1928 Nova Scotia general election

1928 Nova Scotia general election
October 1, 1928
43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Leader Edgar Nelson Rhodes William Chisholm No leader
Party Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Leader since May 21, 1925 1925
Leader's seat Hants Antigonish
Last election 39 3 1
Seats won 22 20 1
Seat change Decrease17 Increase17 Steady
Popular vote 210,442 206,541 11,529
Percentage 51.7% 47.2% 1.1%
Swing Decrease9.97pp Increase11.90pp Decrease1.93pp
Premier before election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

Premier after election

Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Liberal-Conservative

The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

↓
22 20 1
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Official results [1][2]
Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1925 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal-Conservative Edgar Nelson Rhodes 42 39 22 -17 210,442 49.11% -9.97%
  Liberal William Chisholm 43 3 20 +17 206,541 48.20% +11.90%
  Labour None 3 1 1 0 11,529 4.62% -1.93%
  Vacant  
Total valid votes 428,512 100.00% –
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00% –
Total 88 43 43 43 – 428,512 100.00% –
Popular vote
Liberal-Conservative
 
 49.11%
Liberal
 
 48.20%
Labour
 
 4.62%
Seats summary
Liberal-Conservative
 
 51.16%
Liberal
 
 46.51%
Labour
 
 2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest 0

Valley

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Annapolis Obediah Parker Goucher
3,689
25.90% 		John D. McKenzie
3,450
24.22% 		Obediah Parker Goucher
Harry Thompson MacKenzie
3,645
25.59% 		Daniel Owen
3,461
24.30% 		Harry Thompson MacKenzie
Digby Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
3,125
22.88% 		Joseph William Comeau
3,763
27.55% 		Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
H.E. Wagner
3,213
23.52% 		Alexander Stirling MacMillan
3,557
26.04% 		William Hudson Farnham†
Hants Albert Parsons
4,087
26.46% 		James William Reid
3,823
24.75% 		Albert Parsons
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
4,008
25.95% 		Robert Gass
3,528
22.84% 		Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Kings George Nowlan
5,452
27.25% 		James F. Durno
5,003
25.01% 		George Nowlan
Reginald Tucker Caldwell
5,540
27.69% 		Frederick J. Porter
4,010
20.04% 		Reginald Tucker Caldwell

South Shore

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Lunenburg Wallace Norman Rehfuss
5,709
23.71% 		John James Kinley
6,533
27.13% 		Wallace Norman Rehfuss
William Haslam Smith
5,535
22.98% 		Gordon E. Romkey
6,304
26.18% 		William Haslam Smith
Queens William Lorimer Hall
2,206
29.36% 		Frederick Dickie
1,649
21.95% 		William Lorimer Hall
Donald W. MacKay
1,937
25.78% 		Roland M. Irving
1,721
22.91% 		Vacant
Shelburne Ernest Reginald Nickerson
2,121
23.26% 		Henry R. L. Bill
2,474
27.13% 		Ernest Reginald Nickerson
Norman Emmons Smith
2,052
22.50% 		Wishart McLea Robertson
2,473
27.12% 		Norman Emmons Smith
Yarmouth John Flint Cahan
3,666
24.26% 		Lindsay C. Gardner
4,141
27.41% 		John Flint Cahan
Raymond Neri d'Entremont
3,286
21.75% 		René W.E. Landry
4,016
26.58% 		Raymond Neri d'Entremont

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Colchester William A. Flemming
4,882
27.74% 		William R. Dunbar
3,583
20.36% 		William Boardman Armstrong†
Frank Stanfield
5,298
30.10% 		Donald L. MacKinnon
3,839
21.81% 		Frank Stanfield
Cumberland John S. Smiley
6,230
15.99% 		Archibald Terris
6,667
17.11% 		Archibald Terris
Percy Chapman Black
7,710
19.78% 		Charles H. Read
5,758
14.78% 		Percy Chapman Black
Daniel George McKenzie
6,605
16.95% 		Kenneth Judson Cochrane
5,999
15.39% 		Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Halifax John Archibald Walker
11,076
9.95% 		Edward Joseph Cragg
11,215
10.08% 		John Archibald Walker
Frederick P. Bligh
11,082
9.96% 		Gordon Benjamin Isnor
11,357
10.21% 		William Drysdale Piercey†
Josiah Frederick Fraser
11,298
10.15% 		Thomas J. Byrne
10,939
9.83% 		Josiah Frederick Fraser
John Francis Mahoney
11,589
10.41% 		Bernard W. Russell
10,855
9.76% 		John Francis Mahoney
Angus MacDonald Morton
11,273
10.13% 		William J. Kennedy
10,591
9.52% 		Alexander Montgomerie†

Central Nova

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Antigonish John D. MacIntyre
1,792
20.95% 		John L. MacIsaac
2,431
28.42% 		John L. MacIsaac
John F. McLellan
1,925
22.50% 		William Chisholm
2,407
28.14% 		William Chisholm
Guysborough Simon Osborn Giffin
2,980
23.60% 		Clarence W. Anderson
3,337
26.43% 		Simon Osborn Giffin
Howard Amos Rice
3,018
23.90% 		Michael E. Morrison
3,293
26.08% 		Howard Amos Rice
Pictou John Doull
7,836
18.21% 		Donald F. Fraser
7,052
16.38% 		John Doull
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
7,249
16.84% 		A.T. Logan
6,836
15.88% 		Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
Robert Albert Douglas
7,572
17.59% 		Clifford E. Carruthers
6,498
15.10% 		Robert Albert Douglas

Cape Breton

Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
Cape Breton Centre Gordon Sidney Harrington
5,949
29.22% 		Malcolm A. Patterson
4,384
21.54% 		Gordon Sidney Harrington
Joseph Macdonald
5,762
28.31% 		Luke Daye
4,261
20.93% 		Joseph Macdonald
Cape Breton East Daniel R. Cameron
5,541
21.98% 		Lauchlin Daniel Currie
4,724
18.73% 		Forman Waye
2,273
9.01% 		Vacant
Robert Hamilton Butts
5,568
22.08% 		Dan C. McDonald
4,520
17.93% 		James B. McLachlan
2,589
10.27% 		Alexander O'Handley†
Inverness Hubert Meen Aucoin
3,865
23.37% 		Moses Elijah McGarry
4,318
26.11% 		Hubert Meen Aucoin
Malcolm McKay
3,930
23.77% 		James A. Proudfoot
4,422
26.74% 		Malcolm McKay
Richmond-West Cape Breton Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
2,044
24.77% 		Alonzo Martell
2,055
24.90% 		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
John Angus Stewart
2,035
24.66% 		Edward C. Doyle
2,118
25.67% 		John Angus Stewart
Victoria H.A. Grant
1,640
23.75% 		Donald Buchanan McLeod
1,840
26.65% 		Donald Buchanan McLeod
Phillip McLeod
1,652
23.92% 		Daniel Alexander Cameron
1,773
25.68% 		Phillip McLeod

References

  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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