The 1945 Nova Scotia general election was held on 23 October 1945 to elect members of the 43rd House of Assembly of the Province of

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. It was won by the

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. The Progressive Conservatives were entirely shut out of the Assembly, making the CCF's two MLAs the only opposition members.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

;Co-operative Commonwealth *

Douglas Neil Brodie Douglas Neil Brodie (January 15, 1872 – September 14, 1954) was a businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Glace Bay (electoral district), Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1945 ...

, Cape Breton East * Douglas MacDonald, Cape Breton Centre ;Liberal * Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Hants * Harry Dennis Madden,

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* John McDonald, Kings *

John D. McKenzie John Douglas McKenzie (December 1, 1889 – April 28, 1952) was an Americans, American-born businessman and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented the Riding (division), riding of Annapolis (provincial electoral district), ...

, Annapolis * Havelock Torrey,

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated Canadian community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. Located on the western shore of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the Guysborough municip ...

;Progressive Conservative * George Scott Dickey,

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Nominated candidates

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

Valley

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis , , , Henry Hicks
4,880
59.06% , , Horton Wheelock Phinney
3,383
40.94% , , , , , , ,

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , ,

Joseph William Comeau Joseph William (Willie) Comeau (March 12, 1876 – January 11, 1966) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1907 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1 ...

4,714
59.13% , , Kenneth Earl Smith
2,706
33.94% , , Edgar Lawrence Outhouse
552
6.92% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants , , , Robert A. MacLellan
4,951
52.66% , , Norman Dudley Murray
3,194
33.98% , , Frederick Charles Gilmore Scott
1,256
13.36% , , , , , Alexander Stirling MacMillan† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings , , , David Durell Sutton
7,027
59.66% , , William Lawrence Chisholm
4,751
40.34% , , , , , , , John Alexander McDonald†

South Shore

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , , Frank R. Davis
6,867
27.31% , , R. Clifford Levy
5,854
23.28% , , , , , , , Frank R. Davis , - , , ,

Gordon E. Romkey Gordon Emerson Romkey (May 13, 1885 – September 3, 1977) was a general merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1928 to 1953 as a Liberal Liberal or liberalis ...

6,839
27.20% , , James A. MacLeod
5,585
22.21% , , , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Merrill D. Rawding
2,844
48.17% , , Leonard William Fraser
2,503
42.39% , , Clarence Webber
557
9.43% , , , , , Harry Dennis Madden† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , ,

Wilfred Dauphinee Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee (August 14, 1910 – July 11, 2007Acadia Bullet ...

3,214
55.85% , , Frederick William Bower
2,203
38.28% , , Cecil James O'Donnell
338
5.87% , , , , ,

Wilfred Dauphinee Wilfred Tennyson Dauphinee (August 14, 1910 – July 11, 2007Acadia Bullet ...

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , , Henry A. Waterman
5,000
55.20% , , Frank Parker Day
4,058
44.80% , , , , , , , Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Gordon Purdy
7,714
29.18% , , Frederick Murray Blois
5,515
20.86% , , Clarence Vincent Fleury
547
2.07% , , , , , Frederick Murray Blois , - , , ,

Robert F. McLellan Robert Faulkner McLellan (September 8, 1914 – November 23, 1988) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Colchester (provincial electoral district), Colchester in the Nova Scotia House of ...

6,631
25.09% , , William A. Flemming
5,383
20.37% , , Sidney Mansfield Parker
642
2.43% , , , , , George Scott Dickey† , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland , , ,

Martin J. Kaufman Martin James Kaufman (1883 – May 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He represented the electoral districts of Cumberland and Cumberland East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova ...

6,540
21.67% , ,

Archie B. Smith Archie Barney Smith (July 1, 1896 – October 2, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative P ...

6,271
20.77% , , John James Crummey
2,867
9.50% , , , , ,

, - , , , Kenneth Judson Cochrane
6,995
23.17% , , Norman Shaw Sanford
5,807
19.24% , , Joseph Bernard Murray
1,706
5.65% , , , , , Kenneth Judson Cochrane

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax Centre , , , James Edward Rutledge
4,737
55.22% , , Carl Palm Bethune
2,279
26.57% , , R.B. Mitchell
1,562
18.21% , , , , , James Edward Rutledge , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax East , , , Geoffrey W. Stevens
6,206
53.48% , , A.L. Mattatall
3,033
26.14% , , Cecil Clyde Russell
2,366
20.39% , , , , , Geoffrey W. Stevens , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Halifax North Halifax North was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was formed in 1933 when Halifax County was divided into five distinct electoral districts. In 1966, Halifax N ...

, , , Harold Connolly
6,089
59.43% , , Bernard Joseph Vaughan
1,777
17.34% , , Thomas Burgess
2,120
20.69% , , Alexander Munro
260
2.54% , , , Harold Connolly , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax South , , , Angus Lewis Macdonald
5,181
61.26% , , Arthur John Haliburton
2,067
24.44% , , Richard Leo Rooney
1,080
12.77% , , Andrew Matthews
129
1.53% , , , Vacant , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax West , , ,

Ronald Manning Fielding Ronald Manning Fielding (October 7, 1896 – March 1, 1972) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax West and Halifax Northwest in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1941 to 1960. He was a member of the ...

4,997
49.11% , , Malcolm Edgbert Walker
2,786
27.38% , , Fred Young
2,392
23.51% , , , , ,

Central Nova

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption = St. Ninian's Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of Antigonish.pn ...

, , , John Patrick Gorman
2,650
61.83% , , Douglas MacDonald
1,636
38.17% , , , , , , , John Patrick Gorman , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , Arthur W. MacKenzie
3,456
62.07% , , Harold Vans Hudson
2,112
37.93% , , , , , , , Havelock Torrey† , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou Pictou ( ; Canadian Gaelic: ''Baile Phiogto'') is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km (6 miles) north of the larger town of New Gla ...

, , , Alfred B. DeWolfe
9,020
24.83% , , Ernest G. Irish
7,061
19.44% , , G. Miller Dick
1,576
4.34% , , George J. White
245
0.67% , , , Ernest G. Irish , - , , ,

Josiah H. MacQuarrie Josiah H. MacQuarrie (November 12, 1897 – April 7, 1971) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1947 as a Liberal member. He was born ...

10,031
27.61% , , John A. MacGregor
6,704
18.46% , , Donald L. Nicholson
1,688
4.65% , , , , ,

Cape Breton

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton Centre , , Ronald McIsaac
2,726
38.37% , , Frank Doucette
518
7.29% , , ,

Michael James MacDonald Michael James MacDonald (August 8, 1909''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1956'', PG Normandin – July 3, 1997) was a union leader, coal miner, volunteer firefighter and politician in Nova Scotia. Born and raised in Cape Breton Regional Munici ...

3,860
54.34% , , , , , Douglas MacDonald† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton East , , Gus McGillivray
2,719
30.03% , , Kenneth Daniel Beaton
1,002
11.07% , , , Russell Cunningham
5,332
58.90% , , , , ,

† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton North , , , Alexander O'Handley
3,328
38.48% , , Malcolm McDonald
2,416
27.94% , , Wendell Coldwell
2,904
33.58% , , , , , Alexander O'Handley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton South , , ,

John Smith MacIvor John Smith MacIvor (March 27, 1913 – June 12, 1957) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton South (provincial electoral district), Cape Breton South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 ...

4,778
43.10% , , Malcolm Cameron
1,861
16.79% , , Donald MacDonald
4,448
40.12% , , , , , Donald MacDonald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , , Malcolm A. Patterson
2,826
49.82% , , Horace L. Ferguson
1,002
17.67% , , Robert Orr
1,844
32.51% , , , , , Malcolm A. Patterson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness , , , Alexander H. McKinnon
5,283
70.59% , , Alexander Angus MacInnes
2,201
29.41% , , , , , , , Alexander H. McKinnon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Richmond , , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie
3,149
76.66% , , Frederick Albert Thurgood
959
23.34% , , , , , , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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, , , John Malcolm Campbell
2,101
64.69% , , William Ross MacAulay
1,147
35.31% , , , , , , , John Malcolm Campbell

References

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