The 1897 Nova Scotia general election was held from 13 April to 20 April 1897 to elect members of the 32nd House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
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1897 Nova Scotia Provincial Election
Legend<br> bold denotes party leader<br> â denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
|- | rowspan="2"|Annapolis || |James Wilberforce Longley<br />1,871<br />26.38% | |Thomas R. Jones<br />1,680<br />23.69% | | || |James Wilberforce Longley |- || |Joseph A. Bancroft<br />1,878<br />26.48% | |C. S. Harrington<br />1,664<br />23.46% | | || |Joseph A. Bancroft |- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Angus Morrison Gidney<br />1,498<br />31.14% | |Frank E. Comeau<br />940<br />19.54% | | || |Angus Morrison Gidney |- || |Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau<br />1,512<br />31.43% | |M.R. Timpany<br />860<br />17.88% | | || |Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau |- | rowspan="2"|Hants | |William McDonald Douglas<br />1,707<br />24.35% || |Charles Smith Wilcox<br />1,746<br />24.91% | | || |Charles Smith Wilcox |- || |Arthur Drysdale<br />1,839<br />26.24% | |James A. Thompson<br />1,717<br />24.50% | | || |Arthur Drysdale |- | rowspan="2"|Kings || |Brenton Dodge<br />2,354<br />33.08% | |Peter Innis<br />1,460<br />20.52% | | || |Brenton Dodge |- || |Harry H. Wickwire<br />2,195<br />30.85% | |Leander Rand<br />1,107<br />15.56% | | || |Harry H. Wickwire |-
|- | rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |John Drew Sperry<br />2,581<br />25.52% | |A.J. Wolff<br />2,512<br />24.84% | | || |Allan Moreashâ |- || |Charles Edward Church<br />2,514<br />24.86% | |Emanuel Hebb<br />2,507<br />24.78% | | || |Charles Edward Church |- | rowspan="4"|Queens || |Edward Matthew Farrell<br />876<br />26.38% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|John Hutt<br />666<br />20.05% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Edward Matthew Farrell |- | |R. R. McLeod<br />184<br />5.54% |- || |Thomas Keillor<br />712<br />21.44% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|T. H. Siddell<br />179<br />5.39% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Richard Huntâ |- | |John Millard<br />704<br />21.20% |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Thomas Johnston<br />Acclaimed<br /> | | | | || |Thomas Robertson |- || |Thomas Robertson<br />Acclaimed<br /> | | | | || |Thomas Johnston |- | rowspan="2"|Yarmouth || |William Law<br />1,501<br />29.14% | |Joseph R. Wyman<br />958<br />18.60% | |E. C. Simonson (Prohibitionist-Temperance)<br />605<br />11.74% || |William Law |- || |Henry S. LeBlanc<br />1,473<br />28.60% | |Albert A. Pothier<br />614<br />11.92% | | || |Albert A. Pothier |-
|- | rowspan="2"|Colchester | |Alfred Dickie<br />2,240<br />24.22% || |Thomas McMullen<br />2,363<br />25.55% | | || |Firman McClureâ |- || |Frederick Andrew Laurence<br />2,358<br />25.50% | |Wilbert David Dimock<br />2,286<br />24.72% | | || |Frederick Andrew Laurence |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland || |Thomas Reuben Black<br />3,487<br />29.14% | |A.A. McKinnon<br />2,689<br />22.47% | | || |Thomas Reuben Black |- || |Alexander E. Fraser<br />3,251<br />27.16% | |J. C. McDougall<br />2,541<br />21.23% | | || |Alexander E. Fraser |-
|- | rowspan="3"|Halifax || |William Bernard Wallace<br />5,101<br />17.36% | |Miner T. Foster<br />4,754<br />16.18% | | || |William Bernard Wallace |- || |David McPherson<br />5,307<br />18.06% | |John Fitzwilliam Stairs<br />4,563<br />15.53% | | || |William Rocheâ |- || |George Mitchell<br />5,312<br />18.07% | |T. W. Walsh<br />4,350<br />14.80% | | || |William Anderson Blackâ |-
|- | rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Angus McGillivray<br />1,263<br />27.77% | |Charles B. Whidden<br />1,123<br />24.69% | | || |Angus McGillivray |- || |Christopher P. Chisholm<br />1,176<br />25.86% | |Hugh MacDonald<br />986<br />21.68% | | || |Christopher P. Chisholm |- | rowspan="2"|Guysborough || |William Akins Fergusson<br />1,525<br />29.90% | |C. Ernest Gregory<br />1,065<br />20.88% | | || |Daniel H. MacKinnonâ |- || |John Howard Sinclair<br />1,523<br />29.86% | |Charles S. Elliott<br />987<br />19.35% | | || |John Howard Sinclair |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou || |James Drummond McGregor<br />3,456<br />17.24% | |William Cameron<br />3,262<br />16.28% | | || |William Cameron |- || |Edward Mortimer Macdonald<br />3,422<br />17.07% | |Charles Elliott Tanner<br />3,289<br />16.41% | | || |Charles Elliott Tanner |- | |John McIntosh<br />3,299<br />16.46% || |Matthew Henry Fitzpatrick<br />3,314<br />16.54% | | || |Alexander Grantâ |-
|- | rowspan="2"|Cape Breton || |Arthur Samuel Kendall<br />3,705<br />29.35% | |William MacKay<br />2,669<br />21.14% | | || |William MacKay |- || |Alexander Johnston<br />3,559<br />28.19% | |John McCormick<br />2,691<br />21.32% | | || |John McCormick |- | rowspan="2"|Inverness || |James MacDonald<br />2,646<br />32.94% | |John H. Jameison<br />1,537<br />19.13% | | || |John H. Jameison |- || |Moses J. Doucet<br />2,501<br />31.13% | |Alexander Campbell<br />1,350<br />16.80% | | || |Alexander Campbell |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond || |Simon Joyce<br />958<br />25.86% | |John Morrison<br />910<br />24.57% | | || |Simon Joyce |- || |Duncan Finlayson<br />1,034<br />27.92% | |Remi Benoit<br />802<br />21.65% | | || |Joseph Mathesonâ |- | rowspan="2"|Victoria || |George Henry Murray<br />1,273<br />36.59% | |John A. McDonald<br />651<br />18.71% | | || |George Henry Murray |- || |John Gillis Morrison<br />1,093<br />31.42% | |A. G. McLeod<br />462<br />13.28% | | || |John Gillis Morrison |-