1911 Nova Scotia general election

The 1911 Nova Scotia general election was held on 14 June 1911 to elect members of the 35th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Joseph A. Bancroft, Annapolis
• Charles F. Cooper, Queens
• Neil J. Gillis, Cape Breton
• Joshua H. Livingstone, Cumberland
• David McPherson, Halifax
• Moses H. Nickerson, Shelburne
• James O'Brien, Hants
• Elisha B. Paul, Cumberland
• William Whitman, Guysborough

Nominated candidates

1911 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 || |Orlando Daniels<br />2,092<br />26.74% | |A. L. Davison<br />1,931<br />24.68% | | | | || |Orlando Daniels |- | |J. R. Hall<br />1,863<br />23.81% || |Norman Phinney<br />1,938<br />24.77% | | | | || |Joseph A. Bancroft†|- | rowspan="2"|Digby || |Joseph William Comeau<br />1,892<br />28.09% | |Harry Hatheway Marshall<br />1,599<br />23.74% | | | | || |Joseph William Comeau |- || |Allen Ellsworth Wall<br />1,855<br />27.54% | |F. P. Deveau<br />1,389<br />20.62% | | | | || |Allen Ellsworth Wall |- | rowspan="2"|Hants || |James William Reid<br />2,066<br />25.24% | |P. M. Feilding<br />2,006<br />24.51% | | | | || |James O'Brien†|- | |George Wilson<br />1,809<br />22.10% || |Albert Parsons<br />2,303<br />28.14% | | | | || |Albert Parsons |- | rowspan="2"|Kings || |Harry H. Wickwire<br />2,413<br />27.12% | |S. C. Parker<br />1,599<br />17.97% | | | |N. W. Eaton<br />1,893<br />21.28% (Moral Reform) || |Harry H. Wickwire |- || |Archibald Menzies Covert<br />2,156<br />24.24% | | | | | |Charles Alexander Campbell<br />835<br />9.39% (Moral Reform) || |Charles Alexander Campbell

South Shore

|- | rowspan="2"|Lunenburg || |Alexander Kenneth Maclean<br />3,136<br />27.98% | |Alfred Clairmonte Zwicker<br />2,405<br />21.46% | | | | || |Alexander Kenneth Maclean |- | |Charles Uniacke Mader<br />2,679<br />23.90% || |Joseph Willis Margeson<br />2,987<br />26.65% | | | | || |Charles Uniacke Mader |- | rowspan="2"|Queens || |Jordan W. Smith<br />1,047<br />26.42% | |Philson Kempton<br />953<br />24.05% | | | | || |Charles F. Cooper†|- | |W. P. Purney<br />884<br />22.31% || |William Lorimer Hall<br />1,079<br />27.23% | | | | || |William Lorimer Hall |- | rowspan="2"|Shelburne || |Robert Irwin<br />1,245<br />26.64% | |R. Ward Fisher<br />1,120<br />23.97% | | | | || |Robert Irwin |- || |Smith Nickerson<br />1,202<br />25.72% | |George Phillips<br />1,106<br />23.67% | | | | || |Moses H. Nickerson†|- | rowspan="2"|Yarmouth || |Ernest Howard Armstrong<br />1,665<br />28.02% | |James G. d'Entremont<br />1,180<br />19.86% | | | | || |Ernest Howard Armstrong |- | |Henry S. LeBlanc<br />1,514<br />25.48% || |Howard Corning<br />1,583<br />26.64% | | | | || |Henry S. LeBlanc |-

Fundy-Northeast

|- | rowspan="2"|Colchester | |William Davison Hill<br />2,449<br />25.07% || |Frank Stanfield<br />2,592<br />26.53% | | | | || |William Davison Hill |- | |Benjamin Franklin Pearson<br />2,206<br />22.58% || |Robert H. Kennedy<br />2,522<br />25.82% | | | | || |Benjamin Franklin Pearson |- | rowspan="2"|Cumberland || |James Ralston<br />4,168<br />26.10% | |J. Flemming Gilroy<br />4,030<br />25.24% | | | | || |Elisha B. Paul†|- || |Rufus Carter<br />4,154<br />26.01% | |C. R. Smith<br />3,617<br />22.65% | | | | || |Joshua H. Livingstone†|-

Halifax

|- |rowspan="3"|Halifax || |F. J. Logan<br />6,142<br />17.74% | |Frederick P. Bligh<br />5,187<br />14.98% | |John T. Joy<br />2,575<br />7.44% | | || |David McPherson†|- || |George Everett Faulkner<br />6,120<br />17.68% | |Nelson R. Smith<br />4,825<br />13.94% | | | | || |George Everett Faulkner |- || |Robert Emmett Finn<br />5,836<br />16.86% | |J. C. O'Mullin<br />3,937<br />11.37%<br /> | | | | || |Robert Emmett Finn |-

Central Nova

|- | rowspan="2"|Antigonish || |Fred Robert Trotter<br />1,267<br />27.24% | |Hugh MacDougall<br />1,016<br />21.84% | | | | || |Fred Robert Trotter |- | |Christopher P. Chisholm<br />1,070<br />23.00% || |Edward Lavin Girroir<br />1,299<br />27.92% | | | | || |Christopher P. Chisholm |- | rowspan="2"|Guysborough || |James Cranswick Tory<br />1,860<br />26.97% | |G. T. MacNeil<br />1,625<br />23.56% | | | | || |William Whitman†|- || |James F. Ellis<br />1,794<br />26.01% | |J. S. Wells<br />1,618<br />23.46% | | | | || |James F. Ellis |- | rowspan="3"|Pictou || |Robert M. McGregor<br />3,929<br />17.39% || |Charles Elliott Tanner<br />3,788<br />16.76% | |P. P. Foxgrove<br />835<br />3.70% | | || |Robert M. McGregor |- || |Robert Hugh MacKay<br />3,725<br />16.49% | |S. G. Robertson<br />3,428<br />15.17% | | | | || |Robert Hugh MacKay |- | |Archibald MacKenzie<br />3,299<br />14.60% | |John M. Baillie<br />3,591<br />15.89% | | | | || |John M. Baillie |-

Cape Breton

|- | rowspan="2"|Cape Breton | |Arthur Samuel Kendall<br />5,987<br />23.99% || |John Carey Douglas<br />6,252<br />25.05% | | | | || |Arthur Samuel Kendall |- | |W. F. Carroll<br />5,756<br />23.07% || |Robert Hamilton Butts<br />6,246<br />25.03% | | | |Alex McKinnon<br />713<br />2.86% (Socialist) || |Neil J. Gillis†|- | rowspan="2"|Inverness || |Donald MacLennan<br />2,723<br />27.92% | |C.E MacMillan<br />2,143<br />21.97% | | | | || |C.E. MacMillan |- || |James MacDonald<br />2,613<br />26.79% | |Thomas Gallant<br />2,274<br />23.32% | | | | || |James MacDonald |- | rowspan="2"|Richmond || |Simon Joyce<br />1,108<br />28.94% | |Felix Landry<br />821<br />21.45% | | | | || |Felix Landry |- || |Charles P. Bissett<br />1,097<br />28.66% | |James McVicar<br />802<br />20.95% | | | | || |Charles P. Bissett |- | rowspan="2"|Victoria || |George Henry Murray<br />1,247<br />33.76% | |John Lemuel Bethune<br />696<br />18.84% | | | | || |George Henry Murray |- || |Angus A. Buchanan<br />1,124<br />30.43% | |Duncan McDonald<br />627<br />16.97% | | | | || |Angus A. Buchanan |-

References

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