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

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. The Liberal party won a majority of seats in the Legislaure with only 44 percent of the vote. This was the first general election in which women could vote and run for office.History of Voting in Nova Scotia
/ref> Members were elected in multi-member districts electing from two to five members each, through plurality block voting.

Results

Results by party

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,

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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. Elliott
3,330
27.90% , , , , Vernon B. Leonard
2,512
21.05% , , , , , Frank R. Elliott , - , , , Orlando Daniels
3,630
30.41% , , , , Edgar C. Shaffner
2,463
20.64% , , , , , Orlando Daniels , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , , Henry W.B. Warner
2,997
30.93% , , , , Glidden Campbell
1,835
18.94% , , , , , Henry W.B. Warner , - , , , Joseph William Comeau
3,165
32.67% , , , , Emede Robicheau
1,692
17.46% , , , , , Joseph William Comeau , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants , , , , Albert Parsons
2,083
21.06% , , , John Alexander MacDonald
2,179
22.03% , , Wiley V. Davison
998
10.09% , , , Albert Parsons , - , , , James William Reid
3,035
30.69% , , , , Walter J. Aylword
1,594
16.12% , , , , , James William Reid , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kings , , , John Alexander McDonald
4,705
28.21% , , James E. Kinsman
3,622
21.71% , , , , , , , James E. Kinsman , - , , , Harry H. Wickwire
4,917
29.48% , , C.R. Bill
3,437
20.60% , , , , , , , Harry H. Wickwire

South Shore

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , , John James Kinley
4,900
30.24% , , Lemeau J. Hebb
3,237
19.98% , , , , , , , John James Kinley , - , , , Aubrey Sperry
4,795
29.60% , , Foster W. Verge
3,270
20.18% , , , , , , , Vacant , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Queens , , , George S. McClearn
1,607
26.15% , , William Lorimer Hall
1,485
24.17% , , , , , , , William Lorimer Hall , - , , , Jordan W. Smith
1,737
28.27% , , Robert Smith
1,316
21.42% , , , , , , , Jordan W. Smith , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , , Robert Irwin
1,917
28.64% , , William T. Brannen
1,623
24.25% , , , , , , , Robert Irwin , - , , , Frank E. Smith
1,774
26.51% , , Wendell H. Currie
1,379
20.60% , , , , , , , Frank E. Smith , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , Ernest Howard Armstrong
3,052
31.55% , , , Howard Corning
3,416
35.31% , , , , , , , Ernest Howard Armstrong , - , , , Amédée Melanson
3,207
33.15% , , , , , , , , , Vacant

Fundy-Northeast

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

, , , , Robert H. Kennedy
3,096
23.33% , , , Harry L. Taggart
3,430
25.84% , , , , , Robert H. Kennedy , - , , , , William R. Dunbar
3,213
24.21% , , , Robert Hunter Smith
3,533
26.62% , , , , , Frank Stanfield† , - , rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland , , James Ralston
4,486
14.55% , , Grace McLeod Rogers
2,470
8.01% , , , , , Archibald Terris
4,716
15.30% , , , James Ralston , - , , Varley B. Fullerton
2,659
8.63% , , Percy L. Spicer
1,864
6.05% , , , Gilbert Nelson Allen
4,934
16.01% , , , , , James W. Kirkpatrick† , - , , Rufus Carter
3,215
10.43% , , Everett C. Leslie
1,714
5.56% , , , Daniel George McKenzie
4,766
15.46% , , , , , Rufus Carter

Halifax

, - , rowspan=5 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Halifax , , , Adam Dunlap Burris
5,936
9.07% , , John B. Archibald
4,045
6.18% , , Joseph S. Wallace
3,409
5.21% , , Ronald A. McDonald
3,369
5.15% , , , Hector MacInnes† , - , , , John L. Connolly
5,817
8.89% , , Robert A. Brenton
3,860
5.90% , , Peter McN. Kuhn
3,165
4.83% , , Patrick J. Healy
3,336
5.10% , , , John L. Connolly , - , , , John Brown Douglas
6,057
9.25% , , Frederick W. Stevens
3,642
5.56% , , , , Joseph H. McKenzie
3,157
4.82% , , , George Everett Faulkner† , - , , , Henry Bauld
6,554
10.01% , , Francis A. Gillis
3,595
5.49% , , , , , , , Henry Bauld , - , , , Robert Emmett Finn
6,285
9.60% , , Edward L. Power
3,236
4.94% , , , , , , , Robert Emmett Finn

Central Nova

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Antigonish , , Alexander Stirling MacMillan
1,725
23.65% , , , , , Angus J. MacGillivray
1,804
24.73% , , , , , Fred Robert Trotter† , - , , , William Chisholm
2,059
28.23% , , , , Fred R. Irish
1,706
23.39% , , , , , William Chisholm , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Guysborough , , , Clarence W. Anderson
2,359
30.36% , , , , D.P. Floyd
1,483
19.09% , , , , , James F. Ellis† , - , , , James Cranswick Tory
2,619
33.71% , , , , J.A. Dillon
1,309
16.85% , , , , , James Cranswick Tory , - , rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pictou , , , Robert M. McGregor
6,056
15.78% , , John Bell
4,416
11.51% , , Alexander D. MacKay
5,984
15.59% , , Henry D. Fraser
6,012
15.66% , , , Robert M. McGregor , - , , , John Welsford MacDonald
6,287
16.38% , , , , , , Bertha A. Donaldson
2,930
7.63% , , , Robert Hugh MacKay† , - , , , Robert Henry Graham
6,696
17.45% , , , , , , , , , Robert Henry Graham

Cape Breton

, - , rowspan=4 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton , , W.F. Carroll
6,471
9.08% , , Neil R. McArthur
2,809
3.94% , , , , , Joseph Steele
9,800
13.75% , , , Neil Ferguson† , - , , A.B. MacGillivray
5,334
7.49% , , A.C. MacCormick
2,749
3.86% , , , , , Arthur R. Richardson
9,177
12.88% , , , Vacant , - , , Daniel Alexander Cameron
5,729
8.04% , , Ewen MacKay Forbes
2,343
3.29% , , , , , Forman Waye
9,407
13.20% , , , Daniel Alexander Cameron , - , , N. MacDonald
5,270
7.40% , , Charles B. Smith
2,338
3.28% , , , , , D. W. Morrison
9,830
13.80% , , , Vacant , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Inverness , , , Donald MacLennan
3,461
26.32% , , Moses Elijah McGarry
2,643
20.10% , , , , John J. McNeil
1,763
13.40% , , , Donald MacLennan , - , , , John C. Bourinot
3,204
24.36% , , Malcolm McKay
2,081
15.82% , , , , , , , John C. Bourinot , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Richmond , , G.H. Murray
1,761
24.35% , , , Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc
1,823
25.20% , , , , , , , Benjamin Amedeé LeBlanc , - , , George R. Deveau
1,728
23.89% , , , John Alexander MacDonald
1,921
26.56% , , , , , , , John Alexander MacDonald , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Victoria , , , George Henry Murray
2,078
32.42% , , Guy McL. Matheson
1,109
17.30% , , , , , , , George Henry Murray , - , , , Angus Gladstone Buchanan
2,013
31.41% , , Phillip McLeod
1,209
18.86% , , , , , , , Vacant