1963 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1963 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1960 Nova Scotia general election 1960 47th General Assembly of Nova Scotia October 8, 1963 members 1967 Nova Scotia general election 1967 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 77.87% 4.15pp Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg 150x150px NS PC nohash Robert Stanfield November 10, 1948 NS PC name Colchester 27 39 12 191,128 55.87% 7.76pp Lib NS Liberal nohash Earl Wallace Urquhart November 3, 1962 NS Liberal name Richmond (Lost re-election) 15 4 11 134,873 39.43% 2.93pp NDP NS NDP nohash James H. Aitchison 1963 NS NDP name Did not run 1Party was then the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 0 1 14,076 4.11% 4.78pp Premier Premier after election Robert Stanfield NS PC name Robert Stanfield NS PC name The 1963 Nova Scotia general election was held on 8 October 1963 to elect members of the 48th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives. Results Results by party + ↓ 39 4 Progressive Conservative Liberal +Official results Election Returns 1963 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 17, 2021 July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063529/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf dead Election Returns 1963 Recapitulation https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/RECAPS1963.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 17, 2021PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1960DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield43272639+12191,12855.87%+7.76% NS Liberal rowLiberalEarl Wallace Urquhart4315154-11134,87339.43%-2.93% NS NDP rowNew DemocraticJames H. Aitchison20110-114,0764.11%-4.78% Vacant1 Total valid votes340,07799.42%-0.12%Blank and invalid ballots1,9970.58%+0.12%Total106434343–342,074100.00%–Registered voters / turnout400,07877.87%While 342,074 votes were cast, only 311,562 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.-4.15% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 55.87 Liberal NS Liberal 39.43 New Democratic NS NDP 4.11Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 90.70 Liberal NS Liberal 9.30 Retiring incumbents Liberal Pierre E. Belliveau, Clare John W. MacDonald, Pictou East Progressive Conservative George Henry Wilson, Hants 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 NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East |NS PC background| |John I. Marshall2,96256.40% | |Melbourne Parker Armstrong2,23242.50% | |Murray Alton Bent581.10% |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Kenneth E. Green2,07545.81% |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,38652.67% | |Dale A. Young691.52% |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare |NS PC background| |Hector J. Pothier2,15452.61% | |Joseph C. LeBlanc1,94047.39% | | |NS Liberal background| |Pierre E. Belliveau† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby |NS PC background| |Robert Baden Powell2,67152.23% | |Victor Cardoza2,37846.50% | |Louis A. Beeler651.27% |NS Liberal background| |Victor Cardoza |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West |NS PC background| |Norman T. Spence4,19358.20% | |W. Whitney Spicer2,84039.42% | |Arthur Benedict1712.37% |NS PC background| |George Henry Wilson† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS PC background| |Gladys Porter3,66859.43% | |David Durell Sutton2,40538.97% | |George Turner991.60% |NS PC background| |Gladys Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton2,50565.27% | |Bruce M. Trenholm1,33334.73% | | |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West |NS PC background| |Paul Kinsman3,87955.85% | |Edward D. MacArthur3,06744.15% | | |NS Liberal background| |Edward D. MacArthur |} South Shore NS PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes4,78557.06% | |Leon J. Iverson3,60142.94% | | |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck2,26763.17% | |Charles E. Harris1,32236.83% | | |NS PC background| |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence2,93758.12% | |Joye F. Davison2,11641.88% | | |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,83365.85% | |W. Alton Snow1,98834.15% | | |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding3,73754.40% | |Robert Quinlan Hood3,13345.60% | | |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS PC background| |George A. Burridge4,88425.20% | |Irving Charles Pink4,34522.42% | |Angus Boyd MacGillivary3581.85% |NS PC background| |George A. Burridge |- |NS PC background| |George A. Snow5,07726.19% | |Willard O'Brien4,71924.35% | | |NS Liberal background| |Willard O'Brien |} Fundy-Northeast NS PC Liberal NDP |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield9,60632.42% | |Gordon T. Purdy5,51518.61% | |Harvey T. Curtis3821.29% |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield |- |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith9,14730.87% | |Charles K. Sutherland4,74616.02% | |Helen K. Wright2330.79% |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke2,54566.68% | |William Thomas Noiles1,27233.32% | | |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East |NS PC background| |James A. Langille5,22663.10% | |Norman Willard Noonan2,79533.75% | |Lloyd L. Ayer2613.15% |NS PC background| |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West |NS PC background| |D. L. George Henley2,51654.04% | |Allison T. Smith2,14045.96% | | |NS Liberal background| |Allison T. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East |NS PC background| |Albert J. Ettinger2,73952.86% | |George E. Fraser2,35645.47% | |Ralph Loomer871.68% |NS PC background| |Albert J. Ettinger |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith5,47858.57% | |Gordon S. Cowan3,87541.43% | | |NS PC background| |Donald MacKeen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax County-Dartmouth |NS PC background| |Irvin William Akerley9,88452.88% | |Gordon L. S. Hart8,15043.60% | |Edward B. Doyle6573.52% |NS Liberal background| |Gordon L. S. Hart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East |NS PC background| |Nelson Gaetz3,06152.62% | |Duncan MacMillan2,75647.38% | | |NS Liberal background| |Duncan MacMillan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North |NS PC background| |James H. Vaughan8,60252.43% | |John E. Ahern7,36044.86% | |Peggy Prowse4442.71% |NS Liberal background| |John E. Ahern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Northwest |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald5,55956.07% | |George Douglas Burris4,02740.62% | |Gerald A. Guptill3293.32% |NS PC background| |Gordon H. Fitzgerald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe5,98663.23% | |Merlin Nunn3,18333.62% | |Gordon A. Smith2983.15% |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West |NS PC background| |D. C. McNeil8,79257.00% | |Charles H. Reardon6,12639.72% | |Harold J. Martell5063.28% |NS Liberal background| |Charles H. Reardon |} Central Nova NS PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon3,33454.58% | |Ronald Saint John Chisholm2,77445.42% | | |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS PC background| |Alexander MacIsaac3,22952.86% | |Thomas Edwin Kirk2,88047.14% | | |NS PC background| |Alexander MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod5,75260.21% | |Thomas H. Frazer3,80139.79% | | |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |John Andrew McLean2,64949.90% |NS Liberal background| |A. Lloyd MacDonald2,66050.10% | | |NS Liberal background| |John W. MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot2,99959.54% | |Charles Ernest MacCarthy2,03840.46% | | |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot |} Cape Breton NS PC Liberal NDP |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre |NS PC background| |Mike Laffin3,69954.12% | |Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto93913.74% | |Michael James MacDonald2,19732.14% |NS NDP background| |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson5,87058.06% | |Bernard Currie1,35913.44% | |John L. MacKinnon2,88128.50% |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough6,20058.71% | |Murray J. Ryan2,96128.04% | |John Dolhanty1,39913.25% |NS PC background| |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum3,34453.37% | |Charles Richard Sigut1,21319.36% | |Albert Ollie Wilson1,70927.27% |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil5,28349.21% | |John F. MacIntosh3,57933.34% | |Edward Johnston1,87317.45% |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West |NS PC background| |Edward Manson4,94156.30% | |Allan Sullivan3,83543.70% | | |NS PC background| |Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS PC background| |Norman J. MacLean4,47426.78% | |Joseph Clyde Nunn3,98823.87% | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph Clyde Nunn |- | |Alfred J. Davis4,02624.10% |NS Liberal background| |William N. MacLean4,21925.25% | | |NS Liberal background| |William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS PC background| |Gerald Doucet2,67050.79% | |Earl Wallace Urquhart2,58749.21% | | |NS Liberal background| |Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Fisher Hudson1,89049.42% |NS Liberal background| |Carleton L. MacMillan1,93450.58% | | |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%201963.pdf 1963 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer July 25, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180725063529/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf Further reading Saywell John T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1963 1964 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_b0o5 registration 1963 Nova Scotia general election General election Nova Scotia general election