1960 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1960 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1956 Nova Scotia general election 1956 46th General Assembly of Nova Scotia June 7, 1960 members 1963 Nova Scotia general election 1963 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 82.02% 2.19pp Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg 150x150px NS PC nohash Robert Stanfield November 10, 1948 NS PC name Colchester 24 27 3 168,023 48.11% 0.44pp Lib NS Liberal nohash Henry Hicks September 9, 1954 NS Liberal name Annapolis East(Lost re-election) 18 15 3 147,951 42.36% 5.29pp CCF NS CCF nohash Michael James MacDonald 1953 NS CCF name Cape Breton Centre 1 1 31,036 8.89% 5.94pp Premier Premier after election Robert Stanfield NS PC name Robert Stanfield NS PC name The 1960 Nova Scotia general election was held on 7 June 1960 to elect members of the 47th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives. Results Results by party + ↓ 27 15 1 Progressive Conservative Liberal CCF +Official results Election Returns 1960 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 18, 2021 July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063831/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf dead Election Returns 1960 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1960.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 18, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1956DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield43242427+3168,02348.11%-0.44% NS Liberal rowLiberalHenry Hicks43181715-3147,95142.36%-5.29% NS CCF rowCo-operative CommonwealthMichael James MacDonald34111031,0368.89%+5.94% NS Independent rowIndependent100006500.19%-0.05% Vacant1 Total valid votes347,66099.54%+0.15%Blank and invalid ballots1,5960.46%-0.15%Total121434343–349,256100.00%–Registered voters / turnout388,80582.02%While 349,256 votes were cast, only 318,900 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.+2.19% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 48.11 Liberal NS Liberal 42.36 CCF NS CCF 8.89 Independent NS Independent 0.19Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 62.79 Liberal NS Liberal 34.88 CCF NS CCF 2.33 Retiring incumbents Liberal Geoffrey W. Stevens, Halifax County Dartmouth Progressive Conservative Malcolm Stewart Leonard, Digby John Michael Macdonald, Cape Breton North Hiram Thomas, Kings West Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest Valley NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East |NS PC background| |Hanson Dowell2,66648.69% | |Henry Hicks2,65848.55% | |Murray Alton Bent1512.76% | | |NS Liberal background| |Henry Hicks |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Charles T. LeBrun2,06842.74% |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,57153.14% | |Louis A. Beeler1994.11% | | |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare | |Kenneth Weaver2,03447.87% |NS Liberal background| |Pierre E. Belliveau2,21552.13% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Pierre E. Belliveau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |E. Keith Potter2,59348.15% |NS Liberal background| |Victor Cardoza2,65149.23% | |Foster Journeay1412.62% | | |NS PC background| |Malcolm Stewart Leonard† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West |NS PC background| |George Henry Wilson3,62349.27% | |Gerald Regan3,41246.40% | |Howard B. Wile3194.34% | | |NS PC background| |George Henry Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS PC background| |Gladys Porter3,06051.19% | |Eric Balcom2,78246.54% | |Levitte Joseph Melanson1362.28% | | |NS Liberal background| |Eric Balcom |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton2,38857.29% | |Bruce Trenholm1,58137.93% | |George R. Goucher1994.77% | | |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West | |R.F. Hazel3,42545.18% |NS Liberal background| |Edward D. MacArthur3,93751.93% | |George Turner2192.89% | | |NS PC background| |Hiram Thomas† |} South Shore NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes4,38452.25% | |Nathan Simeon Joudrey3,83245.67% | |Arthur William Benedict1752.09% | | |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck2,14058.37% | |Kirk S. Hennigar1,40538.33% | |Albro Boehner1213.30% | | |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence2,85852.94% | |Frederick E.L. Fowke2,54147.06% | | | | |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,77059.04% | |Della P. Richardson2,61640.96% | | | | |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding3,53952.94% | |William Russell MacKay3,14647.06% | | | | |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS PC background| |George A. Burridge4,81124.82% | |Eric Spinney4,30922.23% | | | |Willard Franklyn Allen6503.35% |NS Liberal background| |Eric Spinney |- | |George A. Snow4,57823.62% |NS Liberal background| |Willard O'Brien5,03725.98% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Willard O'Brien |} Fundy-Northeast NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield8,57428.82% | |Hugh Charles MacKinnon5,43918.28% | |Harvey T. Curtis7042.37% | | |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield |- |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith8,21927.62% | |Gordon Purdy6,12720.59% | |Helen K. Wright6922.33% | | |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke2,30852.91% | |Ralph F. Gilroy1,75340.19% | |John R. Tabor3016.90% | | |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East |NS PC background| |James A. Langille5,08157.08% | |Walter T. Purdy3,47139.00% | |Lloyd L. Ayer3493.92% | | |NS PC background| |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West | |George Percy Graham2,21945.79% |NS Liberal background| |Allison T. Smith2,41849.90% | |Thomas Alton Johnstone2094.31% | | |NS Liberal background| |Allison T. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East |NS PC background| |Ernest M. Ettinger2,42649.50% | |Carl Spencer Grant2,20745.03% | |Alfred James Scothorn2685.47% | | |NS PC background| |Ernest M. Ettinger |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith4,92148.01% | |Gordon S. Cowan4,65145.38% | |James M. Murray6786.61% | | |NS Liberal background| |Gordon S. Cowan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax County-Dartmouth | |Murray Ritcey7,65343.05% |NS Liberal background| |Gordon L. S. Hart8,25846.46% | |Percy W. Dares1,86410.49% | | |NS Liberal background| |Geoffrey W. Stevens† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East | |Nelson Gaetz2,43244.06% |NS Liberal background| |Duncan MacMillan2,78750.49% | |Wallace H. Mason3015.45% | | |NS Liberal background| |Duncan MacMillan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North | |Robert Mullane7,44444.09% |NS Liberal background| |John E. Ahern7,97447.23% | |Charles A. Moulton1,4668.68% | | |NS Liberal background| |John E. Ahern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Northwest |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald4,20946.55% | |Ronald Manning Fielding4,18246.26% | |L.C. Wilson6507.19% | | |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Manning Fielding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe5,86154.65% | |Robert James Butler4,30240.12% | |Ralph Loomer5615.23% | | |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West | |D. C. McNeil6,68445.06% |NS Liberal background| |Charles H. Reardon6,92546.68% | |Harold J. Martell1,2258.26% | | |NS Liberal background| |Charles H. Reardon |} Central Nova NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon3,17754.77% | |Vincent J. MacDonald2,49543.01% | |Alex MacPherson1292.22% | | |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS PC background| |Alexander MacIsaac3,12349.98% | |Norman Robert Anderson2,93446.95% | |Leslie Wilfred Myers1923.07% | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod4,75543.92% | |James H. Power3,61533.39% | |Doris Nicholson2,45622.69% | | |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |William A. MacLeod2,42444.55% |NS Liberal background| |John W. MacDonald2,56847.20% | |Barrie M. Hould4498.25% | | |NS PC background| |William A. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot2,74452.28% | |W.A. Broidy2,35344.83% | |W.E. Salsman1522.90% | | |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot |} Cape Breton NS PC Liberal CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Lowell Murray1,96427.19% | |James P. McNeil1,88726.13% |NS CCF background| |Michael James MacDonald3,37146.68% | | |NS CCF background| |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson4,86245.56% | |Joe A. Wadden1,56714.68% | |John L. MacKinnon4,24339.76% | | |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough5,25746.83% | |Ted Sullivan3,09427.56% | |Thomas R. MacDonald2,87525.61% | | |NS PC background| |John Michael Macdonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum2,52536.93% | |Wilfred Gillis2,09430.63% | |Albert Ollie Wilson2,21832.44% | | |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil5,15346.23% | |Ritchie MacCoy3,71833.36% | |Bernard O'Neil2,27520.41% | | |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West |NS PC background| |Edward Manson4,19245.37% | |Herbert Shannon3,65239.53% | |John R. Lynk1,39515.10% | | |NS PC background| |Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness | |Archie Neil Chisholm3,92324.43% |NS Liberal background| |Joseph Clyde Nunn4,11325.62% | |Stephen James MacLellan3532.20% | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph Clyde Nunn |- | |Ralph Mauger MacKichan3,64822.72% |NS Liberal background| |Roderick MacLean4,01825.03% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Roderick MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |Byron Seymour Langley2,49148.89% |NS Liberal background| |Earl Wallace Urquhart2,60451.11% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Leonard Walter Jones1,81746.96% |NS Liberal background| |Carleton L. MacMillan2,05253.04% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Carleton L. MacMillan |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf 1960 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063831/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf Further reading Saywell John T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1960 1961 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q4e8 registration 1960 Category:1960 elections in Canada Category:1960 in Nova Scotia Category:June 1960 in Canada