1963 Nova Scotia general election

The 1963 Nova Scotia general election was held on 8 October 1963 to elect members of the 48th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

Liberal

• Pierre E. Belliveau, Clare
• John W. MacDonald, Pictou East

Progressive Conservative

• George Henry Wilson, Hants West

Nominated candidates

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

Valley

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis East || |John I. Marshall<br />2,962<br />56.40% | |Melbourne Parker Armstrong<br />2,232<br />42.50% | |Murray Alton Bent<br />58<br />1.10% || |Vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis West | |Kenneth E. Green<br />2,075<br />45.81% || |Peter M. Nicholson<br />2,386<br />52.67% | |Dale A. Young<br />69<br />1.52% || |Peter M. Nicholson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Clare || |Hector J. Pothier<br />2,154<br />52.61% | |Joseph C. LeBlanc<br />1,940<br />47.39% | | || |Pierre E. Belliveau†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Robert Baden Powell<br />2,671<br />52.23% | |Victor Cardoza<br />2,378<br />46.50% | |Louis A. Beeler<br />65<br />1.27% || |Victor Cardoza |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants West || |Norman T. Spence<br />4,193<br />58.20% | |W. Whitney Spicer<br />2,840<br />39.42% | |Arthur Benedict<br />171<br />2.37% || |George Henry Wilson†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings North || |Gladys Porter<br />3,668<br />59.43% | |David Durell Sutton<br />2,405<br />38.97% | |George Turner<br />99<br />1.60% || |Gladys Porter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings South || |Edward Haliburton<br />2,505<br />65.27% | |Bruce M. Trenholm<br />1,333<br />34.73% | | || |Edward Haliburton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings West || |Paul Kinsman<br />3,879<br />55.85% | |Edward D. MacArthur<br />3,067<br />44.15% | | || |Edward D. MacArthur

South Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg Centre || |George O. Lohnes<br />4,785<br />57.06% | |Leon J. Iverson<br />3,601<br />42.94% | | || |George O. Lohnes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg East || |Maurice L. Zinck<br />2,267<br />63.17% | |Charles E. Harris<br />1,322<br />36.83% | | || |Maurice L. Zinck |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg West || |Harley J. Spence<br />2,937<br />58.12% | |Joye F. Davison<br />2,116<br />41.88% | | || |Harley J. Spence |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |W. S. Kennedy Jones<br />3,833<br />65.85% | |W. Alton Snow<br />1,988<br />34.15% | | || |W. S. Kennedy Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |James McKay Harding<br />3,737<br />54.40% | |Robert Quinlan Hood<br />3,133<br />45.60% | | || |James McKay Harding |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth || |George A. Burridge<br />4,884<br />25.20% | |Irving Charles Pink<br />4,345<br />22.42% | |Angus Boyd MacGillivary<br />358<br />1.85% || |George A. Burridge |- || |George A. Snow<br />5,077<br />26.19% | |Willard O'Brien<br />4,719<br />24.35% | | || |Willard O'Brien

Fundy-Northeast

|- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester || |Robert Stanfield<br />9,606<br />32.42% | |Gordon T. Purdy<br />5,515<br />18.61% | |Harvey T. Curtis<br />382<br />1.29% || |Robert Stanfield |- || |George Isaac Smith<br />9,147<br />30.87% | |Charles K. Sutherland<br />4,746<br />16.02% | |Helen K. Wright<br />233<br />0.79% || |George Isaac Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland Centre || |Stephen T. Pyke<br />2,545<br />66.68% | |William Thomas Noiles<br />1,272<br />33.32% | | || |Stephen T. Pyke |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland East || |James A. Langille<br />5,226<br />63.10% | |Norman Willard Noonan<br />2,795<br />33.75% | |Lloyd L. Ayer<br />261<br />3.15% || |James A. Langille |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland West || |D. L. George Henley<br />2,516<br />54.04% | |Allison T. Smith<br />2,140<br />45.96% | | || |Allison T. Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants East || |Albert J. Ettinger<br />2,739<br />52.86% | |George E. Fraser<br />2,356<br />45.47% | |Ralph Loomer<br />87<br />1.68% || |Albert J. Ettinger

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Centre || |Donald MacKeen Smith<br />5,478<br />58.57% | |Gordon S. Cowan<br />3,875<br />41.43% | | || |Donald MacKeen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax County-Dartmouth || |Irvin William Akerley<br />9,884<br />52.88% | |Gordon L. S. Hart<br />8,150<br />43.60% | |Edward B. Doyle<br />657<br />3.52% || |Gordon L. S. Hart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax East || |Nelson Gaetz<br />3,061<br />52.62% | |Duncan MacMillan<br />2,756<br />47.38% | | || |Duncan MacMillan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax North || |James H. Vaughan<br />8,602<br />52.43% | |John E. Ahern<br />7,360<br />44.86% | |Peggy Prowse<br />444<br />2.71% || |John E. Ahern |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax Northwest || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald<br />5,559<br />56.07% | |George Douglas Burris<br />4,027<br />40.62% | |Gerald A. Guptill<br />329<br />3.32% || |Gordon H. Fitzgerald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax South || |Richard Donahoe<br />5,986<br />63.23% | |Merlin Nunn<br />3,183<br />33.62% | |Gordon A. Smith<br />298<br />3.15% || |Richard Donahoe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax West || |D. C. McNeil<br />8,792<br />57.00% | |Charles H. Reardon<br />6,126<br />39.72% | |Harold J. Martell<br />506<br />3.28% || |Charles H. Reardon

Central Nova

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish || |William F. MacKinnon<br />3,334<br />54.58% | |Ronald Saint John Chisholm<br />2,774<br />45.42% | | || |William F. MacKinnon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Alexander MacIsaac<br />3,229<br />52.86% | |Thomas Edwin Kirk<br />2,880<br />47.14% | | || |Alexander MacIsaac |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou Centre || |Donald R. MacLeod<br />5,752<br />60.21% | |Thomas H. Frazer<br />3,801<br />39.79% | | || |Donald R. MacLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou East | |John Andrew McLean<br />2,649<br />49.90% || |A. Lloyd MacDonald<br />2,660<br />50.10% | | || |John W. MacDonald†|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou West || |Harvey Veniot<br />2,999<br />59.54% | |Charles Ernest MacCarthy<br />2,038<br />40.46% | | || |Harvey Veniot

Cape Breton

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Centre || |Mike Laffin<br />3,699<br />54.12% | |Joseph Flaudio Rizzetto<br />939<br />13.74% | |Michael James MacDonald<br />2,197<br />32.14% || |Michael James MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton East || |Layton Fergusson<br />5,870<br />58.06% | |Bernard Currie<br />1,359<br />13.44% | |John L. MacKinnon<br />2,881<br />28.50% || |Layton Fergusson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton North || |Tom MacKeough<br />6,200<br />58.71% | |Murray J. Ryan<br />2,961<br />28.04% | |John Dolhanty<br />1,399<br />13.25% || |Tom MacKeough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton Nova || |Percy Gaum<br />3,344<br />53.37% | |Charles Richard Sigut<br />1,213<br />19.36% | |Albert Ollie Wilson<br />1,709<br />27.27% || |Percy Gaum |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton South || |Donald C. MacNeil<br />5,283<br />49.21% | |John F. MacIntosh<br />3,579<br />33.34% | |Edward Johnston<br />1,873<br />17.45% || |Donald C. MacNeil |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton West || |Edward Manson<br />4,941<br />56.30% | |Allan Sullivan<br />3,835<br />43.70% | | || |Edward Manson |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Norman J. MacLean<br />4,474<br />26.78% | |Joseph Clyde Nunn<br />3,988<br />23.87% | | || |Joseph Clyde Nunn |- | |Alfred J. Davis<br />4,026<br />24.10% || |William N. MacLean<br />4,219<br />25.25% | | || |William N. MacLean |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond || |Gerald Doucet<br />2,670<br />50.79% | |Earl Wallace Urquhart<br />2,587<br />49.21% | | || |Earl Wallace Urquhart |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria | |Fisher Hudson<br />1,890<br />49.42% || |Carleton L. MacMillan<br />1,934<br />50.58% | | || |Carleton L. MacMillan

References

Election related reports

Further reading