1956 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1956 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1953 Nova Scotia general election 1953 45th General Assembly of Nova Scotia October 30, 1956 members 1960 Nova Scotia general election 1960 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 79.83% 4.04pp Premier Bob Stanfield.jpg 150x150px NS PC nohash Robert Stanfield November 10, 1948 NS PC name Colchester 12 24 12 162,678 48.55% 5.37pp Lib NS Liberal nohash Henry Hicks September 9, 1954 NS Liberal name Annapolisran in Annapolis East (won) 23 18 5 159,666 47.65% 1.27pp CCF NS CCF nohash Michael James MacDonald 1953 NS CCF name Cape Breton Centre 2 1 1 9,878 2.95% 3.87pp Premier Premier after election Henry Hicks NS Liberal name Robert Stanfield NS PC name The 1956 Nova Scotia general election was held on 30 October 1956 to elect members of the 46th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield. This was the first election the Liberals had fought after the death of their longtime charismatic leader, Angus L. Macdonald. Public Health Minister Harold Connolly became interim leader and premier following Macdonald's death in 1954, but was defeated at a leadership convention by Education Minister Henry Hicks. The convention exposed a sharp religious divide in the Liberal Party; Hicks was a Protestant and Connolly was a Catholic. Hicks was unable to heal the breach, and the Liberals were narrowly defeated, ending 23 years of Liberal rule. Results Results by party + ↓ 24 18 1 Progressive Conservative Liberal CCF +Official results Election Returns 1956 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 19, 2021 September 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014840/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf dead PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1953DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeRobert Stanfield43121324+12160,96648.58%+5.19% NS Liberal rowLiberalHenry Hicks43231918-5159,65648.18%-0.98% NS CCF rowCo-operative CommonwealthMichael James MacDonald11221-19,8323.00%-3.85% NS Independent rowIndependent100008120.25%-0.35% Vacant3 Total valid votes331,39699.39%-0.13%Blank and invalid ballots2,0320.61%+0.13%Total98373743+6333,428100.00%–Registered voters / turnout367,47479.83%While 335,066 votes were cast, only 293,371 electors voted as Colchester, Inverness and Yarmouth electors voted for two candidates.+4.04% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 48.58 Liberal NS Liberal 48.18 CCF NS CCF 3.00 Independent NS Independent 0.25Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC NS PC 55.81 Liberal NS Liberal 41.86 CCF NS CCF 2.33 Retiring incumbents Liberal Arthur W. MacKenzie, Guysborough James Edward Rutledge, Halifax Centre 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 Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East |NS Liberal background| |Henry Hicks2,83054.68% | |Harry L. Ritcey2,27743.99% | |Murray Alton Bent691.33% | | |NS Liberal background| |Henry HicksAnnapolis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West |NS Liberal background| |Peter M. Nicholson2,52353.84% | |Leigh Minard Marshall2,16346.16% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare |NS Liberal background| |Pierre E. Belliveau2,04652.60% | |J. Fred Gaudet1,84447.40% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Pierre E. Belliveau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby | |Victor Cardoza2,55948.65% |NS PC background| |Malcolm Stewart Leonard2,70151.35% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Victor Cardoza |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West | |Gerald Regan3,30047.69% |NS PC background| |George Henry Wilson3,40549.21% | |Ralph Loomer2143.09% | | |NS PC background| |George Henry Wilson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North |NS Liberal background| |Eric Balcom3,05450.37% | |George Arthur Boggs3,00949.63% | | | | |NS PC background| |George Arthur BoggsKings |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South | |MacIntosh MacLeod1,59440.23% |NS PC background| |Edward Haliburton2,36859.77% | | | | |NS PC background| |Edward HaliburtonKings |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West | |C.D. McLean2,98549.97% |NS PC background| |Hiram Thomas2,98850.03% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |} South Shore NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre | |Harold Uhlman3,84349.03% |NS PC background| |George O. Lohnes3,99550.97% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East | |Kirk S. Hennigar1,57945.56% |NS PC background| |R. Clifford Levy1,88754.44% | | | | |NS PC background| |R. Clifford LevyLunenburg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West | |Frederick E.L. Fowke2,50049.34% |NS PC background| |Harley J. Spence2,56750.66% | | | | |NS PC background| |Harley J. SpenceLunenburg |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |Merrill D. Rawding2,97449.23% |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones3,06750.77% | | | | |NS PC background| |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne | |Wilfred Dauphinee3,08648.05% |NS PC background| |James McKay Harding3,33751.95% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Wilfred Dauphinee |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS Liberal background| |Eric Spinney4,87626.68% | |William Heartz Brown4,00721.93% | | | | |NS PC background| |William Heartz Brown |- |NS Liberal background| |Willard O'Brien5,43829.76% | |Raymond Z. Bourque3,95321.63% | | | | |NS PC background| |Raymond Z. Bourque |} Fundy-Northeast NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | |Hector Hill6,73322.13% |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield8,47627.86% | |Arnold Lynds2510.83% | | |NS PC background| |Robert Stanfield |- | |Margaret Norrie6,66421.91% |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith8,05726.48% | |William Wright2400.79% | | |NS PC background| |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre | |Ralph F. Gilroy1,80339.70% |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke2,73860.30% | | | | |NS PC background| |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East | |Walter Tremaine Purdy4,30349.41% |NS PC background| |James A. Langille4,40650.59% | | | | |NS PC background| |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West |NS Liberal background| |Allison T. Smith2,61854.82% | |William Harmon Wasson2,15845.18% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Allison T. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Arthur W. MacKenzie2,34248.91% |NS PC background| |Ernest M. Ettinger2,39249.96% | |Malcolm F. Wheadon1301.13% | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre |NS Liberal background| |Gordon S. Cowan5,64252.91% | |David Milsom5,02247.09% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |James Edward Rutledge† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax County-Dartmouth |NS Liberal background| |Geoffrey W. Stevens7,27649.69% | |C.J. Creighton6,81146.51% | |Gerald Yetman5573.80% | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East |NS Liberal background| |Duncan MacMillan3,01557.84% | |Reid Denton Sangster2,19842.16% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Geoffrey W. Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North |NS Liberal background| |John E. Ahern8,77353.10% | |John A. O'Malley7,74846.90% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Northwest |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Manning Fielding3,76350.40% | |S.E. Haverstock3,57347.86% | |L.C. Wilson1301.74% | | |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South | |Edward F. Cragg5,17146.08% |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe6,05153.92% | | | | |NS PC background| |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West |NS Liberal background| |Charles H. Reardon6,11951.02% | |William J. Dalton5,87548.98% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Manning Fielding |} Central Nova NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Colin H. Chisholm2,66948.06% |NS PC background| |William F. MacKinnon2,88451.94% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Colin H. Chisholm |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS Liberal background| |Alexander W. Cameron3,17751.34% | |R.S. Kaiser3,01148.66% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Arthur W. MacKenzie† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre | |A.T. Logan5,30348.46% |NS PC background| |Donald R. MacLeod5,63951.54% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |John W. MacDonald2,74949.95% |NS PC background| |William A. MacLeod2,75450.05% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John W. MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West | |Stewart W. Proudfoot2,55649.15% |NS PC background| |Harvey Veniot2,64450.85% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Stewart W. Proudfoot |} Cape Breton NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |James P. McNeil2,56937.75% | |Charles P. Miller1,28918.94% |NS CCF background| |Michael James MacDonald2,94843.31% | | |NS CCF background| |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |C. Roy MacDonald3,05829.85% |NS PC background| |Layton Fergusson4,32442.20% | |Russell Cunningham2,86427.95% | | |NS CCF background| |Russell Cunningham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North | |Alexander O'Handley4,46542.31% |NS PC background| |John Michael Macdonald6,08857.69% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander O'Handley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova | |Gus Brown1,68225.68% |NS PC background| |Percy Gaum2,58239.41% | |John A. Chisholm1,47522.52% | |Charles O'Connell81212.40% |NS Vacant background| |New riding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South | |John Smith MacIvor4,45041.66% |NS PC background| |Donald C. MacNeil5,10147.76% | |Albert Martin1,13010.58% | | |NS Liberal background| |John Smith MacIvor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West | |Malcolm A. Patterson4,10448.03% |NS PC background| |Edward Manson4,44051.97% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Malcolm A. Patterson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS Liberal background| |Joseph Clyde Nunn4,41527.80% | |Archie Neil Chisholm3,67323.13% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph Clyde Nunn |- |NS Liberal background| |Roderick MacLean4,25226.78% | |A.L. Davis3,53922.29% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Roderick MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS Liberal background| |Earl Wallace Urquhart2,63653.82% | |William C. Boudreau2,26246.18% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS Liberal background| |Carleton L. MacMillan2,16256.08% | |Leonard Walter Jones1,69343.92% | | | | |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%201956.pdf 1956 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer September 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014840/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf 1956 Nova Scotia Category:1956 in Nova Scotia Category:October 1956 in Canada