The 1920 Nova Scotia general election was held on 27 July 1920 to elect members of the 37th House of Assembly of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party won a majority of seats in the Legislaure with only 44 per cent of the vote.
This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.History of Voting in Nova Scotia
Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting.
Results Results by party + ↓ 29 6 5 3 Liberal United Farmers Labour Liberal-Conservative
+Official results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1916DissolutionElectedChange#%Change (pp)LiberalGeorge Henry Murray403029-1154,62744.44%-6.34%Liberal-ConservativeWilliam Lorimer Hall31133-1081,04423.29%-25.11%United FarmersDaniel George McKenzie1706+647,79813.74%N/ALabourNone1205+564,49518.54%+18.14% Vacant Total valid votes347,964100.00%–Blank and invalid ballots00.00%–Total100434343–347,964100.00%–
Retiring incumbents Liberal James F. Ellis, Guysborough George Everett Faulkner, Halifax Robert Hugh MacKay, Pictou Fred Robert Trotter, Antigonish
Liberal-Conservative Neil Ferguson, Cape Breton James W. Kirkpatrick, Cumberland Hector MacInnes, Halifax Frank Stanfield, Colchester
Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest
Valley
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Annapolis || |Frank R. Elliott3,33027.90%
|Vernon B. Leonard2,51221.05%
|Frank R. Elliott
|Orlando Daniels3,63030.41%
|Edgar C. Shaffner2,46320.64%
|Orlando Daniels |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Digby || |Henry W.B. Warner2,99730.93%
|Glidden Campbell1,83518.94%
|Henry W.B. Warner
|Joseph William Comeau3,16532.67%
|Emede Robicheau 1,69217.46%
|Joseph William Comeau |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hants
|Albert Parsons2,08321.06% || |John Alexander MacDonald2,17922.03% | |Wiley V. Davison99810.09% || |Albert Parsons
|James William Reid3,03530.69%
|Walter J. Aylword1,59416.12%
|James William Reid |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kings || |John Alexander McDonald4,70528.21% | |James E. Kinsman3,62221.71%
|James E. Kinsman
|Harry H. Wickwire4,91729.48% | |C.R. Bill3,43720.60%
|Harry H. Wickwire
South Shore
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lunenburg || |John James Kinley4,90030.24% | |Lemeau J. Hebb3,23719.98%
|John James Kinley
|Aubrey Sperry4,79529.60% | |Foster W. Verge3,27020.18%
|Vacant |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Queens || |George S. McClearn1,60726.15% | |William Lorimer Hall1,48524.17%
|William Lorimer Hall
|Jordan W. Smith1,73728.27% | |Robert Smith1,31621.42%
|Jordan W. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shelburne || |Robert Irwin1,91728.64% | |William T. Brannen1,62324.25%
|Robert Irwin
|Frank E. Smith1,77426.51% | |Wendell H. Currie1,37920.60%
|Frank E. Smith |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yarmouth | |Ernest Howard Armstrong3,05231.55% || |Howard Corning3,41635.31%
|Ernest Howard Armstrong
|Amédée Melanson3,20733.15%
|Vacant
Fundy-Northeast
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Colchester
|Robert H. Kennedy3,09623.33% || |Harry L. Taggart3,43025.84%
|Robert H. Kennedy
|William R. Dunbar3,21324.21% || |Robert Hunter Smith3,53326.62%
|Frank Stanfield† |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland | |James Ralston4,48614.55% | |Grace McLeod Rogers 2,4708.01%
|Archibald Terris4,71615.30% || |James Ralston
|Varley B. Fullerton2,6598.63% | |Percy L. Spicer1,8646.05% || |Gilbert Nelson Allen4,93416.01%
|James W. Kirkpatrick†
|Rufus Carter3,21510.43% | |Everett C. Leslie1,7145.56% || |Daniel George McKenzie4,76615.46%
|Rufus Carter
Halifax
|rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Halifax || |Adam Dunlap Burris5,9369.07% | |John B. Archibald4,0456.18% | |Joseph S. Wallace3,4095.21% | |Ronald A. McDonald3,3695.15% || |Hector MacInnes†
|John L. Connolly5,8178.89% | |Robert A. Brenton3,8605.90% | |Peter McN. Kuhn3,1654.83% | |Patrick J. Healy3,3365.10% || |John L. Connolly
|John Brown Douglas6,0579.25% | |Frederick W. Stevens3,6425.56%
|Joseph H. McKenzie3,1574.82% || |George Everett Faulkner†
|Henry Bauld6,55410.01% | |Francis A. Gillis3,5955.49%
|Henry Bauld
|Robert Emmett Finn6,2859.60% | |Edward L. Power3,2364.94%
|Robert Emmett Finn
Central Nova
|rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Antigonish | |Alexander Stirling MacMillan1,72523.65%
|Angus J. MacGillivray1,80424.73%
|Fred Robert Trotter†
|William Chisholm2,05928.23%
|Fred R. Irish1,70623.39%
|William Chisholm |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Guysborough || |Clarence W. Anderson2,35930.36%
|D.P. Floyd1,48319.09%
|James F. Ellis†
|James Cranswick Tory2,61933.71%
|J.A. Dillon1,30916.85%
|James Cranswick Tory |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pictou || |Robert M. McGregor6,05615.78% | |John Bell4,41611.51% | |Alexander D. MacKay5,98415.59% | |Henry D. Fraser6,01215.66% || |Robert M. McGregor
|John Welsford MacDonald6,28716.38%
|Bertha A. Donaldson2,9307.63% || |Robert Hugh MacKay†
|Robert Henry Graham6,69617.45%
|Robert Henry Graham
Cape Breton
|rowspan=4 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cape Breton | |W.F. Carroll6,4719.08% | |Neil R. McArthur2,8093.94%
|Joseph Steele9,80013.75% || |Neil Ferguson†
|A.B. MacGillivray5,3347.49% | |A.C. MacCormick2,7493.86%
|Arthur R. Richardson9,17712.88% || |Vacant
|Daniel Alexander Cameron5,7298.04% | |Ewen MacKay Forbes2,3433.29%
|Forman Waye9,40713.20% || |Daniel Alexander Cameron
|N. MacDonald5,2707.40% | |Charles B. Smith2,3383.28%
|D. W. Morrison9,83013.80% || |Vacant |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Inverness || |Donald MacLennan3,46126.32% | |Moses Elijah McGarry2,64320.10%
|John J. McNeil1,76313.40% || |Donald MacLennan
|John C. Bourinot3,20424.36% | |Malcolm McKay2,08115.82%
|John C. Bourinot |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Richmond | |G.H. Murray1,76124.35% || |Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc1,82325.20%
|Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
|George R. Deveau1,72823.89% || |John Alexander MacDonald1,92126.56%
|John Alexander MacDonald |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Victoria || |George Henry Murray2,07832.42% | |Guy McL. Matheson1,10917.30%
|George Henry Murray
|Angus Gladstone Buchanan2,01331.41% | |Phillip McLeod1,20918.86%
|Vacant
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