Liberal Party Annapolis East 2,232 ❌
Michael James MacDonald New Democratic Party Cape Breton Centre 2,197 ❌
Hector J Pothier Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Clare 2,154 ✅
Allison Thompson Smith Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland West 2,140 ❌
Joye F Davison Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg West 2,116 ❌
Kenneth E Green Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Annapolis West 2,075 ❌
Charles E MacCarthy Nova Scotia Liberal Party Pictou West 2,038 ❌
W Alton Snow Nova Scotia Liberal Party Queens (NS) 1,988 ❌
Joseph C LeBlanc Nova Scotia Liberal Party Clare 1,940 ❌
Carleton L MacMillan Nova Scotia Liberal Party Victoria (NS) 1,934 ✅
Roy F Hudson Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia Victoria (NS) 1,890 ❌
Edward Johnston New Democratic Party Cape Breton South (NS) 1,873 ❌
Albert Ollie Wilson New Democratic Party Cape Breton Nova 1,709 ❌
John Dolhanty New Democratic Party Cape Breton North 1,399 ❌
Bernard Currie Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton East 1,359 ❌
Bruce Trenholm Nova Scotia Liberal Party Kings South 1,333 ❌
Charles E Harris Nova Scotia Liberal Party Lunenburg East 1,322 ❌
William T Noiles Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cumberland Centre 1,272 ❌
Charles R Sigut Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Nova 1,213 ❌
Joseph F Rizzetto Nova Scotia Liberal Party Cape Breton Centre 939 ❌
Edward Boutin Doyle New Democratic Party Halifax County Dartmouth 657 ❌
Harold J Martell New Democratic Party Halifax West 506 ❌
Peggy Prowse New Democratic Party Halifax North 444 ❌
Harvey Curtis New Democratic Party Colchester 382 ❌
Angus B MacGillivary New Democratic Party Yarmouth (NS) 358 ❌
Gerald A Guptill New Democratic Party Halifax Northwest 329 ❌
Gordon A Smith New Democratic Party Halifax South 298 ❌
Lloyd L Ayer New Democratic Party Cumberland East 261 ❌
Helen Wright New Democratic Party Colchester 233 ❌
Arthur W Benedict New Democratic Party Hants West 171 ❌
George W. Turner New Democratic Party Kings North 99 ❌
Ralph Loomer New Democratic Party Hants East 87 ✅
Dale A Young New Democratic Party Annapolis West 69 ❌
Louis A Beeler New Democratic Party Digby 65 ❌
Murray Alton Bent New Democratic Party Annapolis East 58 ❌

Districts

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

John I Marshall · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,962 votes
Annapolis West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Peter Murray Nicholson · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,386 votes
Antigonish (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

W F MacKinnon · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,334 votes
Cape Breton Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 24 elections (1925–2009)

Michael Laffin · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,699 votes
Cape Breton East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 23 elections (1925–2024)

Neil L Ferguson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,870 votes
Cape Breton North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Tom McKeough · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

6,200 votes
Cape Breton Nova
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 16 elections (1956–2009)

Percy Gaum · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,344 votes
Cape Breton South (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Donald C MacNeil · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,283 votes
Cape Breton West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1933–2009)

Edward A Manson · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,941 votes
Clare
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1949–2024)

Hector J Pothier · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,154 votes
Colchester
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 28 elections (1867–1974)

Robert Lorne Stanfield · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

9,606 votes
Cumberland Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

Stephen T Pyke · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,545 votes
Cumberland East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

James Arnold Langille · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,226 votes
Cumberland West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 12 elections (1949–1988)

George L Henley · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,516 votes
Digby
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1867–1988)

Baden Powell · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,671 votes
Guysborough
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 32 elections (1871–1988)

Alex Tando MacIsaac · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,229 votes
Halifax Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Donald M Smith · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,478 votes
Halifax County Dartmouth
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1956–1963)

I W Akerley · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

9,884 votes
Halifax East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Nelson E Gaetz · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,061 votes
Halifax North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

James H Vaughan · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

8,602 votes
Halifax Northwest
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 3 elections (1956–1963)

G H Fitzgerald · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,559 votes
Halifax South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Richard A Donahoe · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,986 votes
Halifax West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 9 elections (1933–1963)

Dugger McNeil · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

8,792 votes
Hants East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Ralph Loomer · New Democratic Party

87 votes
Hants West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Norman T Spence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,193 votes
Inverness (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2024)

William N MacLean · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

4,219 votes
Kings North
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Gladys M Porter · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,668 votes
Kings South
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Edward Douglas Haliburton · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,505 votes
Kings West (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Paul E Kinsman · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,879 votes
Lunenburg Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

George O Lohnes · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

4,786 votes
Lunenburg East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 10 elections (1956–1988)

Maurice L Zinck · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,267 votes
Lunenburg West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 20 elections (1956–2024)

Harley J Spence · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,937 votes
Pictou Centre
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Donald R MacLeod · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,752 votes
Pictou East
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Alexander L MacDonald · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

2,660 votes
Pictou West
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 22 elections (1949–2024)

Harvey Alfred Veniot · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,999 votes
Queens (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

Ken Jones · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,833 votes
Richmond (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2021)

Gerald J Doucet · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

2,670 votes
Shelburne
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 40 elections (1867–2024)

James McKay Harding · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

3,737 votes
Victoria (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 39 elections (1867–2017)

Carleton L MacMillan · Nova Scotia Liberal Party

1,934 votes
Yarmouth (NS)
Nova Scotia (NS) Provincial 42 elections (1867–2024)

George A Snow · Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

5,077 votes

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