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1894 Nova Scotia general election

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1894 Nova Scotia general election

← 1890 March 8–15, 1894 1897 →

38 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Leader William Stevens Fielding William MacKay
Party Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Leader since 1884 1894
Leader's seat Halifax Ran in
Cape Breton (Won)
Last election 28 10
Seats won 26[1] 12
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 75,295 68,455
Percentage 52.05% 47.33%
Swing Increase1.21pp Increase0.59pp

Premier before election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

Premier after election

William Stevens Fielding
Liberal

The 1894 Nova Scotia general election was held from 8 March to 15 March 1894 to elect members of the 31st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

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Results by party

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26 12
Liberal Liberal-Conservative
Official results [2][3]
Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1890 Dissolution Elected Change # % Change (pp)
  Liberal William Stevens Fielding 39 28 27 26 -2 75,295 52.05% +1.21%
  Liberal-Conservative William MacKay 37 10 10 12 +2 68,455 47.33% +0.59%
  Independent/Other 1 0 0 0 0 899 0.62% -1.80%
  Vacant 1  
Total valid votes 144,649 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 0 0.00%
Total 77 38 38 38 144,649 100.00%
Popular vote
Liberal
52.05%
Liberal-Conservative
47.33%
Independent/Other
0.62%
Seats summary
Liberal
68.42%
Liberal-Conservative
31.58%

Retiring incumbents

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Liberal
Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

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1894 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[4]

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

Valley

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Annapolis James Wilberforce Longley
1,808
27.18%
Thomas R. Jones
1,555
23.38%
James Wilberforce Longley
Joseph A. Bancroft
1,793
26.95%
Hugh E. Gillis
1,496
22.49%
Henry M. Munro
Digby Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
1,228
27.54%
Louis Dugan
1,018
22.83%
Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
Eliakim Tupper
1,245
27.92%
M. R. Timpany
968
21.71%
Eliakim Tupper
Hants Arthur Drysdale
1,706
25.19%
James A. Thompson
1,689
24.94%
Arthur Drysdale
W. H. Guild
1,644
24.28%
Charles Smith Wilcox
1,733
25.59%
Thomas Barlow Smith
Kings Brenton Dodge
2,227
31.%
Barclay Webster
1,580
21.99%
Barclay Webster
Harry H. Wickwire
2,081
28.97%
R. M. Rand
1,296
18.04%
Vacant

South Shore

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Lunenburg John Drew Sperry
2,648
27.92%
James A. McLean
2,133
22.49%
John Drew Sperry
Charles Edward Church
2,602
27.44%
J. A. Hirtle
2,101
22.15%
Charles Edward Church
Queens Albert M. Hemeon
913
28.83%
John Hutt
703
22.20%
Albert M. Hemeon
Richard Hunt
912
28.79%
O.L. Patch
639
20.18%
Richard Hunt
Shelburne Thomas Johnston
1,282
26.31%
R. W. Freeman
1,059
21.74%
Thomas Johnston
Thomas Robertson
1,319
27.07%
Charles Cahan
1,212
24.88%
Charles Cahan
Yarmouth William Law
1,464
31.78%
E.C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance)
899
19.51%
William Law
Cornelius Forman Hatfield
1,097
23.81%
Albert A. Pothier
1,147
24.90%
Cornelius Forman Hatfield

Fundy-Northeast

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Colchester Frederick Andrew Laurence
1,896
25.09%
Israel Longworth
1,890
25.02%
Frederick Andrew Laurence
Alfred Dickie
1,814
24.01%
Wilbert David Dimock
1,955
25.88%
George Clarke
Cumberland Thomas Reuben Black
3,109
28.47%
George W. Forrest
2,498
22.87%
George W. Forrest
Alexander E. Fraser
2,902
26.58%
William Oxley
2,411
22.08%
William Oxley

Halifax

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Halifax William Stevens Fielding
4,795
17.88%
T. W. Walsh
4,019
14.99%
William Stevens Fielding
William Roche
4,651
17.35%
James Morrow
4,406
16.43%
William Roche
Michael Joseph Power
4,373
16.31%
William Anderson Black
4,570
17.04%
Michael Joseph Power

Central Nova

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Antigonish Colin Francis McIsaac
1,333
27.99%
J.J. Cameron
1,141
23.95%
Colin Francis McIsaac
Christopher P. Chisholm
1,225
25.72%
C. Ernest Gregory
1,064
22.34%
Christopher P. Chisholm
Guysborough Daniel H. McKinnon
1,240
28.70%
Hamilton Morrow
979
22.66%
Hamilton Morrow
John Howard Sinclair
1,216
28.15%
A. Whitman
885
20.49%
Alexander F. Cameron
Pictou Edward Mortimer Macdonald
2,797
15.41%
William Cameron
3,254
17.93%
William Cameron
James Drummond McGregor
2,992
16.49%
Charles Elliott Tanner
3,236
17.83%
James Drummond McGregor
J. F. Oliver
2,759
15.20%
Alexander Grant
3,109
17.13%
Alexander Grant

Cape Breton

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Liberal-Conservative Independent/Other
Cape Breton Joseph McPherson
2,592
23.89%
William MacKay
2,885
26.59%
Joseph McPherson
Angus J. MacDonald
2,552
23.52%
John McCormick
2,822
26.01%
Angus J. MacDonald
Inverness John McKinnon
1,746
24.87%
John H. Jameison
1,857
26.45%
John McKinnon
Samuel McDonnell
1,658
23.61%
Alexander Campbell
1,760
25.07%
Daniel McNeil
Richmond[5] Simon Joyce
996
25.89%
Abraham LeBlanc
883
22.95%
Abraham LeBlanc
Joseph Matheson
974
25.32%
John Morrison
994
25.84%
Joseph Matheson
Victoria John Gillis Morrison
784
24.39%
John J. McCabe
597
18.57%
John A. Fraser
John A. Fraser
748
23.27%
John Lemuel Bethune
911
28.34%
John Lemuel Bethune
M. H. MacKenzie
174
5.41%

References

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  1. ^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
  2. ^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  5. ^ In the riding of Richmond, Liberal-Conservative John Morrison's election was voided by courts upon protest and petition by Liberal Joseph Matheson on March 19 and April 19, 1894. A by-election was held on December 4, 1894 to fill the seat and was won by Matheson.