1925 Nova Scotia general election

Template:Short description The 1925 Nova Scotia general election was held on 25 June 1925 to elect members of the 38th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

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Liberal-Conservative	Liberal	Labour

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1920	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)	Liberal-Conservative	Edgar Nelson Rhodes	42	3		39	+36	262,277	59.07%	+36.24%	Liberal	Ernest Howard Armstrong	43	29		3	-26	161,158	36.30%	-8.14%	Labour	None	11	0		1	-4	20,527	4.62%	-11.27%
	Vacant
Total valid votes								443,962	100.00%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								0	0.00%	–
Total			96	43	43	43	–	443,962	100.00%	–

Popular vote Liberal-Conservative   59.08% Liberal   36.30% Labour   4.62%

Seats summary Liberal-Conservative   90.69% Liberal   6.98% Labour   2.33%

Retiring incumbents

Labour

• Arthur R. Richardson, Cape Breton Centre

Liberal

• Angus Gladstone Buchanan, Victoria
• Adam Dunlap Burris, Halifax
• Daniel Alexander Cameron, Victoria
• Joseph William Comeau, Digby
• John L. Connolly, Halifax
• Orlando Daniels, Annapolis
• Robert Henry Graham, Pictou
• Donald MacLennan, Inverness
• Amédée Melanson, Yarmouth
• James Sealy, Kings

United Farmers

• Gilbert Nelson Allen, Cumberland
• John Alexander MacDonald, Hants
• Angus J. MacGillivray, Antigonish
• Robert Hunter Smith, Colchester
• Harry L. Taggart, Colchester

Nominated candidates

Legend
bold denotes party leader
† denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest The band that is coloured shows which candidates were successful in 1925.

Valley

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Annapolis		Frank R. Elliott 3,165 21.53%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Obediah Parker Goucher 4,331 29.46%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank R. Elliott
		Kenneth L. Crowell 3,071 20.89%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry Thompson MacKenzie 4,133 28.12%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Orlando Daniels†
Digby		Henry W.B. Warner 2,545 19.95%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,827 30.00%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry W.B. Warner
		Gilbert J. Belliveau 2,524 19.78%			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Hudson Farnham 3,862 30.27%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau†
Hants		James William Reid 3,075 20.08%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert Parsons 4,806 31.38%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James William Reid
		Lionel A. Forsyth 2,860 18.68%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Edgar Nelson Rhodes 4,573 29.86%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald†
Kings		John A. McDonald 4,963 24.23%			Template:Canadian party colour|	George Nowlan 5,520 26.95%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John A. McDonald
		Allison H. Borden 4,543 22.18%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Reginald Tucker Caldwell 5,455 26.63%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Sealy†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Lunenburg		John James Kinley 4,528 19.82%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Wallace Norman Rehfuss 7,159 31.34%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John James Kinley
		Aubrey Sperry 4,254 18.62%			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Haslam Smith 6,902 30.21%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Aubrey Sperry
Queens		George S. McClearn 1,735 23.06%			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Lorimer Hall 1,934 25.70%	Template:Canadian party colour|	George S. McClearn
		Jordan W. Smith 1,874 24.90%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank J.D. Barnjum 1,982 26.34%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Jordan W. Smith
Shelburne		Robert Irwin 2,001 21.90%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Ernest Reginald Nickerson 2,596 28.42%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Irwin
		Ernest Howard Armstrong 2,087 22.84%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Norman Emmons Smith 2,452 26.84%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Ernest Howard Armstrong
Yarmouth		Lindsay C. Gardner 3,032 22.66%			Template:Canadian party colour|	John Flint Cahan 3,852 28.79%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
		René W.E. Landry 3,079 23.02%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Raymond Neri d'Entremont 3,415 25.53%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Amédée Melanson†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Colchester		Maynard B. Archibald 2,634 14.42%			Template:Canadian party colour|	William Boardman Armstrong 6,733 36.86%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Harry L. Taggart†
		Frank A. Reynolds 2,461 13.47%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank Stanfield 6,439 35.25%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Hunter Smith†
Cumberland		James Ralston 5,508 13.45%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Archibald Terris 8,267 20.18%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Archibald Terris
		Charles H. Read 4,797 11.71%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Percy Chapman Black 9,057 22.11%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gilbert Nelson Allen†
		James M. Wardrope 4,754 11.61%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel George McKenzie 8,580 20.95%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel George McKenzie

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Halifax		John Murphy 8,291 6.86%		Walter Mosher 571 0.47%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Archibald Walker 15,679 12.97%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Adam Dunlap Burris†
		John G. MacDougall 8,256 6.83%		Robert Daw 480 0.40%	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Drysdale Piercey 15,672 12.97%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. Connolly†
		John Brown Douglas 7,905 6.54%		Alban L. Breen 392 0.32%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Josiah Frederick Fraser 15,985 13.23%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Brown Douglas
		Henry Bauld 7,900 6.54%			Template:Canadian party colour|	John Francis Mahoney 15,899 13.16%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry Bauld
		Walter J.A. O'Hearn 7,872 6.51%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Alexander Montgomerie 15,952 13.20%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Walter J.A. O'Hearn

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Antigonish	Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. MacIsaac 2,393 27.74%				Duncan S. Chisholm 2,095 24.29%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus J. MacGillivray†
	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Chisholm 2,267 26.28%				Fred R. Irish 1,871 21.69%	Template:Canadian party colour|	William Chisholm
Guysborough		Clarence W. Anderson 2,668 23.70%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Simon Osborn Giffin 2,995 26.61%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Clarence W. Anderson
		James Cranswick Tory 2,763 24.55%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Howard Amos Rice 2,830 25.14%	Template:Canadian party colour|	James Cranswick Tory
Pictou		Archibald McColl 5,591 12.18%		William Murray 695 1.51%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Doull 9,432 20.55%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
		John Welsford MacDonald 5,464 11.91%		J. Gordon Calkin 668 1.46%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Hugh Allan MacQuarrie 9,043 19.71%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Welsford MacDonald
		George W. Whitman 5,332 11.62%		Joseph White 610 1.33%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Albert Douglas 9,053 19.73%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Robert Henry Graham†

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
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Cape Breton Centre		Daniel McDonald 3,277 14.68%		Joseph Steele 313 1.40%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Sidney Harrington 7,621 34.13%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Steele Cape Breton
		James McConnell 3,210 14.38%		Emerson Campbell 295 1.32%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Macdonald 7,611 34.09%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Arthur R. Richardson† Cape Breton
Cape Breton East		Dan C. McDonald 933 3.82%		Forman Waye 4,051 16.57%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Carey Douglas 7,276 29.77%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Forman Waye Cape Breton
		James L. McKinnon 928 3.80%		D. W. Morrison 4,185 17.12%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Alexander O'Handley 7,071 28.93%	Template:Canadian party colour|	D. W. Morrison Cape Breton
Inverness		Moses Elijah McGarry 3,906 24.46%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,019 25.17%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald MacLennan†
		John C. Bourinot 3,862 24.19%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Malcolm McKay 4,180 26.18%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John C. Bourinot
Richmond-West Cape Breton		Donald D. Boyd 2,667 21.67%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc 3,500 28.44%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc Richmond
		George R. Deveau 2,637 21.43%			Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald 8,466 52.70%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander MacDonald Richmond
Victoria	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald Buchanan McLeod 1,874 27.05%				Hector A. McLeod 1,622 23.41%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus Gladstone Buchanan†
		Alexander K. McKenzie 1,672 24.13%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Phillip McLeod 1,760 25.40%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel Alexander Cameron†