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1928 Nova Scotia general election
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1928 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1925 Nova Scotia general election 1925 38th General Assembly of Nova Scotia October 1, 1928 members 1933 Nova Scotia general election 1933 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 Edgar Nelson Rhodes (cropped).jpg 150x150px NS PC nohash Edgar Nelson Rhodes May 21, 1925 Liberal-Conservative Hants 39 22 17 210,442 51.7% 9.97pp William Chisholm (cropped).jpg 150x150px NS Liberal nohash William Chisholm 1925 NS Liberal name Antigonish 3 20 17 206,541 47.2% 11.90pp Lab NS Labour nohash No leader NS Labour name 1 1 11,529 1.1% 1.93pp Premier Premier after election Edgar Nelson Rhodes Liberal-Conservative 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 Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections1867to2017.pdf Elections Nova Scotia December 22, 2021 August 5, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220805224441/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections1867to2017.pdf dead Electoral Districts- History July 5, 2011 https://nslegislature.ca/about/architecture-and-heritage/constituency-histories Nova Scotia Legislature December 22, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1925DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)
NS PC rowLiberal-ConservativeEdgar Nelson Rhodes423922-17210,44249.11%-9.97%
NS Liberal rowLiberalWilliam Chisholm43320+17206,54148.20%+11.90%
NS Labour rowLabourNone311011,5294.62%-1.93% Vacant Total valid votes428,512100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total88434343–428,512100.00%–
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal-Conservative NS PC 49.11
Liberal NS Liberal 48.20
Labour NS Labour 4.62Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal-Conservative NS PC 51.16
Liberal NS Liberal 46.51
Labour NS Labour 2.33
Retiring incumbents
Liberal-Conservative
William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester
William Hudson Farnham, Digby
Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax
Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East
William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax
Nominated candidates
Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
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Valley
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
|NS PC background|
|Obediah Parker Goucher3,68925.90%
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|John D. McKenzie3,45024.22%
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|NS PC background|
|Obediah Parker Goucher
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|NS PC background|
|Harry Thompson MacKenzie3,64525.59%
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|Daniel Owen3,46124.30%
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|NS PC background|
|Harry Thompson MacKenzie
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby
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|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau3,12522.88%
|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph William Comeau3,76327.55%
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|NS PC background|
|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
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|H.E. Wagner3,21323.52%
|NS Liberal background|
|Alexander Stirling MacMillan3,55726.04%
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|NS PC background|
|William Hudson Farnham†
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants
|NS PC background|
|Albert Parsons4,08726.46%
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|James William Reid3,82324.75%
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|NS PC background|
|Albert Parsons
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|NS PC background|
|Edgar Nelson Rhodes4,00825.95%
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|Robert Gass3,52822.84%
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|NS PC background|
|Edgar Nelson Rhodes
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings
|NS PC background|
|George Nowlan5,45227.25%
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|James F. Durno5,00325.01%
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|NS PC background|
|George Nowlan
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|NS PC background|
|Reginald Tucker Caldwell5,54027.69%
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|Frederick J. Porter4,01020.04%
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|NS PC background|
|Reginald Tucker Caldwell
|}
South Shore
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
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|Wallace Norman Rehfuss5,70923.71%
|NS Liberal background|
|John James Kinley6,53327.13%
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|NS PC background|
|Wallace Norman Rehfuss
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|William Haslam Smith5,53522.98%
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon E. Romkey6,30426.18%
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|NS PC background|
|William Haslam Smith
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
|NS PC background|
|William Lorimer Hall2,20629.36%
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|Frederick Dickie1,64921.95%
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|NS PC background|
|William Lorimer Hall
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|NS PC background|
|Donald W. MacKay1,93725.78%
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|Roland M. Irving1,72122.91%
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|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
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|Ernest Reginald Nickerson2,12123.26%
|NS Liberal background|
|Henry R. L. Bill2,47427.13%
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|NS PC background|
|Ernest Reginald Nickerson
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|Norman Emmons Smith2,05222.50%
|NS Liberal background|
|Wishart McLea Robertson2,47327.12%
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|NS PC background|
|Norman Emmons Smith
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
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|John Flint Cahan3,66624.26%
|NS Liberal background|
|Lindsay C. Gardner4,14127.41%
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|NS PC background|
|John Flint Cahan
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|Raymond Neri d'Entremont3,28621.75%
|NS Liberal background|
|René W.E. Landry4,01626.58%
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|NS PC background|
|Raymond Neri d'Entremont
|}
Fundy-Northeast
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester
|NS PC background|
|William A. Flemming4,88227.74%
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|William R. Dunbar3,58320.36%
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|NS PC background|
|William Boardman Armstrong†
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|NS PC background|
|Frank Stanfield5,29830.10%
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|Donald L. MacKinnon3,83921.81%
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|NS PC background|
|Frank Stanfield
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|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland
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|John S. Smiley6,23015.99%
|NS Labour background|
|Archibald Terris6,66717.11%
|NS Labour background|
|Archibald Terris
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|NS PC background|
|Percy Chapman Black7,71019.78%
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|Charles H. Read5,75814.78%
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|NS PC background|
|Percy Chapman Black
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|NS PC background|
|Daniel George McKenzie6,60516.95%
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|Kenneth Judson Cochrane5,99915.39%
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|NS PC background|
|Daniel George McKenzie
|}
Halifax
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax
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|John Archibald Walker11,0769.95%
|NS Liberal background|
|Edward Joseph Cragg11,21510.08%
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|NS PC background|
|John Archibald Walker
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|Frederick P. Bligh11,0829.96%
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon Benjamin Isnor11,35710.21%
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|NS PC background|
|William Drysdale Piercey†
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|NS PC background|
|Josiah Frederick Fraser11,29810.15%
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|Thomas J. Byrne10,9399.83%
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|NS PC background|
|Josiah Frederick Fraser
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|NS PC background|
|John Francis Mahoney11,58910.41%
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|Bernard W. Russell10,8559.76%
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|NS PC background|
|John Francis Mahoney
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|NS PC background|
|Angus MacDonald Morton11,27310.13%
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|William J. Kennedy10,5919.52%
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|NS PC background|
|Alexander Montgomerie†
|}
Central Nova
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
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|John D. MacIntyre1,79220.95%
|NS Liberal background|
|John L. MacIsaac2,43128.42%
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|NS Liberal background|
|John L. MacIsaac
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|John F. McLellan1,92522.50%
|NS Liberal background|
|William Chisholm2,40728.14%
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|NS Liberal background|
|William Chisholm
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough
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|Simon Osborn Giffin2,98023.60%
|NS Liberal background|
|Clarence W. Anderson3,33726.43%
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|NS PC background|
|Simon Osborn Giffin
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|Howard Amos Rice3,01823.90%
|NS Liberal background|
|Michael E. Morrison3,29326.08%
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|NS PC background|
|Howard Amos Rice
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|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou
|NS PC background|
|John Doull7,83618.21%
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|Donald F. Fraser7,05216.38%
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|NS PC background|
|John Doull
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|NS PC background|
|Hugh Allan MacQuarrie7,24916.84%
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|A.T. Logan6,83615.88%
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|NS PC background|
|Hugh Allan MacQuarrie
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|NS PC background|
|Robert Albert Douglas7,57217.59%
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|Clifford E. Carruthers6,49815.10%
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|NS PC background|
|Robert Albert Douglas
|}
Cape Breton
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
|NS PC background|
|Gordon Sidney Harrington5,94929.22%
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|Malcolm A. Patterson4,38421.54%
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|NS PC background|
|Gordon Sidney Harrington
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|NS PC background|
|Joseph Macdonald5,76228.31%
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|Luke Daye4,26120.93%
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|NS PC background|
|Joseph Macdonald
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
|NS PC background|
|Daniel R. Cameron5,54121.98%
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|Lauchlin Daniel Currie4,72418.73%
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|Forman Waye2,2739.01%
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|-
|NS PC background|
|Robert Hamilton Butts5,56822.08%
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|Dan C. McDonald4,52017.93%
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|James B. McLachlan2,58910.27%
|NS PC background|
|Alexander O'Handley†
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
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|Hubert Meen Aucoin3,86523.37%
|NS Liberal background|
|Moses Elijah McGarry4,31826.11%
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|NS PC background|
|Hubert Meen Aucoin
|-
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|Malcolm McKay3,93023.77%
|NS Liberal background|
|James A. Proudfoot4,42226.74%
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|NS PC background|
|Malcolm McKay
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond-West Cape Breton
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|Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc2,04424.77%
|NS Liberal background|
|Alonzo Martell2,05524.90%
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|NS PC background|
|Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
|-
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|John Angus Stewart2,03524.66%
|NS Liberal background|
|Edward C. Doyle2,11825.67%
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|NS PC background|
|John Angus Stewart
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|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
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|H.A. Grant1,64023.75%
|NS Liberal background|
|Donald Buchanan McLeod1,84026.65%
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|NS Liberal background|
|Donald Buchanan McLeod
|-
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|Phillip McLeod1,65223.92%
|NS Liberal background|
|Daniel Alexander Cameron1,77325.68%
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|NS PC background|
|Phillip McLeod
|}
References
Further reading
Lemieux Rodolphe Rodolphe Lemieux Falconer Robert Robert Falconer Colquhoun A. H. U. Carrel Frank Frank Carrel Beatty E. W. Edward Wentworth Beatty The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1928–29 1929 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w9w3
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