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, Cape Breton East * Douglas MacDonald,

Cape Breton Centre Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier, formerly Cape Breton Centre is a provincial electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly is Kendra Co ...

;Liberal * Alexander Stirling MacMillan, Hants * Harry Dennis Madden,

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* John McDonald,

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* John D. McKenzie,

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* Havelock Torrey, Guysborough ;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

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, , , Henry Hicks
4,880
59.06% , , Horton Wheelock Phinney
3,383
40.94% , , , , , , , John D. McKenzie† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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

, , , 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
6,839
27.20% , , James A. MacLeod
5,585
22.21% , , , , , , , Gordon E. Romkey , - , 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
3,214
55.85% , , Frederick William Bower
2,203
38.28% , , Cecil James O'Donnell
338
5.87% , , , , , Wilfred Dauphinee , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , , Henry A. Waterman
5,000
55.20% , , Frank Parker Day
4,058
44.80% , , , , , , , Henry A. Waterman

Fundy-Northeast

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

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, , , Martin J. Kaufman
6,540
21.67% , , Archie B. Smith
6,271
20.77% , , John James Crummey
2,867
9.50% , , , , , Archie B. Smith , - , , ,

Kenneth Judson Cochrane Kenneth Judson Cochrane (4 August 1896 – 25 January 1982) was a shipbuilder, lumber merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1940 as a Liberal member and ...

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

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 Angus Lewis Macdonald (August 10, 1890 – April 13, 1954), popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and Politics of Canada, politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, Liberal premier o ...

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 Halifax West () is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Its population in 2021 was 111,944. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 r ...

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

Central Nova

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, , , John Patrick Gorman
2,650
61.83% , , Douglas MacDonald
1,636
38.17% , , , , , , , John Patrick Gorman , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Guysborough , , , 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'' Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk: ''Piktuk'') 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) nor ...

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

Cape Breton

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, , Ronald McIsaac
2,726
38.37% , , Frank Doucette
518
7.29% , , , Michael James MacDonald
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% , , , , , Douglas Neil Brodie† , - , 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
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,

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, , , Alexander H. McKinnon
5,283
70.59% , , Alexander Angus MacInnes
2,201
29.41% , , , , , , , Alexander H. McKinnon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...

, , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie
3,149
76.66% , , Frederick Albert Thurgood
959
23.34% , , , , , , , Lauchlin Daniel Currie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Victoria , , , John Malcolm Campbell
2,101
64.69% , , William Ross MacAulay
1,147
35.31% , , , , , , , John Malcolm Campbell

References

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