1916 Nova Scotia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

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30	13
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1911	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)	Liberal	George Henry Murray	43	27		30	+3	136,829	50.77%	-0.32%	Liberal-Conservative	Charles Elliott Tanner	43	11		13	+2	130,430	48.40%	+3.02%	Independent/Other		1	0		0	0	1,038	0.38%	-1.39%	Labour	None	2	0		0	0	1,117	0.43%	-1.34%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								269,474	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			89	38	38	43	–	269,474	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal   50.77% Liberal-Conservative   48.40% Other   0.81%

Seats summary Liberal   67.77% Liberal-Conservative   30.23%

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Charles P. Bissett, Richmond
• Archibald M. Covert, Kings
• Fullton Johnson Logan, Halifax
• James MacDonald, Inverness
• Smith Nickerson, Shelburne

Liberal-Conservative

• Harry Hatheway Marshall, Digby
• Norman Phinney, Annapolis

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest

Valley

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Annapolis	Template:Canadian party colour|	Orlando Daniels 2,149 26.34%		Obediah Parker Goucher 2,020 24.76%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Orlando Daniels
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank R. Elliott 2,077 25.46%		Earle C. Phinney 1,912 23.44%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Norman Phinney†
Digby	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry W.B. Warner 1,903 26.81%		Felix M. Gaudet 1,604 22.59%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry Hatheway Marshall†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau 2,002 28.20%		Walton K. Tibert 1,590 22.40%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau
Hants		Burchill R. Fulmer 1,929 23.63%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert Parsons 2,142 26.24%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert Parsons
	Template:Canadian party colour|	James William Reid 2,051 25.13%		Herbert W. Sangster 2,041 25.00%					Template:Canadian party colour|	James William Reid
Kings		Charles Alexander Campbell 2,318 24.53%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James E. Kinsman 2,421 25.62%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Archibald M. Covert†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry H. Wickwire 2,499 26.44%		Joseph D. Spidell 2,212 23.41%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Lunenburg	Template:Canadian party colour|	John James Kinley 2,992 26.90%		Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker 2,082 18.72%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker
		Oscar G. Donovan 2,768 24.88%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Willis Margeson 3,282 29.50%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Willis Margeson
Queens		Frederick R. Freeman 977 23.33%	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Lorimer Hall 1,116 26.65%					Template:Canadian party colour|	William Lorimer Hall
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jordan W. Smith 1,098 26.22%		D.C. Mulhall 997 23.81%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Irwin 1,442 27.82%		Wendell H. Currie 1,205 23.24%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Irwin
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Maurice Nickerson 1,424 27.47%		W.C. Hall 1,113 21.47%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Smith Nickerson†
Yarmouth	Template:Canadian party colour|	Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,931 28.36%		Joseph O. Difon 1,304 19.15%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Ernest Howard Armstrong
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry d'Entremont 1,839 27.00%		Howard Corning 1,736 25.49%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Howard Corning

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Colchester		Gilbert H. Vernon 2,212 22.62%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert H. Kennedy 2,665 27.25%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert H. Kennedy
		Frederick B. Schurman 2,158 22.07%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank Stanfield 2,745 28.07%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank Stanfield
Cumberland	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Ralston 3,951 17.05%		Daniel A. Morrison 3,620 15.62%		James B. Nelson 727 3.14%			Template:Canadian party colour|	James Ralston
		Joshua H. Livingstone 3,554 15.33%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James W. Kirkpatrick 3,791 16.36%					Template:Canadian party colour|	New seat
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Rufus Carter 3,962 17.09%		J. Flemming Gilroy 3,572 15.41%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Rufus Carter

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Halifax		John Brown Douglas 6,359 9.78%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Hector MacInnes 6,735 10.36%					Template:Canadian party colour|	New seat
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. Connolly 6,545 10.06%		John W. Regan 6,387 9.82%					Template:Canadian party colour|	New seat
	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Everett Faulkner 6,606 10.16%		Felix P. Quinn 6,370 9.79%					Template:Canadian party colour|	George Everett Faulkner
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry Bauld 6,855 10.54%		E.F. Williams 6,266 9.63%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Fullton Johnson Logan†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Emmett Finn 6,703 10.31%		F.P. Bligh 6,213 9.55%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Antigonish	Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Robert Trotter 1,300 27.16%		Allan MacDonald 953 19.91%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Robert Trotter
	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Chisholm 1,366 28.54%		John Stanfield O'Brien 1,167 24.38%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Stanfield O'Brien
Guysborough	Template:Canadian party colour|	James F. Ellis 1,752 29.65%		John Bell 1,093 18.50%					Template:Canadian party colour|	James F. Ellis
	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cranswick Tory 1,827 30.92%		Duncan S. Chisholm 1,236 20.92%					Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cranswick Tory
Pictou	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert M. McGregor 4,555 17.68%		John W. McKay 4,210 16.34%		John B. Strickland 450 1.75%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert M. McGregor
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hugh MacKay 4,309 16.73%		J. William Sutherland 3,557 13.81%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hugh MacKay
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Henry Graham 4,512 17.52%		Charles Elliott Tanner 4,165 16.17%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Charles Elliott Tanner

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Cape Breton		D.J. Hartigan 6,764 12.11%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Neil Ferguson 6,885 12.33%				J. B. McLachlan (Socialist) 1,038 1.86%	Template:Canadian party colour|	New seat
		D.C. McDonald 6,692 11.98%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hamilton Butts 6,935 12.42%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hamilton Butts
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel Alexander Cameron 7,036 12.60%		Finlay McDonald 6,721 12.04%					Template:Canadian party colour|	New seat
		Michael T. Sullivan 6,390 11.44%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Carey Douglas 7,381 13.22%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Carey Douglas
Inverness	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald MacLennan 2,655 26.65%		Thomas Gallant 2,531 25.40%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald MacLennan
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John C. Bourinot 2,540 25.49%		Duncan F. MacLean 2,238 22.46%					Template:Canadian party colour|	James MacDonald†
Richmond		Simon Joyce 918 19.60%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 1,388 29.63%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Simon Joyce
		Alexander Finlayson 994 21.22%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald 1,384 29.55%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Charles P. Bissett†
Victoria	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Henry Murray 1,212 27.80%		Joseph Hays 886 20.32%					Template:Canadian party colour|	George Henry Murray
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Gillis Morrison 1,189 27.27%		Phillip McLeod 1,073 24.61%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant