1920 Nova Scotia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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 percent of the vote.

This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.

Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting.

Results

Results by party

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Liberal	United Farmers	Labour	Liberal-Conservative

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1916	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)	Liberal	George Henry Murray	40	30		29	-1	154,627	44.44%	-6.34%	Liberal-Conservative	William Lorimer Hall	31	13		3	-10	81,044	23.29%	-25.11%	United FarmersTemplate:Efn	Daniel George McKenzie	17	0		6	+6	47,798	13.74%	N/A	LabourTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	None	12	0		5	+5	64,495	18.54%	+18.14%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								347,964	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			100	43	43	43	–	347,964	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal   44.44% Liberal-Conservative   23.29% Labour   18.54% United Farmers   13.74%

Seats summary Liberal   67.44% United Farmers   13.95% Labour   11.63% Liberal-Conservative   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

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Annapolis	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank R. Elliott 3,330 27.90%				Vernon B. Leonard 2,512 21.05%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank R. Elliott
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Orlando Daniels 3,630 30.41%				Edgar C. Shaffner 2,463 20.64%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Orlando Daniels
Digby	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry W.B. Warner 2,997 30.93%				Glidden Campbell 1,835 18.94%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry W.B. Warner
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau 3,165 32.67%				Emede Robicheau 1,692 17.46%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau
Hants				Albert Parsons 2,083 21.06%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald 2,179 22.03%		Wiley V. Davison 998 10.09%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert Parsons
	Template:Canadian party colour|	James William Reid 3,035 30.69%				Walter J. Aylword 1,594 16.12%			Template:Canadian party colour|	James William Reid
Kings	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander McDonald 4,705 28.21%		James E. Kinsman 3,622 21.71%					Template:Canadian party colour|	James E. Kinsman
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry H. Wickwire 4,917 29.48%		C.R. Bill 3,437 20.60%					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 4,900 30.24%		Lemeau J. Hebb 3,237 19.98%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John James Kinley
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Aubrey Sperry 4,795 29.60%		Foster W. Verge 3,270 20.18%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
Queens	Template:Canadian party colour|	George S. McClearn 1,607 26.15%		William Lorimer Hall 1,485 24.17%					Template:Canadian party colour|	William Lorimer Hall
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jordan W. Smith 1,737 28.27%		Robert Smith 1,316 21.42%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Irwin 1,917 28.64%		William T. Brannen 1,623 24.25%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Irwin
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank E. Smith 1,774 26.51%		Wendell H. Currie 1,379 20.60%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank E. Smith
Yarmouth		Ernest Howard Armstrong 3,052 31.55%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Howard Corning 3,416 35.31%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Ernest Howard Armstrong
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Amédée Melanson 3,207 33.15%							Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Colchester				Robert H. Kennedy 3,096 23.33%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry L. Taggart 3,430 25.84%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert H. Kennedy
				William R. Dunbar 3,213 24.21%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hunter Smith 3,533 26.62%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank Stanfield†
Cumberland		James Ralston 4,486 14.55%		Grace McLeod Rogers 2,470 8.01%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Archibald Terris 4,716 15.30%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Ralston
		Varley B. Fullerton 2,659 8.63%		Percy L. Spicer 1,864 6.05%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gilbert Nelson Allen 4,934 16.01%			Template:Canadian party colour|	James W. Kirkpatrick†
		Rufus Carter 3,215 10.43%		Everett C. Leslie 1,714 5.56%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel George McKenzie 4,766 15.46%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Rufus Carter

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Halifax	Template:Canadian party colour|	Adam Dunlap Burris 5,936 9.07%		John B. Archibald 4,045 6.18%		Joseph S. Wallace 3,409 5.21%		Ronald A. McDonald 3,369 5.15%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Hector MacInnes†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. Connolly 5,817 8.89%		Robert A. Brenton 3,860 5.90%		Peter McN. Kuhn 3,165 4.83%		Patrick J. Healy 3,336 5.10%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. Connolly
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Brown Douglas 6,057 9.25%		Frederick W. Stevens 3,642 5.56%				Joseph H. McKenzie 3,157 4.82%	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Everett Faulkner†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry Bauld 6,554 10.01%		Francis A. Gillis 3,595 5.49%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry Bauld
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Emmett Finn 6,285 9.60%		Edward L. Power 3,236 4.94%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Antigonish		Alexander Stirling MacMillan 1,725 23.65%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus J. MacGillivray 1,804 24.73%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Fred Robert Trotter†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Chisholm 2,059 28.23%				Fred R. Irish 1,706 23.39%			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Chisholm
Guysborough	Template:Canadian party colour|	Clarence W. Anderson 2,359 30.36%				D.P. Floyd 1,483 19.09%			Template:Canadian party colour|	James F. Ellis†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cranswick Tory 2,619 33.71%				J.A. Dillon 1,309 16.85%			Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cranswick Tory
Pictou	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert M. McGregor 6,056 15.78%		John Bell 4,416 11.51%		Alexander D. MacKay 5,984 15.59%		Henry D. Fraser 6,012 15.66%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert M. McGregor
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Welsford MacDonald 6,287 16.38%						Bertha A. Donaldson 2,930 7.63%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hugh MacKay†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Henry Graham 6,696 17.45%							Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Henry Graham

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Cape Breton		W.F. Carroll 6,471 9.08%		Neil R. McArthur 2,809 3.94%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Steele 9,800 13.75%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Neil Ferguson†
		A.B. MacGillivray 5,334 7.49%		A.C. MacCormick 2,749 3.86%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur R. Richardson 9,177 12.88%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
		Daniel Alexander Cameron 5,729 8.04%		Ewen MacKay Forbes 2,343 3.29%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Forman Waye 9,407 13.20%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel Alexander Cameron
		N. MacDonald 5,270 7.40%		Charles B. Smith 2,338 3.28%			Template:Canadian party colour|	D. W. Morrison 9,830 13.80%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
Inverness	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald MacLennan 3,461 26.32%		Moses Elijah McGarry 2,643 20.10%				John J. McNeil 1,763 13.40%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald MacLennan
	Template:Canadian party colour|	John C. Bourinot 3,204 24.36%		Malcolm McKay 2,081 15.82%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John C. Bourinot
Richmond		G.H. Murray 1,761 24.35%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 1,823 25.20%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
		George R. Deveau 1,728 23.89%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald 1,921 26.56%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald
Victoria	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Henry Murray 2,078 32.42%		Guy McL. Matheson 1,109 17.30%					Template:Canadian party colour|	George Henry Murray
	Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus Gladstone Buchanan 2,013 31.41%		Phillip McLeod 1,209 18.86%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant