1933 Nova Scotia general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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

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Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1928	Dissolution	Elected	Change	#	%	Change (pp)	Liberal	Angus Lewis Macdonald	30	20	15	22	+2	166,170	52.34%	+4.37%	Liberal-Conservative	Gordon Sidney Harrington	30	22	20	8	-14	145,107	45.71%	-3.20%	LabourTemplate:Efn		3	1	1	0	-1	2,469	0.78%	-1.91%	Co-operative Commonwealth		3	0	0	0	0	2,336	0.74%	–
	Vacant				7
Total valid votes								316,082	99.56%	–
Blank and invalid ballots								1,403	0.44%	–
Total			66	43	43	30	-13	317,485	100.00%	–
Registered voters / turnout								295,957	85.90%Template:Efn	–

Popular vote Liberal   52.34% Liberal-Conservative   45.71% Labour   0.78% CCF   0.74%

Seats summary Liberal   73.33% Liberal-Conservative   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

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Annapolis		Obediah Parker Goucher 3,967 44.65%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	John D. McKenzie 4,917 55.35%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Obediah Parker Goucher
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Harry Thompson MacKenzie†
Digby		Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 3,703 40.80%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau 5,372 59.20%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph William Comeau
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Alexander Stirling MacMillan
Hants		Albert Parsons 4,603 46.35%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Alexander Stirling MacMillan 5,328 53.65%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Albert Parsons
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Vacant
Kings		George Nowlan 6,098 47.65%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	John Alexander McDonald 6,700 52.35%					Template:Canadian party colour|	George Nowlan
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Reginald Tucker Caldwell†

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Lunenburg		Wallace Norman Rehfuss 6,744 21.78%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Frank R. Davis 8,369 27.03%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
		Melbourne M. Gardner 7,049 22.77%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon E. Romkey 8,799 28.42%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon E. Romkey
Queens	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Seth M. Bartling 2,880 50.91%		Roland M. Irving 2,777 49.09%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald W. MacKay†
	Template:Canadian party colour|								Vacant
Shelburne		James W. Maddin 2,500 43.46%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry R. L. Bill 3,252 56.54%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Henry R. L. Bill
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Wishart McLea Robertson†
Yarmouth		Alvin L. Chipman 3,646 38.49%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Lindsay C. Gardner 5,826 61.51%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Lindsay C. Gardner
			Template:Canadian party colour|						René W.E. Landry†

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Colchester	Template:Canadian party colour|	William A. Flemming 6,748 27.04%		Thomas R. Johnson 6,043 24.21%					Template:Canadian party colour|	William A. Flemming
	Template:Canadian party colour|	George Y. Thomas 6,398 25.64%		R. Edgar McLeod 5,769 23.11%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant
Cumberland		Archibald Terris 8,291 22.73%	Template:Canadian party colour|	John S. Smiley 9,540 26.15%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Archibald Terris
	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Percy Chapman Black 9,406 25.78%		Earle B. Paul 9,242 25.34%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Percy Chapman Black
	Template:Canadian party colour|								Daniel George McKenzie†

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Halifax Centre		Russell McInnes 3,967 43.94%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Guy Murray Logan 4,915 54.44%		Joseph S. Wallace 146 1.62%			Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant Halifax
Halifax East		Josiah Frederick Fraser 5,595 47.14%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Geoffrey W. Stevens 6,273 52.86%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Josiah Frederick Fraser Halifax
Halifax North		Gerald P. Flavin 3,410 38.48%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Benjamin Isnor 5,452 61.52%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Benjamin Isnor Halifax
Halifax South		George H. Murphy 4,325 46.66%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus Lewis Macdonald 4,945 53.34%					Template:Canadian party colour|	George Henry Murphy Halifax
Halifax West		Angus MacDonald Morton 3,957 45.17%	Template:Canadian party colour|	George E. Hagen 4,804 54.83%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Angus MacDonald Morton Halifax

Central Nova

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Antigonish		John A. Walker 2,482 45.68%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. MacIsaac 2,951 54.32%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John L. MacIsaac
			Template:Canadian party colour|						William Chisholm†
Guysborough		Leonard W. Fraser 3,408 43.44%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Clarence W. Anderson 4,437 56.56%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Clarence W. Anderson
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Michael E. Morrison†
Pictou		John Doull 8,546 22.10%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald F. Fraser 10,377 26.83%					Template:Canadian party colour|	John Doull
		John W. MacLeod 8,861 22.91%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Josiah H. MacQuarrie 10,887 28.15%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Hugh Allan MacQuarrie†
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Robert Albert Douglas†

Cape Breton

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
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Cape Breton Centre		Neil R. McArthur 2,969 43.53%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Michael Dwyer 3,263 47.84%				Thomas Ling 588 8.62%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Sidney Harrington
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Joseph Macdonald
Cape Breton East		Daniel R. Cameron 3,632 38.97%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Lauchlin Daniel Currie 3,655 39.21%		James B. McLachlan 1,737 18.64%		Donald O. Fraser 297 3.19%	Template:Canadian party colour|	Daniel R. Cameron
			Template:Canadian party colour|						Robert Hamilton Butts†
Cape Breton North	Template:Canadian party colour|	Joseph Macdonald 4,448 47.50%		Luke Daye 4,330 46.24%		John McDonald 586 6.26%			Template:Canadian party colour|	New riding
Cape Breton South	Template:Canadian party colour|	Gordon Sidney Harrington 4,757 43.81%		Malcolm A. Patterson 4,650 42.83%				Lauchlin D. McKay 1,451 13.36%	Template:Canadian party colour|	New riding
Cape Breton West	Template:Canadian party colour|	Weldon W. Patton 3,036 53.49%		Alonzo Martell 2,640 46.51%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Alonzo Martell Richmond-West Cape Breton
Inverness		Hubert Meen Aucoin 4,862 46.36%	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Moses Elijah McGarry 5,626 53.64%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Moses Elijah McGarry
			Template:Canadian party colour|						James A. Proudfoot†
Richmond		Benjamin A. LeBlanc 2,603 46.46%	Template:Canadian party colour|	George R. Deveau 3,000 53.54%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Vacant Richmond-West Cape Breton
Victoria	rowspan=2 Template:Canadian party colour|	Frederick Walker Baldwin 2,216 52.18%		Donald Buchanan McLeod 2,031 47.82%					Template:Canadian party colour|	Donald Buchanan McLeod
	Template:Canadian party colour|								Vacant