1925 Nova Scotia general election

1925 Nova Scotia general election
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43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly; 22 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; Ernest Howard Armstrong; Liberal	Premier after election ; Edgar Nelson Rhodes; Liberal-Conservative

The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results[edit]

Results by party[edit]

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39	3	1
Liberal-Conservative	Liberal	Labour

Official results ^[1]^[2]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1920	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)
	Liberal-Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	42	3		39	+36	262,277	59.07%	+36.24%
	Liberal	Ernest Howard Armstrong	43	29		3	-26	161,158	36.30%	-8.14%
	Labour	None	11	0		1	-4	20,527	4.62%	-11.27%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								443,962	100.00%	–

Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			96	43	43	43	–	443,962	100.00%	–

Popular vote

Liberal-Conservative			59.08%
Liberal			36.30%
Labour			4.62%

Seats summary

Liberal-Conservative			90.69%
Liberal			6.98%
Labour			2.33%

Retiring incumbents[edit]

Labour

Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre

Liberal

United Farmers

Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
Harry L. Taggart, Colchester

Nominated candidates[edit]

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.

Valley[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour	Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Annapolis		Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53%			Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46%		Frank R. Elliott
Annapolis		Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89%			Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12%		Orlando Daniels†
Digby		Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95%			Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00%		Henry W.B. Warner
Digby		Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78%			William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27%		Joseph William Comeau†
Hants		James William Reid 3,075 20.08%			Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38%		James William Reid
Hants		Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68%			Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86%		John Alexander MacDonald†
Kings		John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23%			George Nowlan 5,520 26.95%		John A. McDonald
Kings		Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18%			Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63%		James Sealy†

South Shore[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates					Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour	Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John James Kinley 4,528 19.82%			Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34%		John James Kinley
Lunenburg		Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62%			William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21%		Aubrey Sperry
Queens		George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06%			William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70%		George S. McClearn
Queens		Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90%			Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34%		Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne		Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90%			Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42%		Robert Irwin
Shelburne		Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84%			Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84%		Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66%			John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79%		Vacant
Yarmouth		René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02%			Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53%		Amédée Melanson†

Fundy-Northeast[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Colchester		Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42%				William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86%		Harry L. Taggart†
Colchester		Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47%				Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25%		Robert Hunter Smith†
Cumberland		James Ralston 5,508 13.45%		Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18%				Archibald Terris
		Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71%				Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11%		Gilbert Nelson Allen†
		James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61%				Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95%		Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Halifax		John Murphy 8,291 6.86%		Walter Mosher 571 0.47%		John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97%		Adam Dunlap Burris†
		John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83%		Robert Daw 480 0.40%		William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97%		John L. Connolly†
		John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54%		Alban L. Breen 392 0.32%		Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23%		John Brown Douglas
		Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54%				John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16%		Henry Bauld
		Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51%				Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20%		Walter J.A. O'Hearn

Central Nova[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Antigonish		John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74%				Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29%		Angus J. MacGillivray†
Antigonish		William Chisholm 2,267 26.28%				Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69%		William Chisholm
Guysborough		Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70%				Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61%		Clarence W. Anderson
Guysborough		James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55%				Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14%		James Cranswick Tory
Pictou		Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18%		William Murray 695 1.51%		John Doull 9,432 20.55%		Vacant
		John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91%		J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46%		Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71%		John Welsford MacDonald
		George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62%		Joseph White 610 1.33%		Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73%		Robert Henry Graham†

Cape Breton[edit]

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Labour		Liberal-Conservative		Incumbent
Cape Breton Centre		Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68%		Joseph Steele 313 1.40%		Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13%		Joseph Steele Cape Breton
Cape Breton Centre		James McConnell 3,210 14.38%		Emerson Campbell 295 1.32%		Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09%		Arthur R. Richardson† Cape Breton
Cape Breton East		Dan C. McDonald 933 3.82%		Forman Waye 4,051 16.57%		John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77%		Forman Waye Cape Breton
Cape Breton East		James L. McKinnon 928 3.80%		D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12%		Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93%		D. W. Morrison Cape Breton
Inverness		Moses Elijah McGarry 3,906 24.46%				Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,019 25.17%		Donald MacLennan†
Inverness		John C. Bourinot 3,862 24.19%				Malcolm McKay 4,180 26.18%		John C. Bourinot
Richmond-West Cape Breton		Donald D. Boyd 2,667 21.67%				Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 3,500 28.44%		Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc Richmond
Richmond-West Cape Breton		George R. Deveau 2,637 21.43%				John Alexander MacDonald 8,466 52.70%		John Alexander MacDonald Richmond
Victoria		Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05%				Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41%		Angus Gladstone Buchanan†
Victoria		Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13%				Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40%		Daniel Alexander Cameron†

References[edit]

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

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