1920 Nova Scotia general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1920 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1916 Nova Scotia general election 1916 36th General Assembly of Nova Scotia July 27, 1920 members 1925 Nova Scotia general election 1925 43 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 22 George Henry Murray (cropped).jpg 150x150px NS Liberal nohash George Henry Murray 1896 NS Liberal name Victoria 30 29 1 154,627 44.4% 6.0pp UF NS United Farmers nohash Daniel George McKenzie January 20, 1920 NS United Farmers name Ran in Cumberland (Won) New party 6 6 47,798 14.0% New party Lab NS Labour nohash No leader NS Labour name 0 5 5 64,495 16.9% 16.5pp Con NS PC nohash William Lorimer Hall June 29, 1922 Liberal-Conservative Queens(Lost re-election) 13 3 10 81,044 24.7% 24.1pp Premier Premier after election George Henry Murray NS Liberal name George Henry Murray NS Liberal name The 1920 Nova Scotia general election was held on 27 July 1920 to elect members of the 37th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party won a majority of seats in the Legislaure with only 44 per cent of the vote. This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.History of Voting in Nova Scotia Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting. Results Results by party + ↓ 29 6 5 3 Liberal United Farmers Labour Liberal-Conservative +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 vote1916DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp) NS Liberal rowLiberalGeorge Henry Murray403029-1154,62744.44%-6.34% NS PC rowLiberal-ConservativeWilliam Lorimer Hall31133-1081,04423.29%-25.11% NS United Farmers rowUnited FarmersFarmersCandidates The United Farmers, Labour (the Independent Labour Party) and War Veterans co-operated with each other to run candidates. Candidates for the coalition were selected on the basis of which group was best represented in a riding.Daniel George McKenzie1706+647,79813.74%N/A NS Labour rowLabourFarmersCandidates5 elected candidates includes one Farmer-Labour candidate which is listed here with the Labour tally.None1205+564,49518.54%+18.14% Vacant Total valid votes347,964100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total100434343–347,964100.00%– Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 44.44 Liberal-Conservative NS PC 23.29 Labour NS Labour 18.54 United Farmers NS United Farmers 13.74Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 67.44 United Farmers NS United Farmers 13.95 Labour NS Labour 11.63 Liberal-Conservative NS PC 6.98 Retiring incumbents Liberal James F. Ellis, Guysborough George Everett Faulkner, Halifax Robert Hugh MacKay, Pictou Fred Robert Trotter, Antigonish Liberal-Conservative Neil Ferguson, Cape Breton James W. Kirkpatrick, Cumberland Hector MacInnes, Halifax Frank Stanfield, 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 Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis |NS Liberal background| |Frank R. Elliott3,33027.90% | | | |Vernon B. Leonard2,51221.05% | | |NS Liberal background| |Frank R. Elliott |- |NS Liberal background| |Orlando Daniels3,63030.41% | | | |Edgar C. Shaffner2,46320.64% | | |NS Liberal background| |Orlando Daniels |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby |NS Liberal background| |Henry W.B. Warner2,99730.93% | | | |Glidden Campbell1,83518.94% | | |NS Liberal background| |Henry W.B. Warner |- |NS Liberal background| |Joseph William Comeau3,16532.67% | | | |Emede Robicheau 1,69217.46% | | |NS Liberal background| |Joseph William Comeau |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants | | | |Albert Parsons2,08321.06% |NS United Farmers background| |John Alexander MacDonald2,17922.03% | |Wiley V. Davison99810.09% |NS PC background| |Albert Parsons |- |NS Liberal background| |James William Reid3,03530.69% | | | |Walter J. Aylword1,59416.12% | | |NS Liberal background| |James William Reid |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings |NS Liberal background| |John Alexander McDonald4,70528.21% | |James E. Kinsman3,62221.71% | | | | |NS PC background| |James E. Kinsman |- |NS Liberal background| |Harry H. Wickwire4,91729.48% | |C.R. Bill3,43720.60% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Harry H. Wickwire |} South Shore NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg |NS Liberal background| |John James Kinley4,90030.24% | |Lemeau J. Hebb3,23719.98% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John James Kinley |- |NS Liberal background| |Aubrey Sperry4,79529.60% | |Foster W. Verge3,27020.18% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens |NS Liberal background| |George S. McClearn1,60726.15% | |William Lorimer Hall1,48524.17% | | | | |NS PC background| |William Lorimer Hall |- |NS Liberal background| |Jordan W. Smith1,73728.27% | |Robert Smith1,31621.42% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Jordan W. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne |NS Liberal background| |Robert Irwin1,91728.64% | |William T. Brannen1,62324.25% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Robert Irwin |- |NS Liberal background| |Frank E. Smith1,77426.51% | |Wendell H. Currie1,37920.60% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Frank E. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Ernest Howard Armstrong3,05231.55% |NS PC background| |Howard Corning3,41635.31% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Ernest Howard Armstrong |- |NS Liberal background| |Amédée Melanson3,20733.15% | | | | | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |} Fundy-Northeast NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | | | |Robert H. Kennedy3,09623.33% |NS United Farmers background| |Harry L. Taggart3,43025.84% | | |NS PC background| |Robert H. Kennedy |- | | | |William R. Dunbar3,21324.21% |NS United Farmers background| |Robert Hunter Smith3,53326.62% | | |NS PC background| |Frank Stanfield† |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland | |James Ralston4,48614.55% | |Grace McLeod Rogers 2,4708.01% | | |NS Labour background| |Archibald Terris4,71615.30% |NS Liberal background| |James Ralston |- | |Varley B. Fullerton2,6598.63% | |Percy L. Spicer1,8646.05% |NS United Farmers background| |Gilbert Nelson Allen4,93416.01% | | |NS PC background| |James W. Kirkpatrick† |- | |Rufus Carter3,21510.43% | |Everett C. Leslie1,7145.56% |NS United Farmers background| |Daniel George McKenzie4,76615.46% | | |NS Liberal background| |Rufus Carter |} Halifax NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax |NS Liberal background| |Adam Dunlap Burris5,9369.07% | |John B. Archibald4,0456.18% | |Joseph S. Wallace3,4095.21% | |Ronald A. McDonald3,3695.15% |NS PC background| |Hector MacInnes† |- |NS Liberal background| |John L. Connolly5,8178.89% | |Robert A. Brenton3,8605.90% | |Peter McN. Kuhn3,1654.83% | |Patrick J. Healy3,3365.10% |NS Liberal background| |John L. Connolly |- |NS Liberal background| |John Brown Douglas6,0579.25% | |Frederick W. Stevens3,6425.56% | | | |Joseph H. McKenzie3,1574.82% |NS Liberal background| |George Everett Faulkner† |- |NS Liberal background| |Henry Bauld6,55410.01% | |Francis A. Gillis3,5955.49% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Henry Bauld |- |NS Liberal background| |Robert Emmett Finn6,2859.60% | |Edward L. Power3,2364.94% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Robert Emmett Finn |} Central Nova NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Alexander Stirling MacMillan1,72523.65% | | |NS United Farmers background| |Angus J. MacGillivray1,80424.73% | | |NS Liberal background| |Fred Robert Trotter† |- |NS Liberal background| |William Chisholm2,05928.23% | | | |Fred R. Irish1,70623.39% | | |NS Liberal background| |William Chisholm |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough |NS Liberal background| |Clarence W. Anderson2,35930.36% | | | |D.P. Floyd1,48319.09% | | |NS Liberal background| |James F. Ellis† |- |NS Liberal background| |James Cranswick Tory2,61933.71% | | | |J.A. Dillon1,30916.85% | | |NS Liberal background| |James Cranswick Tory |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou |NS Liberal background| |Robert M. McGregor6,05615.78% | |John Bell4,41611.51% | |Alexander D. MacKay5,98415.59% | |Henry D. Fraser6,01215.66% |NS Liberal background| |Robert M. McGregor |- |NS Liberal background| |John Welsford MacDonald6,28716.38% | | | | | |Bertha A. Donaldson2,9307.63% |NS Liberal background| |Robert Hugh MacKay† |- |NS Liberal background| |Robert Henry Graham6,69617.45% | | | | | | |NS Liberal background| |Robert Henry Graham |} Cape Breton NS Liberal Liberal-Conservative United Farmers Labour |- |rowspan=4 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton | |W.F. Carroll6,4719.08% | |Neil R. McArthur2,8093.94% | | |NS Labour background| |Joseph Steele9,80013.75% |NS PC background| |Neil Ferguson† |- | |A.B. MacGillivray5,3347.49% | |A.C. MacCormick2,7493.86% | | |NS Labour background| |Arthur R. Richardson9,17712.88% |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- | |Daniel Alexander Cameron5,7298.04% | |Ewen MacKay Forbes2,3433.29% | | |NS Labour background| |Forman Waye9,40713.20% |NS Liberal background| |Daniel Alexander Cameron |- | |N. MacDonald5,2707.40% | |Charles B. Smith2,3383.28% | | |NS Labour background| |D. W. Morrison9,83013.80% |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness |NS Liberal background| |Donald MacLennan3,46126.32% | |Moses Elijah McGarry2,64320.10% | | | |John J. McNeil1,76313.40% |NS Liberal background| |Donald MacLennan |- |NS Liberal background| |John C. Bourinot3,20424.36% | |Malcolm McKay2,08115.82% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |John C. Bourinot |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |G.H. Murray1,76124.35% |NS PC background| |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc1,82325.20% | | | | |NS PC background| |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc |- | |George R. Deveau1,72823.89% |NS PC background| |John Alexander MacDonald1,92126.56% | | | | |NS PC background| |John Alexander MacDonald |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria |NS Liberal background| |George Henry Murray2,07832.42% | |Guy McL. Matheson1,10917.30% | | | | |NS Liberal background| |George Henry Murray |- |NS Liberal background| |Angus Gladstone Buchanan2,01331.41% | |Phillip McLeod1,20918.86% | | | | |NS Vacant background| |Vacant |} References Notes Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1920 1921 The Canadian Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_r0m8 1920 Category:1920 elections in Canada Category:1920 in Nova Scotia Category:July 1920 in Canada