The 1953 Nova Scotia general election was held on 26 May 1953 to elect members of the 45th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party.
Progressive Conservative
Legend<br /> bold denotes party leader<br /> â denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Henry Hicks<br />5,006<br />51.55% | |Charles F. LeBrun<br />4,705<br />48.45% | | | | || |Henry Hicks |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Pierre E. Belliveau<br />2,307<br />58.46% | |Desire J. Comeau<br />1,639<br />41.54% | | | | || |Desire J. Comeau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Victor Cardoza<br />2,770<br />52.40% | |Malcolm Stewart Leonard<br />2,516<br />47.60% | | | | || |E. Keith Potterâ |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West | |Ken Eisner<br />3,120<br />46.37% || |George Henry Wilson<br />3,608<br />53.63% | | | | || |George Henry Wilson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings | |David Durell Sutton<br />7,245<br />24.63% || |George Arthur Boggs<br />7,481<br />25.43% | | | | || |David Durell Sutton |- | |William H. Pipe<br />7,047<br />23.96% || |Edward Haliburton<br />7,642<br />25.98% | | | | || |William H. Pipe
|- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg | |Arthur L. Thurlow<br />6,940<br />21.53% || |R. Clifford Levy<br />8,727<br />27.07% | |Winfred Llewellyn<br />204<br />0.63% | | || |Arthur L. Thurlow |- | |Gordon E. Romkey<br />7,381<br />22.90% || |Harley J. Spence<br />8,741<br />27.12% | |G. Boyd Crouse<br />241<br />0.75% | | || |Gordon E. Romkey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens | |Merrill D. Rawding<br />2,838<br />45.77% || |W. S. Kennedy Jones<br />3,230<br />52.09% | |Claude VanBuskirk<br />133<br />2.14% | | || |Merrill D. Rawding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |Wilfred Dauphinee<br />3,256<br />51.20% | |James McKay Harding<br />3,103<br />48.80% | | | | || |Wilfred Dauphinee |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Allan d'Entremont<br />4,067<br />23.59% || |William Heartz Brown<br />4,859<br />28.18% | | | | || |William Heartz Brown |- | |Donald J. Fraser<br />3,790<br />21.98% || |Raymond Z. Bourque<br />4,524<br />26.24% | | | | || |Donald J. Fraser
|- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester | |Gordon Purdy<br />7,255<br />24.20% || |Robert Stanfield<br />7,677<br />25.61% | |Harvey Curtis<br />324<br />1.08% | | || |Robert Stanfield |- | |Hector Hill<br />6,963<br />23.23% || |George Isaac Smith<br />7,435<br />24.80% | |Sydney Parker<br />326<br />1.09% | | || |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre | |Archibald J. Mason<br />2,012<br />40.65% || |Stephen T. Pyke<br />2,262<br />45.70% | |Florence Welton<br />676<br />13.66% | | || |Archibald J. Mason |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East | |Martin J. Kaufman<br />4,214<br />48.96% || |James A. Langille<br />4,393<br />51.04% | | | | || |Martin J. Kaufman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West || |Allison T. Smith<br />2,799<br />54.55% | |Thomas A. Giles<br />2,332<br />45.45% | | | | || |Thomas A. Giles |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East | |Alfred E. Reid<br />2,251<br />50.01% | |Ernest M. Ettinger<br />2,250<br />49.99% | | | | || |Ernest M. Ettinger
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre || |James Edward Rutledge<br />5,603<br />57.69% | |R. Leo Simmonds<br />4,109<br />42.31% | | | | || |James Edward Rutledge |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East || |Geoffrey W. Stevens<br />8,436<br />50.83% | |Lt. Col. R.D. King<br />7,196<br />43.36% | |Harper Power<br />964<br />5.81% | | || |Geoffrey W. Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North || |Harold Connolly<br />8,148<br />61.37% | |Harold J. Bartlow<br />4,481<br />33.75% | |Richard J. Hardiman<br />648<br />4.88% | | || |Harold Connolly |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South || |Angus Lewis Macdonald<br />5,751<br />59.68% | |John R. Milledge<br />3,885<br />40.32% | | | | || |Angus Lewis Macdonald |-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West || |Ronald Manning Fielding<br />8,061<br />51.31% | |Earle Haverstock<br />6,927<br />44.09% | |L.C. Wilson<br />723<br />4.60% | | || |Ronald Manning Fielding
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |Colin H. Chisholm<br />2,624<br />48.92% | |Terrance Bernard Thompson<br />675<br />12.58% | | | |Vincent J. MacDonald<br />2,065<br />38.50% || |Colin H. Chisholm |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Arthur W. MacKenzie<br />3,470<br />56.29% | |A. Grant MacDonald<br />2,694<br />43.71% | | | | || |Arthur W. MacKenzie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Alfred B. DeWolfe<br />5,155<br />45.41% | |Robert D. MacDonald<br />4,534<br />39.94% | |Donald Nicholson<br />1,662<br />14.64% | | || |Alfred B. DeWolfe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East || |John W. MacDonald<br />2,681<br />48.78% | |William A. MacLeod<br />2,592<br />47.16% | |Joseph D. Ryan<br />223<br />4.06% | | || |John W. MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Stewart W. Proudfoot<br />2,628<br />50.09% | |Harvey Veniot<br />2,619<br />49.91% | | | | || |Stewart W. Proudfoot
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre | |Martin MacPherson<br />2,816<br />30.70% | |Charles P. Miller<br />1,905<br />20.77% || |Michael James MacDonald<br />4,451<br />48.53% | | || |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East | |Joseph McIntyre<br />3,934<br />37.88% | |William Wilton<br />1,356<br />13.06% || |Russell Cunningham<br />5,096<br />49.07% | | || |Russell Cunningham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Alexander O'Handley<br />4,674<br />47.45% | |John Norman MacAskill<br />3,115<br />31.62% | |Daniel Joseph MacEachern<br />2,062<br />20.93% | | || |Alexander O'Handley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |John Smith MacIvor<br />6,467<br />44.67% | |A.O. Gunn<br />3,384<br />23.38% | |Vincent Allan Morrison<br />4,625<br />31.95% | | || |John Smith MacIvor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Malcolm A. Patterson<br />3,730<br />48.86% | |Edward Manson<br />2,562<br />33.56% | |Harry Munroe<br />1,342<br />17.58% | | || |Malcolm A. Patterson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Alexander H. McKinnon<br />4,725<br />29.17% | |Leo P. Boudreau<br />3,585<br />22.13% | | | | || |Alexander H. McKinnon |- || |Roderick MacLean<br />4,513<br />27.86% | |Alex A. MacInnis<br />3,374<br />20.83% | | | | || |Roderick MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Earl Wallace Urquhart<br />2,970<br />58.30% | |Francis Whyte<br />2,124<br />41.70% | | | | || |Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |Carleton L. MacMillan<br />2,247<br />56.47% | |Joseph L. MacNeil<br />1,732<br />43.53% | | | | || |Carleton L. MacMillan