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1874 Nova Scotia general election

The 1874 Nova Scotia general election was held on 17 December 1874 to elect members of the 26th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

Liberal-Conservative

Nominated candidates

1874 Nova Scotia Provincial Election

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

Valley

|- | rowspan="2"|Annapolis | |E. Bent<br />1,013<br />23.05% || |Avard Longley<br />1,211<br />27.55% | | || |Jared C. Troop†|- | | Parker<br />994<br />22.62% || |William Botsford Troop<br />1,177<br />26.78% | | || |David C. Landers†|- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Henri M. Robicheau<br />967<br />30.28% | |John Chipman Wade<br />574<br />17.98% | | || |William Berrian Vail†|- | |Urbine Doucette<br />529<br />16.57% | | || |Colin Campbell (Anti-Confederate)<br />1,123<br />35.17% || |Urbine Doucette |- | rowspan="2"|Hants | |Thomas Barlow Smith<br />1,332<br />31.68% || |William Henry Allison<br />1,463<br />34.80% | | || |Thomas Barlow Smith |- | | || |Alfred Putnam<br />1,409<br />33.52% | | || |Henry Yeomans†|- | rowspan="2"|Kings | |Daniel Charles Moore<br />1,027<br />22.95% | | || |John B. North<br />1,171<br />26.17% || |Daniel Charles Moore |- | |Henry Shaw<br />1,016<br />22.71% || |Douglas Benjamin Woodworth<br />1,260<br />28.16% | | || |Vacant |-

South Shore

|- | rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |James Daniel Eisenhauer<br />1,507<br />28.95% | |William Young<br />1,148<br />22.06% | | || |James Daniel Eisenhauer |- || |Mather Byles DesBrisay<br />1,423<br />27.34% | |Edward James<br />1,127<br />21.65% | | || |Mather Byles DesBrisay |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |Isaac N. Mack<br />740<br />32.46% | |Charles Allison<br />441<br />19.34% | | || |William Henry Smith†|- || |Samuel Freeman<br />705<br />30.92% | |George Starrat Parker<br />394<br />17.28% | | || |Samuel Freeman |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Thomas Johnston<br />Acclamation | | | | || |Thomas Johnston |- || |Robert Robertson<br />Acclamation | | | | || |Robert Robertson |- | rowspan="3"|Yarmouth || |Albert Gayton<br />1,641<br />45.70% | | | | || |Albert Gayton |- || |John Lovitt<br />1,211<br />33.72% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|John K. Ryerson |- | |John K. Ryerson<br />739<br />20.58%

Fundy-Northeast

|- | rowspan="3"|Colchester || |John Barnhill Dickie<br />1,687<br />30.25% | | | | || |Samuel Rettie†|- | |Thomas Fletcher Morrison<br />1,046<br />18.76% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|William Albert Patterson<br />1,718<br />30.81% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Thomas Fletcher Morrison |- | |Robert Putman<br />1,126<br />20.19% |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland | | | |Charles James Townsend<br />1,209<br />22.92% || |Hiram Black<br />1,461<br />27.70% || |Vacant |- || |Amos Purdy<br />1,304<br />24.72% | |Edward Vickery<br />1,301<br />24.66% | | || |Edward Vickery |-

Halifax

|- | rowspan="3"|Halifax || |Philip Carteret Hill<br />2,862<br />20.88% | |Robert Sedgewick<br />1,837<br />13.40% | | || |John Taylor†|- || |Donald Archibald<br />2,853<br />20.81% | |W. J. Almon<br />1,818<br />13.26% | | || |Donald Archibald |- || |Edward Farrell<br />2,709<br />19.76% | |M. J. Griffin<br />1,630<br />11.89% | | || |John Flinn†|-

Central Nova

|- | rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Daniel MacDonald<br />752<br />31.01% | | | | || |Daniel MacDonald |- | |Joseph MacDonald<br />661<br />27.26% || |John J. McKinnon<br />1,012<br />41.73% | | || |Joseph MacDonald |- | rowspan="3"|Guysborough || |Charles M. Franchville<br />682<br />28.26% | |Stewart Campbell<br />440<br />18.23% | | || |Charles M. Franchville |- |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|William Henry Wylde<br />628<br />26.03% | |Alexander N. McDonald<br />362<br />15.00% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|William Henry Wylde |- | |Joseph William Hadley<br />301<br />12.47% |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou | | || |Alexander MacKay<br />Acclamation | | || |Alexander MacKay |- | | || |Simon Hugh Holmes<br />Acclamation | | || |Simon Hugh Holmes |- | | || |Hugh J. Cameron<br />Acclamation | | || |Hugh J. Cameron |-

Cape Breton

|- | rowspan="2"|Cape Breton || |Alonzo J. White<br />1,129<br />34.19% | |John Currie<br />204<br />6.19% | | || |Alonzo J. White |- | |John Fergusson<br />626<br />18.96% | |A. G. Hamilton<br />304<br />9.21% || |Ebenezer Tilton Moseley<br />1,039<br />31.47% || |John Fergusson |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness | |Alexander Campbell<br />1,309<br />24.06% | | || |John J. McKinnon<br />1,390<br />25.55% || |Hiram Blanchard†|- | |Hugh McDonald<br />1,260<br />23.16% | | || |Duncan J. Campbell<br />1,482<br />27.24% || |Duncan J. Campbell |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond | | | | || |Charles Boudroit<br />Acclamation || |Charles Boudroit |- | | || |Murdoch McRae<br />Acclamation | | || |Murdoch McRae |- | rowspan="2"|Victoria || |David McCurdy<br />680<br />33.93% | |John Angus Morrison<br />382<br />19.06% | | || |David McCurdy |- || |John A. Fraser<br />548<br />27.35% | | | |William Kidston<br />394<br />19.66% || |John Ross†|-

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