1945 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1945 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1941 Nova Scotia general election 1941 42nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia October 23, 1945 members 1949 Nova Scotia general election 1949 30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 16 64.68% 1.63pp Angus L Macdonald portrait.jpg 150x150px NS Liberal nohash Angus Lewis Macdonald August 31, 1945 NS Liberal name Halifax South 23 28 5 153,493 53.1% 0.5pp Donald MacDonald circa 1954 Edit.jpg NS CCF nohash Donald MacDonald 1941 NS CCF name Cape Breton South(Lost re-election) 3 2 1 39,637 13.6% 6.6pp PC NS PC nohash Frederick Murray Blois 1940 NS PC name Colchester(Lost re-election) 4 0 4 95,573 33.5% 7.8pp Premier Premier after election Angus Lewis Macdonald NS Liberal name Angus Lewis Macdonald NS Liberal name The 1945 Nova Scotia general election was held on 23 October 1945 to elect members of the 43rd House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. The Progressive Conservatives were entirely shut out of the Assembly, making the CCF's two MLAs the only opposition members. Results Results by party + ↓ 28 2 Liberal CCF +Official results Election Returns 1941 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201945.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 24, 2021 September 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014909/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201945.pdf dead PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1941DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS Liberal rowLiberalAngus Lewis Macdonald302228+6153,49353.05%+0.14% NS CCF rowCo-operative CommonwealthDonald MacDonald2032-139,63713.70%+6.57% NS PC rowProgressive ConservativeFrederick Murray Blois2950-595,57333.03%-6.93% NS Independent rowIndependent/Other30006340.22%N/A Vacant Total valid votes289,33799.37%–Blank and invalid ballots1,6970.58%–Total82303030–291,034100.00%–Registered voters / turnout370,94564.68%While 291,034 votes were cast, only 238,966 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates. Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 53.05 PC NS PC 33.03 CCF NS CCF 13.70 Others NS Independent 0.22Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 93.33 CCF NS CCF 6.67 Retiring incumbents Co-operative Commonwealth Douglas Neil Brodie, Cape Breton East Douglas MacDonald, Cape Breton Centre Liberal Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Hants Harry Dennis Madden, Queens John McDonald, Kings John D. McKenzie, Annapolis Havelock Torrey, Guysborough Progressive Conservative George Scott Dickey, Colchester 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 |NS Liberal background| |Henry Hicks4,88059.06% | |Horton Wheelock Phinney3,38340.94% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John D. McKenzie† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby |NS Liberal background| |Joseph William Comeau4,71459.13% | |Kenneth Earl Smith2,70633.94% | |Edgar Lawrence Outhouse5526.92% | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph William Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants |NS Liberal background| |Robert A. MacLellan4,95152.66% | |Norman Dudley Murray3,19433.98% | |Frederick Charles Gilmore Scott1,25613.36% | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander Stirling MacMillan† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings |NS Liberal background| |David Durell Sutton7,02759.66% | |William Lawrence Chisholm4,75140.34% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John Alexander McDonald† |} South Shore NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg |NS Liberal background| |Frank R. Davis6,86727.31% | |R. Clifford Levy5,85423.28% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Frank R. Davis |- |NS Liberal background| |Gordon E. Romkey6,83927.20% | |James A. MacLeod5,58522.21% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Gordon E. Romkey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS Liberal background| |Merrill D. Rawding2,84448.17% | |Leonard William Fraser2,50342.39% | |Clarence Webber5579.43% | | |NS Liberal background| |Harry Dennis Madden† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS Liberal background| |Wilfred Dauphinee3,21455.85% | |Frederick William Bower2,20338.28% | |Cecil James O'Donnell3385.87% | | |NS Liberal background| |Wilfred Dauphinee |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth |NS Liberal background| |Henry A. Waterman5,00055.20% | |Frank Parker Day4,05844.80% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Henry A. Waterman |} Fundy-Northeast NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester |NS Liberal background| |Gordon Purdy7,71429.18% | |Frederick Murray Blois5,51520.86% | |Clarence Vincent Fleury5472.07% | | |NS PC background| |Frederick Murray Blois |- |NS Liberal background| |Robert F. McLellan6,63125.09% | |William A. Flemming5,38320.37% | |Sidney Mansfield Parker6422.43% | | |NS PC background| |George Scott Dickey† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland |NS Liberal background| |Martin J. Kaufman6,54021.67% | |Archie B. Smith6,27120.77% | |John James Crummey2,8679.50% | | |NS PC background| |Archie B. Smith |- |NS Liberal background| |Kenneth Judson Cochrane6,99523.17% | |Norman Shaw Sanford5,80719.24% | |Joseph Bernard Murray1,7065.65% | | |NS Liberal background| |Kenneth Judson Cochrane |} Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre |NS Liberal background| |James Edward Rutledge4,73755.22% | |Carl Palm Bethune2,27926.57% | |R.B. Mitchell1,56218.21% | | |NS Liberal background| |James Edward Rutledge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East |NS Liberal background| |Geoffrey W. Stevens6,20653.48% | |A.L. Mattatall3,03326.14% | |Cecil Clyde Russell2,36620.39% | | |NS Liberal background| |Geoffrey W. Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North |NS Liberal background| |Harold Connolly6,08959.43% | |Bernard Joseph Vaughan1,77717.34% | |Thomas Burgess2,12020.69% | |Alexander Munro2602.54% |NS Liberal background| |Harold Connolly |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South |NS Liberal background| |Angus Lewis Macdonald5,18161.26% | |Arthur John Haliburton2,06724.44% | |Richard Leo Rooney1,08012.77% | |Andrew Matthews1291.53% |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Manning Fielding4,99749.11% | |Malcolm Edgbert Walker2,78627.38% | |Fred Young2,39223.51% | | |NS Liberal background| |Ronald Manning Fielding |} Central Nova NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish |NS Liberal background| |John Patrick Gorman2,65061.83% | |Douglas MacDonald1,63638.17% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John Patrick Gorman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS Liberal background| |Arthur W. MacKenzie3,45662.07% | |Harold Vans Hudson2,11237.93% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Havelock Torrey† |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou |NS Liberal background| |Alfred B. DeWolfe9,02024.83% | |Ernest G. Irish7,06119.44% | |G. Miller Dick1,5764.34% | |George J. White2450.67% |NS PC background| |Ernest G. Irish |- |NS Liberal background| |Josiah H. MacQuarrie10,03127.61% | |John A. MacGregor6,70418.46% | |Donald L. Nicholson1,6884.65% | | |NS Liberal background| |Josiah H. MacQuarrie |} Cape Breton NS Liberal PC CCF Independent |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Ronald McIsaac2,72638.37% | |Frank Doucette5187.29% |NS CCF background| |Michael James MacDonald3,86054.34% | | |NS CCF background| |Douglas MacDonald† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Gus McGillivray2,71930.03% | |Kenneth Daniel Beaton1,00211.07% |NS CCF background| |Russell Cunningham5,33258.90% | | |NS CCF background| |Douglas Neil Brodie† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North |NS Liberal background| |Alexander O'Handley3,32838.48% | |Malcolm McDonald2,41627.94% | |Wendell Coldwell2,90433.58% | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander O'Handley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South |NS Liberal background| |John Smith MacIvor4,77843.10% | |Malcolm Cameron1,86116.79% | |Donald MacDonald4,44840.12% | | |NS CCF background| |Donald MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West |NS Liberal background| |Malcolm A. Patterson2,82649.82% | |Horace L. Ferguson1,00217.67% | |Robert Orr1,84432.51% | | |NS Liberal background| |Malcolm A. Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS Liberal background| |Alexander H. McKinnon5,28370.59% | |Alexander Angus MacInnes2,20129.41% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Alexander H. McKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond |NS Liberal background| |Lauchlin Daniel Currie3,14976.66% | |Frederick Albert Thurgood95923.34% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Lauchlin Daniel Currie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS Liberal background| |John Malcolm Campbell2,10164.69% | |William Ross MacAulay1,14735.31% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John Malcolm Campbell |} References Election related reports Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201945.pdf 1945 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer September 10, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014909/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201945.pdf Further reading Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf Election Summary From 1867–2006 December 2, 2006 Elections Nova Scotia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080912061452/http://electionsnovascotia.ns.ca/results/ele_summary.pdf September 12, 2008 1945 Category:1945 elections in Canada Category:1945 in Nova Scotia Category:October 1945 in Canada