1894 Nova Scotia general election

1894 Nova Scotia general election
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38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 20 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; William Stevens Fielding; Liberal	Premier after election ; William Stevens Fielding; Liberal

The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

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26	12
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[2]^[3]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1890	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal	William Stevens Fielding	39	28	27	26	-2	75,295	52.05%	+1.21%
	Liberal-Conservative	William MacKay	37	10	10	12	+2	68,455	47.33%	+0.59%
	Independent/Other		1	0	0	0	0	899	0.62%	-1.80%
	Vacant				1
Total valid votes								144,649	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			77	38	38	38	–	144,649	100.00%	–

1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election^[4]

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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92%		James A. McLean 2,133 22.49%				John Drew Sperry
Lunenburg		Charles Edward Church 2,602 27.44%		J. A. Hirtle 2,101 22.15%				Charles Edward Church
Queens		Albert M. Hemeon 913 28.83%		John Hutt 703 22.20%				Albert M. Hemeon
Queens		Richard Hunt 912 28.79%		O.L. Patch 639 20.18%				Richard Hunt
Shelburne		Thomas Johnston 1,282 26.31%		R. W. Freeman 1,059 21.74%				Thomas Johnston
Shelburne		Thomas Robertson 1,319 27.07%		Charles Cahan 1,212 24.88%				Charles Cahan
Yarmouth		William Law 1,464 31.78%				E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance) 899 19.51%		William Law
Yarmouth		Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81%		Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90%				Cornelius Forman Hatfield

^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.

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See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections