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The 1906 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1906 to elect members of the 34th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Results
Results by party
| 32 | 5 | 1 |
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Other |
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Dissolution | Elected | Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
| Liberal | George Henry Murray | 40 | 36 | 36 | 32 | -4 | 87,267 | 55.08% | -3.71% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | Charles Elliott Tanner | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 67,028 | 42.32% | +1.11% | |
| Independent/Other | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4,125 | 2.60% | +2.36% | ||
| Vacant | 0 | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 158,420 | 100.00% | – | |||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 0 | 0.00% | – | |||||||
| Total | 74 | 38 | 38 | 38 | – | 158,420 | 100.00% | – | ||
Retiring incumbents
- Liberal
- George A. Cox, Shelburne
- Michael Edwin Keefe, Halifax
- Henry T. Laurence, Colchester
- George Mitchell, Halifax
- George G. Sanderson, Yarmouth
- John Drew Sperry, Lunenburg
Nominated candidates
1906 Nova Scotia Provincial Election[3]
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Annapolis | Orlando Daniels 2,062 29.46% |
A. L. Davison 1,674 23.91% |
Orlando Daniels | |||||
| Joseph A. Bancroft 1,826 26.09% |
Alfred Wightman 1,438 20.54% |
Joseph A. Bancroft | ||||||
| Digby | Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau 1,376 32.51% |
M. H. Marshall 829 19.59% |
Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | |||||
| Angus Morrison Gidney 1,253 29.61% |
A. A. Theriault 774 18.29% |
Angus Morrison Gidney | ||||||
| Hants | Arthur Drysdale 1,934 26.19% |
E. A. O'Brien 1,800 24.37% |
Arthur Drysdale | |||||
| Francis Parker McHeffey 1,792 24.27% |
Charles Smith Wilcox 1,859 25.17% |
Francis Parker McHeffey | ||||||
| Kings[4] | Brenton Dodge 2,152 25.83% |
E. W. Sawyer 1,977 23.72% (Union Reform) |
Brenton Dodge | |||||
| Harry H. Wickwire 2,056 24.67% |
Charles Alexander Campbell 2,148 25.78% (Union Reform) |
Harry H. Wickwire | ||||||
South Shore
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Lunenburg | Charles Uniacke Mader 2,274 26.12% |
C. S. Marshall 2,147 24.66% |
Charles Uniacke Mader | |||||
| Henry March 2,254 25.89% |
C. A. Lander 2,031 23.33% |
John Drew Sperry† | ||||||
| Queens | Edward Matthew Farrell 1,008 31.28% |
J. S. Hughes 754 23.40% |
Edward Matthew Farrell | |||||
| Charles F. Cooper 874 27.13% |
J. C. Pyke 586 18.19% |
Charles F. Cooper | ||||||
| Shelburne | Moses H. Nickerson 1,083 28.08% |
N. R. Craig 930 24.11% |
Moses H. Nickerson | |||||
| Robert Irwin 975 25.28% |
T. C. Lockwood 869 22.53% |
George A. Cox† | ||||||
| Yarmouth | Ernest Howard Armstrong 1,586 34.20% |
A. M. Perrin 815 17.57% |
George G. Sanderson† | |||||
| Henry S. LeBlanc 1,425 30.72% |
Raymond Neri d'Entremont 812 17.51% |
Henry S. LeBlanc | ||||||
Fundy-Northeast
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Colchester | William Davison Hill 2,567 28.76% |
J. H. McCleave 2,177 24.39% |
Henry T. Laurence† | |||||
| Benjamin Franklin Pearson 2,386 26.73% |
John Suckling 1,795 20.11% |
Benjamin Franklin Pearson | ||||||
| Cumberland | Elisha B. Paul 3,619 26.57% |
C. F. Jameison 2,995 21.99% |
Elisha B. Paul | |||||
| William Thomas Pipes 3,587 26.34% |
Daniel J. McLeod 3,419 25.10% |
Daniel J. McLeod | ||||||
Halifax
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Halifax | David McPherson 5,550 19.23% |
G.M. Campbell 4,423 15.33% |
David McPherson | |||||
| George Everett Faulkner 5,475 18.97% |
W.M. Sedgewick 4,093 14.18% |
George Mitchell† | ||||||
| Robert Emmett Finn 5,372 18.62% |
W.F. O'Connor 3,943 13.66% |
Michael Edwin Keefe† | ||||||
Central Nova
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Antigonish | Fred Robert Trotter Acclamation |
Fred Robert Trotter | ||||||
| Christopher P. Chisholm Acclamation |
Christopher P. Chisholm | |||||||
| Guysborough | James F. Ellis 1,705 29.30% |
Simon Osborn Giffin 1,325 22.77% |
James F. Ellis | |||||
| William Whitman 1,634 28.08% |
G.A.R. Rowlings 1,155 19.85% |
William Whitman | ||||||
| Pictou | Robert M. McGregor 3,832 17.50% |
George E. Munro 3,372 15.40% |
Robert M. McGregor | |||||
| George Patterson 3,546 16.19% |
John M. Baillie 3,617 16.52% |
George Patterson | ||||||
| Robert Hugh MacKay 3,546 16.19% |
Charles Elliott Tanner 3,983 18.19% |
Charles Elliott Tanner | ||||||
Cape Breton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Liberal-Conservative | Independent/Other | ||||||
| Cape Breton | Arthur Samuel Kendall 5,225 26.66% |
J. W. Madden 4,777 24.37% |
Arthur Samuel Kendall | |||||
| Neil J. Gillis 4,897 24.98% |
Robert Hamilton Butts 4,702 23.99% |
Neil J. Gillis | ||||||
| Inverness | James MacDonald 2,052 22.26% |
Daniel McNeil 1,099 11.92% |
James MacDonald | |||||
| H. C. Hache 1,540 16.70% | ||||||||
| Moses J. Doucet 1,530 16.59% |
Charles Edward McMillan 1,639 17.78% |
Moses J. Doucet | ||||||
| Dougald MacLachan 1,360 14.75% | ||||||||
| Richmond | Charles P. Bissett 1,140 36.66% |
Edward Doyle 398 12.80% |
Charles P. Bissett | |||||
| Simon Joyce 766 24.63% |
Felix Landry 806 25.92% |
Simon Joyce | ||||||
| Victoria | George Henry Murray Acclamation |
George Henry Murray | ||||||
| John Gillis Morrison Acclamation |
John Gillis Morrison | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ↑ Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867–2016 (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. June 4, 2018. pp. 25–27. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ↑ "The kingly men of Kings set an example to the man of all Canada". Halifax Evening Mail. November 17, 1906. p. 24. Retrieved October 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1907). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1906. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
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