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1886 Nova Scotia general election
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1886 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1882 Nova Scotia general election 1882 28th General Assembly of Nova Scotia June 8–15, 1886 members 1890 Nova Scotia general election 1890 30th General Assembly of Nova Scotia 38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 20 William Stevens Fielding, premier of Nova Scotia.jpg 150x150px NS Liberal nohash William Stevens Fielding 1884 NS Liberal name Halifax 24 29 5 62,361 54.88% 3.14pp Con NS PC nohash Adam Carr Bell 1882 Liberal-Conservative Pictou 14 8 6 50,149 44.13% 3.05pp Premier Premier after election William Stevens Fielding NS Liberal name William Stevens Fielding NS Liberal name
The 1886 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 June to 15 June 1886 to elect members of the 29th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
Results by party
+ ↓ 29 8 1 Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent
+Official results Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections1867to2017.pdf Elections Nova Scotia December 21, 2021Electoral Districts- History July 5, 2011 https://nslegislature.ca/about/architecture-and-heritage/constituency-histories Nova Scotia Legislature December 21, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1882DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)
NS Liberal rowLiberalWilliam Stevens Fielding39242429+562,36154.88%+3.14%
NS PC rowLiberal-ConservativeAdam Carr Bell3714148-650,14944.13%-3.05%
NS Independent rowIndependent/Other2001+11,1200.99%-0.09% Vacant0 Total valid votes113,630100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total78383838–113,630100.00%–
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 54.88
Liberal-Conservative NS PC 44.13
Independent/Other NS Independent 0.99Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 76.32
Liberal-Conservative NS PC 21.05
Independent/Other NS Independent 2.63
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
William Buchanan, Cape Breton
Thomas Lewis Dodge, Kings
Isidore LeBlanc, Richmond
William F. McCurdy, Victoria
William Thomas Pipes, Cumberland
Alonzo J. White, Cape Breton
Liberal-Conservative
William Blair, Colchester
John Archibald McDonald, Victoria
Nominated candidates
1886 Nova Scotia Provincial ElectionElectoral Districts- History July 5, 2011 https://nslegislature.ca/about/architecture-and-heritage/constituency-histories Nova Scotia Legislature December 21, 2021
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="2"|Annapolis
|NS Liberal background|
|James Wilberforce Longley1,55625.25%
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|R. J. Ellison1,53124.85%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|James Wilberforce Longley
|-
|
|Henry M. Munro1,53524.91%
|NS Conservative background|
|Frank Andrews1,54024.99%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Henry M. Munro
|-
| rowspan="2"|Digby
|NS Liberal background|
|Henri M. Robicheau1,10842.35%
|
|Robert G. Munroe52219.95%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Henri M. Robicheau
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|John S. McNeill98637.69%
|
|
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|John S. McNeill
|-
| rowspan="2"|Hants
|NS Liberal background|
|Allen Haley1,55225.50%
|
|Allan MacDougall1,50824.77%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Allen Haley
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Archibald Frame1,52225.00%
|
|Nathaniel Spence1,50524.72%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Nathaniel Spence
|-
| rowspan="2"|Kings
|
|Alfred P. Welton1,53524.92%
|NS Conservative background|
|William C. Bill1,56025.32%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Thomas Lewis Dodge†
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Leander Rand1,63526.54%
|
|Thomas R. Harris1,43023.21%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Thomas R. Harris
|-
|}
South Shore
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="2"|Lunenburg
|NS Liberal background|
|Charles Edward Church1,92429.13%
|
|Charles A. Smith1,47522.33%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Charles Edward Church
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|George A. Ross1,79827.22%
|
|Aubrey B. Caldwell1,40821.32%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|George A. Ross
|-
| rowspan="2"|Queens
|NS Liberal background|
|Jason M. Mack78729.25%
|
|Leander Ford62223.11%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Jason M. Mack
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph H. Cook76228.32%
|
|James C. Bartling52019.32%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph H. Cook
|-
| rowspan="2"|Shelburne
|NS Liberal background|
|Thomas Johnston1,18830.97%
|
|Alfred K. Smith86022.42%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Thomas Johnston
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|William F. MacCoy1,06327.71%
|
|Charles Cahan72518.90%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|William F. MacCoy
|-
| rowspan="2"|Yarmouth
|NS Liberal background|
|Albert Gayton1,64339.43%
|
|
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Albert Gayton
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|William Law1,74541.88%
|
|Thomas Corning77918.69%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Thomas Corning
|-
|}
Fundy-Northeast
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="2"|Colchester
|NS Liberal background|
|George Clarke2,05327.47%
|
|S. E. Gourley1,70022.75%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|William Blair†
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Frederick Andrew Laurence1,93825.93%
|
|William Albert Patterson1,78223.85%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|William Albert Patterson
|-
| rowspan="2"|Cumberland
|NS Liberal background|
|Thomas Reuben Black2,08325.15%
|
|C. J. Macfarlane1,85522.40%
|
|James B. Wilson3414.12%
|NS Liberal background|
|Thomas Reuben Black
|-
|
|George W. Forrest1,93923.41%
|NS Conservative background|
|Richard L. Black2,06424.92%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|William Thomas Pipes†
|-
|}
Halifax
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="3"|Halifax
|NS Liberal background|
|William Stevens Fielding4,04219.76%
|
|John Y. Payzant2,81613.76%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|William Stevens Fielding
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Michael Joseph Power3,82218.68%
|
|J. N. Lyons2,86614.01%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Michael Joseph Power
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|William Roche3,93119.21%
|
|William D. Harrington2,98114.57%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|William D. Harrington
|-
|}
Central Nova
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="2"|Antigonish
|NS Liberal background|
|Angus McGillivray1,38434.30%
|
|Rod K. McDonald48211.95%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Angus McGillivray
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Colin Francis McIsaac1,26931.45%
|
|Charles B. Whidden90022.30%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Charles B. Whidden
|-
| rowspan="2"|Guysborough
|NS Liberal background|
|James A. Fraser1,03633.67%
|
|Joseph William Hadley56518.36%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|John A. Fraser
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Otto Schwartz Weeks93130.26%
|
|J. F. L. Parsons54517.71%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Otto Schwartz Weeks
|-
| rowspan="3"|Pictou
|NS Liberal background|
|Jeffrey McColl2,60616.70%
|
|Robert Hockin2,56516.44%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Robert Hockin
|-
|
|John D. McLeod2,51416.11%
|NS Conservative background|
|Charles H. Munro2,57816.52%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Charles H. Munro
|-
|
|Robert Drummond2,49816.01%
|NS Conservative background|
|Adam Carr Bell2,84418.22%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Adam Carr Bell
|-
|}
Cape Breton
NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
|-
| rowspan="2"|Cape Breton
|
|George Henry Murray1,25324.13%
|NS Conservative background|
|Colin Chisholm1,63331.44%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Alonzo J. White†
|-
|
|Ronald Gillies74514.35%
|NS Conservative background|
|William MacKay1,56230.08%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|William Buchanan†
|-
| rowspan="2"|Inverness
|NS Liberal background|
|John McKinnon1,85431.13%
|
|Angus MacLennan1,36322.89%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Angus MacLennan
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Daniel McNeil1,76429.62%
|
|Alexander Campbell97416.36%
|
|
|NS Conservative background|
|Alexander Campbell
|-
| rowspan="3"|Richmond
|
|Angus S. McLean45519.65%
|NS Conservative background|
|David A. Hearn53423.07%
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Isidore LeBlanc†
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph Matheson61626.61%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Murdoch McRae31613.65%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 NS Conservative background|
|rowspan=2|Murdoch McRae
|-
|
|Charles LeNoir39417.02%
|-
| rowspan="3"|Victoria
|
|John J. McCabe38513.21%
|
|Murdoch G. McLeod46315.89%
|NS Independent background|
|John Lemuel Bethune77926.74%
|NS Conservative background|
|John Archibald McDonald†
|-
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|John A. Fraser51017.51%
|
|John Morrison40814.01%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|William F. McCurdy†
|-
|
|John Munroe36812.63%
|-
|}
References
1886
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