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1894 Nova Scotia general election

1894 Nova Scotia general election

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March 8–15, 1894

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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	2	2
Popular vote	75,295	68,455
Percentage	52.05%	47.33%
Swing	1.21pp	0.59pp

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

Results by party

↓
26	12
Liberal	Liberal-Conservative

Official results ^[2]^[3]
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	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

Liberal

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Annapolis		James Wilberforce Longley 1,808 27.18%		Thomas R. Jones 1,555 23.38%				James Wilberforce Longley
Annapolis		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
Digby		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
Hants		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
Kings		Harry H. Wickwire 2,081 28.97%		R. M. Rand 1,296 18.04%				Vacant

South Shore

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Lunenburg		John Drew Sperry 2,648 27.92%		James A. McLean 2,133 22.49%				John Drew Sperry
Lunenburg		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
Queens		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
Shelburne		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
Yarmouth		Cornelius Forman Hatfield 1,097 23.81%		Albert A. Pothier 1,147 24.90%				Cornelius Forman Hatfield

Fundy-Northeast

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Colchester		Frederick Andrew Laurence 1,896 25.09%		Israel Longworth 1,890 25.02%				Frederick Andrew Laurence
Colchester		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
Cumberland		Alexander E. Fraser 2,902 26.58%		William Oxley 2,411 22.08%				William Oxley

Halifax

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Antigonish		Colin Francis McIsaac 1,333 27.99%		J.J. Cameron 1,141 23.95%				Colin Francis McIsaac
Antigonish		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
Guysborough		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

Electoral district	Candidates						Incumbent
Electoral district	Liberal		Liberal-Conservative		Independent/Other		Incumbent
Cape Breton		Joseph McPherson 2,592 23.89%		William MacKay 2,885 26.59%				Joseph McPherson
Cape Breton		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
Inverness		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
Richmond^[5]		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%		John Lemuel Bethune 911 28.34%				John Lemuel Bethune

References

^ 4 December 1894 deferred by-election for Richmond seat, won by Liberal candidate
^ "Nova Scotia Provincial Elections 1867-2016" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Electoral Districts- History". Nova Scotia Legislature. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ 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.

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