The 1949 Nova Scotia general election was held on 9 June 1949 to elect members of the 44th House of Assembly of the Province of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

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. It was won by the

Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

. The Progressive Conservatives returned to the legislature after their wipeout in the 1945 general election, but their eight seats put them in a distant second place to the Liberals' 37.

Results

Results by party

Retiring incumbents

;Liberal * John Malcolm Campbell,

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

* John Patrick Gorman,

Antigonish Antigonish ( ; ) is a town in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The town is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of Hal ...

Gordon Purdy Gordon Timlin Purdy (1 July 1888 – 22 December 1974) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada, 1935-1945 and 1953–1957. He was born in East Amherst, Nova Scotia and became a lumber merchant by career. He was first ...

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. The demonym is ''Colcestrian''. Colchester occupies the ...

* Henry A. Waterman, Yarmouth

Nominated candidates

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

Valley

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Annapolis Annapolis ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

, , , Henry Hicks
5,091
52.29% , , Louisa Anna Shaw
198
2.03% , ,

Harry Thompson MacKenzie Harry Thompson MacKenzie (April 29, 1895 – May 22, 1952) was a manufacturer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1933 as a Liberal-Conservative member ...

4,447
45.68% , , , , , Henry Hicks , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * Cl ...

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Benoit Comeau Benoit Comeau (July 23, 1916 – December 9, 1995) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1967 to 1981. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Early life Com ...

2,078
49.55% , , , , , Desire J. Comeau
2,116
50.45% , , , , , ''New riding'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Digby Digby may refer to: Places Australia * Digby, Victoria, a town Canada * Digby (electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia (1867–1914) * Digby (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district ...

, , Blanchard Spring Morrell
2,748
49.26% , , , , , E. Keith Potter
2,830
50.74% , , , , , Vacant , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Hants West Hants West is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The district has existed since 1949. Earlier, it and Hants East were together in Hants. Geography Hants West has ...

In the riding of Hants West, Progressive Conservative George Henry Wilson's 3-vote lead on election night, became a tie after a judicial recount. The Returning Officer then cast the deciding vote for the Liberal's George B. Cole. After an appeal, a judge then decided to throw out the results of the general election; a by-election was held several months later to fill the seat and was won by Wilson. , , George B. Cole
2,530
39.67% , , Ralph Loomer
569
8.92% , , George Henry Wilson
2,529
39.66% , , Gordon B. Crossley
749
11.75% , , , ''New riding'' , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Kings Kings or King's may refer to: *Kings: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations. *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''Shahnameh'', an 11th-century epic Persia ...

, , , David Durell Sutton
7,322
25.34% , , , , Hiram Thomas
7,061
24.44% , , , , , David Durell Sutton , - , , , William H. Pipe
7,369
25.51% , , , ,

Edward Haliburton Edward Douglas Haliburton (March 28, 1898 – March 12, 1990) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Kings County and Kings South in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1970. He was a member of the Progre ...

7,138
24.71% , , , , , ''New seat''

South Shore

, - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lunenburg , , , Arthur L. Thurlow
7,145
23.49% , , Orris A. MacLaren
844
2.77% , , R. Clifford Levy
6,935
22.80% , , , , , Vacant , - , , ,

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 member. Early life ...

7,814
25.69% , , Lemuel O. Murphy
871
2.86% , , Fred Rhodenizer
6,807
22.38% , , , , ,

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Queens Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...

, , , Merrill D. Rawding
3,166
50.21% , , J.N. McIntyre
299
4.74% , , E.M. More
2,840
45.04% , , , , , Merrill D. Rawding , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shelburne , , , Wilfred Dauphinee
3,436
53.20% , , , , Reginald Donald Ross
3,023
46.80% , , , , , Wilfred Dauphinee , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yarmouth , , Joseph Israel Pothier
4,601
24.38% , , , , , William Heartz Brown
5,322
28.20% , , , , , ''New seat'' , - , , , Donald J. Fraser
4,751
25.18% , , , , Alfred B. d'Entremont
4,197
22.24% , , , , , Henry A. Waterman†

Fundy-Northeast

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, , W.J. MacDonald
6,968
23.23% , , A.L. Lynds
513
1.71% , , ,

Robert Stanfield Robert Lorne Stanfield (April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967 and the leader of the Official Opposition and leader of the Progressive Conservative ...

8,081
26.94% , , , , ,

† , - , , Robert F. McLellan
6,857
22.86% , , , , ,

George Isaac Smith George Isaac Smith MBE (April 6, 1909 – December 19, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 18th premier of Nova Scotia from 1967 to 1970. He was a Canadian senator from 1975 until his death. G.I. Smith is noted fo ...

7,580
25.27% , , , , , Robert F. McLellan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Cumberland Centre : ''For the Census Designated Place in Maine, see Cumberland Center, Maine.'' Cumberland Centre was a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. I ...

, , , Archibald J. Mason
2,219
42.41% , , Florence Welton
1,406
26.87% , , Archie B. Smith
1,607
30.71% , , , , , ''New riding'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland East , , , Martin J. Kaufman
4,280
49.79% , , Brenton Garnhum
697
8.11% , , Arnold G. McLellan
3,619
42.10% , , , , , Martin J. Kaufman
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Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ...

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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 ...

2,645
48.38% , , , , , Thomas A. Giles
2,822
51.62% , , , , ,

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Hants East Hants East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly since 2021 has been John A. MacDonald of the Progressive Conservative Party ...

, , Robert A. MacLellan
2,069
46.62% , , Johnston B. Hart
272
6.13% , , , Ernest M. Ettinger
2,097
47.25% , , , , , Robert A. MacLellan
'' Hants''

Halifax/Dartmouth/Eastern Shore

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Halifax Centre Halifax Centre was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (; ), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General ...

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James Edward Rutledge James Edward Rutledge (August 14, 1889 – August 15, 1966) was a lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1939 to 1956 as a Liberal member. He was born in S ...

5,725
54.71% , , Elmore Webber
1,167
11.15% , , Jack L. Dowell
3,573
34.14% , , , , ,

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

, , , Geoffrey W. Stevens
7,703
52.22% , , Wallace Mason
2,773
18.80% , , R. Graham Murray
4,274
28.98% , , , , , 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 ...

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Harold Connolly Harold Joseph Connolly (8 September 1901 – 17 May 1980) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 15th premier of Nova Scotia in 1954. Connolly was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Richard Joseph ...

7,944
54.79% , , Arthur Kenneth Green
2,066
14.25% , ,

Richard Donahoe Richard Alphonsus Donahoe, Q.C., K.S.G. (September 27, 1909 – April 25, 2000) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of James Donahoe and Rebecca Duggan, he was educated at Dalhousie University and set ...

4,489
30.96% , , , , ,

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Halifax South Halifax South was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (; ), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General A ...

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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 ...

6,097
59.57% , , Edward Coombs
926
9.05% , , John R. Milledge
3,212
31.38% , , , , ,

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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 ...

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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 No ...

6,788
49.88% , , Fred M. Young
3,027
22.24% , , Malcolm Edgbert Walker
3,795
27.88% , , , , ,

Central Nova

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, , , Colin H. Chisholm
3,179
58.23% , , , , Terrance Bernard Thompson
2,280
41.77% , , , , , John Patrick Gorman† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Guysborough Guysborough (population: 397) is an unincorporated village in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Guysborough County. Located at the head of Chedabucto Bay, fronting Guysborough Harbour, it is the administrative seat of the G ...

, , , Arthur W. MacKenzie
4,041
64.19% , , , , Hugh A.K. Forbes
2,254
35.81% , , , , , Arthur W. MacKenzie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pictou Centre Pictou Centre is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly: ...

, , , Alfred B. DeWolfe
5,283
47.49% , , Alvin M. Stewart
1,343
12.07% , , John A. MacGregor
4,499
40.44% , , , , , Alfred B. DeWolfe
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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 ...

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Pictou East Pictou East is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2013 election is Tim Houston of the Progressive Conservativ ...

, , , John W. MacDonald
2,455
46.55% , , Collie G. Ross
603
11.43% , , William A. MacLeod
2,216
42.02% , , , , , Vacant
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Pictou West Pictou West is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since 2024 has been Marco MacLeod of the ...

, , , Stewart W. Proudfoot
2,817
55.04% , , , , Donald R. Gilchrist
2,301
44.96% , , , , , ''New riding''

Cape Breton

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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 ...

, , Ronald McIsaac
3,271
40.17% , , ,

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, the son of Jam ...

3,339
41.01% , , Joseph A. MacDonald
1,532
18.82% , , , , ,

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Cape Breton East Cape Breton East (formerly Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg) is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is represented by Brian Comer of the Progressive Conserv ...

, , Charles Roy MacDonald
3,829
36.59% , , , Russell Cunningham
4,543
43.41% , , Thomas Horace Dickson
2,093
20.00% , , , , , Russell Cunningham , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Cape Breton North Northside-Westmount is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In 1933, the County of Cape Breton was divided into five electoral districts, one of which was Cape Bre ...

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Alexander O'Handley Alexander O'Handley (May 16, 1899 – January 8, 1974) was a teacher, lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton East from 1925 to 1928 as a Conservative member and Cape Breton North from 1941 to 1956 as a ...

4,727
46.13% , , Wendell Coldwell
2,502
24.42% , ,

John Michael Macdonald John Michael Macdonald (May 3, 1906 – June 20, 1997) was a Canadian politician. Early life Born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, the son of Joseph Macdonald and Theresa MacDonald,

3,018
29.45% , , , , ,

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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 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1956 as a Liberal member. He was born in Gla ...

6,742
47.20% , , Vincent Allan Morrison
3,740
26.18% , , Ross Anderson MacKimmie
3,802
26.62% , , , , ,

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cape Breton West , , , Malcolm A. Patterson
3,444
51.14% , , Arthur Briggs
1,171
17.39% , , David McLeod
2,120
31.48% , , , , , Malcolm A. Patterson , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...

, , , Alexander H. McKinnon
6,168
37.72% , , , , Alcorn A. Munro
2,368
14.48% , , , , , Alexander H. McKinnon , - , , ,

Roderick MacLean Roderick Edward Maclean ( – 8 June 1921) was a Scotsman who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria on 2 March 1882, at Windsor, England, with a pistol. This was the last of eight attempts by separate people to kill or assault Victoria over ...

5,562
34.01% , , , , George H. Penny
2,254
13.78% , , , , , ''New seat'' , - , 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 ...

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Lauchlin Daniel Currie Lauchlin Daniel Currie (March 28, 1893 – February 4, 1969) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cape Breton East from 1933 to 1941 and Richmond from 1941 to 1949 in the Nova Scotia House of Assemb ...

3,254
66.49% , , , , D.W. Morrison
1,640
33.51% , , , , ,

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, , , Carleton L. MacMillan
2,486
61.75% , , , , Phillip MacLeod
1,540
38.25% , , , , , John Malcolm Campbell†

References

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