411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
1933 Nova Scotia general election
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Canadian provincial election
September 2023
1933 Nova Scotia general election Nova Scotia parliamentary no no 1928 Nova Scotia general election 1928 39th General Assembly of Nova Scotia August 22, 1933 members 1937 Nova Scotia general election 1937 30 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 16 85.90% Angus L Macdonald portrait.jpg 150x150px NS Liberal nohash Angus Lewis Macdonald October 1, 1930 NS Liberal name Halifax South 20 22 2 166,170 52.34% 4.37pp Gordon Sidney Harrington.jpg NS PC nohash Gordon Sidney Harrington 1930 Liberal-Conservative Cape Breton Centreran in Cape Breton South (Won) 22 8 14 145,107 45.71% 3.20pp Premier Premier after election Gordon Sidney Harrington Liberal-Conservative Angus Lewis Macdonald NS Liberal name
The 1933 Nova Scotia general election was held on 22 August 1933 to elect members of the 40th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
Results by party
+ ↓ 22 8 Liberal Liberal-Conservative
+Official results Election Returns 1933 https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201933.pdf Elections Nova Scotia November 24, 2021 March 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013359/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201933.pdf dead PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1928DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)
NS Liberal rowLiberalAngus Lewis Macdonald30201522+2166,17052.34%+4.37%
NS PC rowLiberal-ConservativeGordon Sidney Harrington3022208-14145,10745.71%-3.20%
NS Labour rowLabourCandidates ran under the "United Front" banner3110-12,4690.78%-1.91%
NS CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth300002,3360.74%– Vacant7 Total valid votes316,08299.56%–Blank and invalid ballots1,4030.44%–Total66434330-13317,485100.00%–Registered voters / turnout295,95785.90%While 317,485 votes were cast, only 254,233 electors voted as electors in several districts voted for two candidates.–
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 52.34
Liberal-Conservative NS PC 45.71
Labour NS Labour 0.78
CCF NS CCF 0.74Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal NS Liberal 73.33
Liberal-Conservative NS PC 26.67
Retiring incumbents
Liberal
William Chisholm, Antigonish
René W.E. Landry, Yarmouth
Michael M. Morrison, Guysborough
Wishart McLea Robertson, Shelburne
Liberal-Conservative
Robert Hamilton Butts, Cape Breton East
Reginald Tucker Caldwell, Kings
Robert Albert Douglas, Pictou
Donald W. MacKay, Queens
Harry Thompson MacKenzie, Annapolis
Hugh Allan MacQuarrie, Pictou
Daniel George McKenzie, Cumberland
James A. Proudfoot, Inverness
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-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Obediah Parker Goucher3,96744.65%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|John D. McKenzie4,91755.35%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|Obediah Parker Goucher
|-
|NS PC background|
|Harry Thompson MacKenzie†
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau3,70340.80%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Joseph William Comeau5,37259.20%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Joseph William Comeau
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Alexander Stirling MacMillan
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Albert Parsons4,60346.35%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Alexander Stirling MacMillan5,32853.65%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|Albert Parsons
|-
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|George Nowlan6,09847.65%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|John Alexander McDonald6,70052.35%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|George Nowlan
|-
|NS PC background|
|Reginald Tucker Caldwell†
|}
South Shore
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg
|
|Wallace Norman Rehfuss6,74421.78%
|NS Liberal background|
|Frank R. Davis8,36927.03%
|
|
|
|
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|-
|
|Melbourne M. Gardner7,04922.77%
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon E. Romkey8,79928.42%
|
|
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon E. Romkey
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens
|rowspan=2 NS PC background|
|rowspan=2|Seth M. Bartling2,88050.91%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Roland M. Irving2,77749.09%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|Donald W. MacKay†
|-
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|James W. Maddin2,50043.46%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Henry R. L. Bill3,25256.54%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Henry R. L. Bill
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Wishart McLea Robertson†
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Alvin L. Chipman3,64638.49%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Lindsay C. Gardner5,82661.51%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Lindsay C. Gardner
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|René W.E. Landry†
|}
Fundy-Northeast
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester
|NS PC background|
|William A. Flemming6,74827.04%
|
|Thomas R. Johnson6,04324.21%
|
|
|
|
|NS PC background|
|William A. Flemming
|-
|NS PC background|
|George Y. Thomas6,39825.64%
|
|R. Edgar McLeod5,76923.11%
|
|
|
|
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland
|
|Archibald Terris8,29122.73%
|NS Liberal background|
|John S. Smiley9,54026.15%
|
|
|
|
|NS Labour background|
|Archibald Terris
|-
|rowspan=2 NS PC background|
|rowspan=2|Percy Chapman Black9,40625.78%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Earle B. Paul9,24225.34%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|Percy Chapman Black
|-
|NS PC background|
|Daniel George McKenzie†
|}
Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre
|
|Russell McInnes3,96743.94%
|NS Liberal background|
|Guy Murray Logan4,91554.44%
|
|Joseph S. Wallace1461.62%
|
|
|NS Vacant background|
|VacantHalifax
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East
|
|Josiah Frederick Fraser5,59547.14%
|NS Liberal background|
|Geoffrey W. Stevens6,27352.86%
|
|
|
|
|NS PC background|
|Josiah Frederick FraserHalifax
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North
|
|Gerald P. Flavin3,41038.48%
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon Benjamin Isnor5,45261.52%
|
|
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Gordon Benjamin IsnorHalifax
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South
|
|George Henry Murphy4,32546.66%
|NS Liberal background|
|Angus Lewis Macdonald4,94553.34%
|
|
|
|
|NS PC background|
|George Henry MurphyHalifax
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West
|
|Angus MacDonald Morton3,95745.17%
|NS Liberal background|
|George E. Hagen4,80454.83%
|
|
|
|
|NS PC background|
|Angus MacDonald MortonHalifax
|}
Central Nova
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|John A. Walker2,48245.68%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|John L. MacIsaac2,95154.32%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|John L. MacIsaac
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|William Chisholm†
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Leonard W. Fraser3,40843.44%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Clarence W. Anderson4,43756.56%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Clarence W. Anderson
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|Michael E. Morrison†
|-
|rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou
|
|John Doull8,54622.10%
|NS Liberal background|
|Donald F. Fraser10,37726.83%
|
|
|
|
|NS PC background|
|John Doull
|-
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|John W. MacLeod8,86122.91%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Josiah H. MacQuarrie10,88728.15%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS PC background|
|Hugh Allan MacQuarrie†
|-
|NS PC background|
|Robert Albert Douglas†
|}
Cape Breton
NS Liberal-Conservative Liberal Labour CCF
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Neil R. McArthur2,96943.53%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Michael Dwyer3,26347.84%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Thomas Ling5888.62%
|NS PC background|
|Gordon Sidney Harrington
|-
|NS PC background|
|Joseph Macdonald
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Daniel R. Cameron3,63238.97%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Lauchlin Daniel Currie3,65539.21%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|James B. McLachlan1,73718.64%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Donald O. Fraser2973.19%
|NS PC background|
|Daniel R. Cameron
|-
|NS PC background|
|Robert Hamilton Butts†
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North
|NS PC background|
|Joseph Macdonald4,44847.50%
|
|Luke Daye4,33046.24%
|
|John McDonald5866.26%
|
|
|NS Vacant background|
|New riding
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South
|NS PC background|
|Gordon Sidney Harrington4,75743.81%
|
|Malcolm A. Patterson4,65042.83%
|
|
|
|Lauchlin D. McKay1,45113.36%
|NS Vacant background|
|New riding
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West
|NS PC background|
|Weldon W. Patton3,03653.49%
|
|Alonzo Martell2,64046.51%
|
|
|
|
|NS Liberal background|
|Alonzo MartellRichmond-West Cape Breton
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Hubert Meen Aucoin4,86246.36%
|rowspan=2 NS Liberal background|
|rowspan=2|Moses Elijah McGarry5,62653.64%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Moses Elijah McGarry
|-
|NS Liberal background|
|James A. Proudfoot†
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond
|
|Benjamin A. LeBlanc2,60346.46%
|NS Liberal background|
|George R. Deveau3,00053.54%
|
|
|
|
|NS Vacant background|
|VacantRichmond-West Cape Breton
|-
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria
|rowspan=2 NS PC background|
|rowspan=2|Frederick Walker Baldwin2,21652.18%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Donald Buchanan McLeod2,03147.82%
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
|NS Liberal background|
|Donald Buchanan McLeod
|-
|NS Vacant background|
|Vacant
|}
References
Notes
Election related reports
Returns of the General Election for the House of Assembly https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201933.pdf 1933 Nova Scotia Legislature Queen's Printer March 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013359/https://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201933.pdf
Further reading
The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1933 1934 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w9c0
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
1933
Category:1933 elections in Canada
General election
Category:August 1933 in Canada